Woman shares intimate Instagram to encourage new mums to embrace their post-pregnancy bodies
A British mum has shared an intimate Instagram photo of her post-pregnancy body in a bid to encourage other mums to embrace their bodies.
Emily Marson from Wrexham, UK, posted a photo of herself four months after giving birth to twins via caesarian, stating she's "beginning to embrace what [her] body has become."
"Our bodies go through a lot, a lot of change and your body is put through an enormous amount and I am so proud of myself that I carried such beautiful children and gave them food, warmth and most importantly all the love that I never thought I had," wrote Marson.
Marson wrote about coming to terms with her caesarian scar.
"With a scar that I will have for the rest of my life is a tiny sacrifice for a lifetime of beautiful memories with my family," she wrote.
"Your stretch marks DO NOT define you, your scar DOES NOT define you, your flab DOES NOT define you," Marson wrote.
"I wanted to share this to show the reality of our bodies and that it’s okay not to be perfect," she continued.
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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
