Moms with stretch marks, do u wear bikinis?

From a man's perspective: at my age, I see stretch marks on a woman with young children and to me it is a badge of honor, that shows she has worked to get her body back in shape. I would not worry, be comfortable and wear what makes you feel good. Keep up the good work!

I'm not confident enough yet to wear a proper bikini, so I wear a cutaway swimsuit.
I really like it, and it covers up that loose bit on my lower belly.

Not yet...but one day, I will All of you ladies are so inspirational...Thank you...and for the guys that commented...you are pretty awesome too!!!

I'm not a mum and I don't really have stretch marks, but I recently saw a photo on Pinterest that I adored. It was a belly shot of a woman in a bikini, with pregnancy stretch marks. She was fit and looked good, and the caption was "Your body isn't ruined, you're a tiger and you earned your f*cking stripes."

You bet I do!! I have stretch marks from having two babies and surgerical scars (my tummy resembles a "T" intersection (lol) - and I am 110% comfortable with them - and so is my husband

For all you Moms out there with stretch marks:

The Beauty Love Left Behind

A mark for every breath you took, every blink, every sleepy yawn. One for every time you sucked you thumb, waved hello, closed your eyes, and slept in the most perfect darkness. One for every time you had the hiccups. One for every dream your dreamed within me. It isn't very pretty anymore. Some may even think it ugly. That's OK. It was your home. It's where I first grew to love you, where I lay my hand as I dreamed about who you were and who you would be. It held you until my arms could, and for that, I will always find something beautiful in it...

OMG This made me cry!

I've never worn a bikini. Even in my younger years before I had kids because I've always been self conscious about my body even though I was thin. I highly regret it! I have stretch marks now from having three kids and it's going to make it alot harder for me to build up the courage to wear one. So, I'm hoping once I get the body Im working hard for, that I'll have the courage to wear one and not care about my marks! So, Im hoping soon my answer to this question "Moms with stretch marks, do u wear bikinis?" will be YES;)

YES,I wear a bikini! Thank you all for showing that a woman shouldn't be ashamed of something so natural and common as stretch marks. I got them on my breasts by 13 when I started developing so immediately became ashamed and shy about it,scared how I would feel when I got older and started dating. I also had periods of being up and down in my weight although never bigger than size 16/18 after my son was born . I was skinny as child then chubby by 4th grade due to being teased that I was too skinny. Then I slimmed down by 13 and was size 8. When I got on birth control at 16 I had side effect and went to 150# about size 14.I gained a lot of weight with my son when I was 19 and was size 16/18 after having him. I had stretch marks so bad I referred to my stomach as looking like a road map. Later I had a burst appendix that left a deep scar and a couple other surgeries that left smaller scars. A couple years after having my son I had worked off all the weight and was a size 5 and I looked good in cute clothes again and since I've never been crazy about 1 pieces I would swallow my pride and wear a bikini in public cringing all the while that I would be laughed at and faking confidence I didn't feel. I did it because other than the stretch marks I felt I have a bikini body and good shape but thought the stretch marks and a bit looser skin now made me unattractive.As years went by I still wore a bikini mostly b/c I love the way the sun feels on my skin so it's more for the therapeutic effects than wanting to be noticed or showing myself off so I'd tell myself if someone didn't like the way I looked they didn't have to look and that this was for me! As I got older I started really realizing how many shaped woman were wearing bikinis and were confident and that I have the right to feel like that about myself too! But although I still do were a bikini b/c at 46 I think I still look sexy(I'm 5'7 128# and have decent abs) but I still cringed and still felt better finding a private place to sunbathe b/c although I would see woman wearing bikinis that had weight and cellulite(I have a bit on thighs and butt had to deal with accepting too) and they would be confident with themselves I see an absence of woman with stretch marks so I kept wondering if I was the only one who thought it was perfectly fine and wished I saw more woman showing they also weren't ashamed or thought we have to hide ourselves or feel "gross" or not sexy anymore, which is so untrue, so that I could also feel more confident about myself that I wasn't doing something sooo socially unacceptable as wearing a bikini w/ stretch marks! I would LOVE to see more of us show we're not ashamed of our bodies b/c of something so perfectly normal!! When I talk to other woman so many are ashamed of them. Maybe if just like breast feeding a child in public finally got accepted as the normal event and beautiful natural thing that it is then maybe if more of us show that we feel confident in bikinis and not ashamed of our bodies then it will become more the norm to see more woman proud to wear a bikini after having a baby. I am proud to know I'm not alone in refusing to feel ashamed of myself anymore!! P.S. I agree any man that is disgusted by something so common and natural is shallow and not worth having and 9 times out of 10 they're not in perfect shape either so they're also hypocrites and I'm glad to dodge those bullets b/c those kind of guys would just treat us bad in all kinds of ways I prefer to avoid!! I've met a few of those jerks and that's just what they are and those type don't know how to treat a good woman right and aren't worth the time of day!! A good man should see beyond and see the true beauty that make us and that we are not defined by our bodies and deserve to be confident about who we are!!! sooo rock that bikini ladies!! :happy:

Never have in my life, but I will this year.

It's as much for me about overcoming YEARS of body image issues as it is about the actual suit. I'll likely wear my one piece more often because that's what I'm comfortable in, but I promised myself I'd take the opportunity to wear a bikini a few times this year, in an effort to exercise my new-found love and acceptance of myself.

No amount of stretch marks or loose skin is going to stop me :flowerforyou:.

I wear one!

Mine are very light and sit within my bikini area, so I will definitely wear a bikini. Not quite there yet, but hopefully soon!

I do and I don't care. I really don't even think about my stretch marks, to be honest.