Ladies! Does it bother you? Guys! Do you care??

A while back, I wrote this to encourage other Mamas, and also myself:

We know what are bodies are capable of.

We have felt babies kicking in our wombs. Our bodies can create.

We have birthed those babies in one way or another. Our bodies are powerful.

We have spent endless sleepless nights shushing and rocking and feeding and changing those babies. Our bodies can endure.

We have stretch marks and c section scars and extra skin and changed breasts and weight gain. Our bodies are a battlefield and these things are our battle scars, our badges of honor.

We know what our bodies are capable of. They are capable of being wondrous.

Just. As. They. Are.

And now we get to honor these bodies of ours by making them more healthy so they can keep up with the babies they have created and carried.

And if there are moms here who feel excluded because you adopted your babies: you have created and carried and birthed your babies in your dreams as you waited to bring yours home. You've got these badges of honor too, you just wear them on the inside.

They don't bother me in the slightest! They usually say to me - "yummy mummy" :-)

I think of mine as badges of honor (as does hubby - he saw both births and decided then that women are waaay stronger than men) He told me years ago he thought they were sexy. Since we have a relationship that allows the question "Does this make me look fat?" I believe him.

In my opinion stretch marks are a sign of beauty to me. It means that you have given life to another human being. One to love and cherish. How could any man or woman look at stretch marks and see anything but beauty and the gift of life that mother has given. So in my opinion they are beautiful!

I am still toward the beginning of my weightloss, i have stretch marks everywhere basically
Whenever I envision the body I want I make sure to keep them in sight,
I wont mind them whenever I reach my goals cause they will tell people where I've came from, you know?

Don't notice them at all. My wife has them, but they just remind me that she gave me two beautiful girls that I love more than anything in the world.

Don't make me cry! That is sweet.

I have them on my shoulders, hips, arms, breasts and in the back of my knees, due to a rapid weight gain when I was a child caused by PCOS )= I know they are there, although they are all white and faded in color, but they don't bother me anymore, even through I don't use tank tops nor swimsuits, but that's a personal choice, not because I'm ashamed of them

As for other women, unless they are purple I don't care, in any case, if you have the self stem to show them on public, good for you, it's your own body and nobody should care about what you do with it

I have had stretch marks on my shoulders since I was a kid! I have never seen anyone else have them before!

If I am in a position where I can closely see stretch marks then believe me it is the last possible thing on my mind.

Sweet!

I have marks from my babies...and new ones from the weight gain and ongoing loss...not sure how bad it's going to look when I get to goal. I am seeing a damn road map. I just think they show where I've been and how far I've come.

I'm bothered by mine, especially because I've never had kids. I got them during puberty and again last year when I gained weight pretty quickly. I get them really easily, I'm not exactly looking forward to seeing what I'll look like after a baby!

I've thought the same thing. I have stretch marks worse than my future sister in law who has 3 kids and I have never had any. All I keep thinking is i'm finally close to my goal and in like 3 years i'm going to throw it out the window by having a kid lol.

Yes they bother me hugely, most are from my first pregnancy, but my 'overhang' from 3 c-sections bothers me more (although its shrinking) and really gets me down. I'll probably never wear a bikini and feel comfortable but its a small price to pay I guess, right??