postpartum body

How I lost and found myself through pole dancing after becoming a mom.

From Pregnancy To Pole Dancing

I let go of my own judgment and felt the weight of the past few years falling away. I lost and found myself through pole dancing after becoming a mom.

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Your body is beautiful now, cellulite, stretch marks, scars and all. Walk with it, love it as you go, and honor it every step of the way. (Photo by Ashlee Dean Wells, 4th Trimester Bodies Project)

Your Body Is As Beautiful Today As It's Ever Been

So, women, I’m talking to you — give yourself permission to love every inch of you. Honor your body, and meet it where it is. To those of you who’ve given birth: you’re forever changed. Relinquish the idea that you need to get your body back to looking the way it did before your baby was born.

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Many moms comes to embrace their stretch marks, as a symbol of what they've accomplished.

These Moms Share Why They're Proud Of Their Stretch Marks

Stretch marks. Tiger stripes. Road maps. Ant trails. Tattoos. Mommy stripes.

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We need to stop treating the birth of children and its visible marks on the women who made them as antithetical to the sex that produced those children.

On The Pressure To Have Sex And Be Sexy After Motherhood

Feeling sexy in a body my culture deems unsexy, while also believing that body should dutifully service someone else’s pleasure doesn’t make me want to slip on a silk teddy and give it the old college try.

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