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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So much bitterness and condescension. It's perfectly normal to worry about changed in your body. The women who have been there just love to scare the moms-to-be. Yes, motherhood is hard, but you have a lot of power there. If you don't gain too much and keep a healthy lifestyle your body won't be be that different. If you genetically have a flat stomach it will come back that way. Particularly after the 1st pregnancy. My boobs are not too bad either after breastfeeding 2 kids.[/quote]

I actually think your post is pretty condescending.  Some women's bodies change and never go back.  And the advice should not be "just don't gain 'too much'" it should be "be confidant in your skin".

We expect women to grow new humans and then snap back like nothing happened.  It's ridiculous.  Is it possible for some women?  Yes.  It is impossible for some women?  Also yes.  There's no one correct way to live life post-pregnancy.

What I find the most depressing about this thread is how conditioned to look good so many women are that they are terrified of pregnancy (our most biological impulse) because their tummy might not look perfect afterwards.  What does that say about us as a culture?  It's awful.[/quote]

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