After giving birth to her first baby, Mackey admits that she cried whenever she caught a glimpse of her postpartum body, and those changes are still reflected in her second bump. “Thanks in kind to genetics there was no way I’d avoid stretch marks or spider veins, cellulite is most women’s ’normal’ and the belly that over hangs is a result of both weight and how my body handles being pregnant,” she wrote. “Now this pregnant body still has those marks and still ‘hangs.’ It doesn’t sit high and pert like some, it covers most of my pubic region and even though it’s full of baby it still sports soft squishy sides.” Even if her second baby bump isn’t “magazine perfect,” she refuses to hide it. So on baby Scarlett’s “eviction day,” she was proud to show the world her swollen, stretched pregnant belly because the moment is pretty damn incredible. “I’ll never be this pregnant again, never this shape, never this person, a mother of one. As my body deflates my family inflates to a wonderful family of four. It’s bittersweet,” she wrote. “F*ck society and anyone else’s standards — this is a pregnant body.” More from CafeMom: Why 1 Mom Wants You to Look at Her Body After 10 Pregnancies & 6 Miscarriages
title: “This Is What It Looks Like To Be Postpartum Pregnant At The Same Time” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-14” author: “Hilary Snyder”
After giving birth to her first baby, Mackey admits that she cried whenever she caught a glimpse of her postpartum body, and those changes are still reflected in her second bump. “Thanks in kind to genetics there was no way I’d avoid stretch marks or spider veins, cellulite is most women’s ’normal’ and the belly that over hangs is a result of both weight and how my body handles being pregnant,” she wrote. “Now this pregnant body still has those marks and still ‘hangs.’ It doesn’t sit high and pert like some, it covers most of my pubic region and even though it’s full of baby it still sports soft squishy sides.” Even if her second baby bump isn’t “magazine perfect,” she refuses to hide it. So on baby Scarlett’s “eviction day,” she was proud to show the world her swollen, stretched pregnant belly because the moment is pretty damn incredible. “I’ll never be this pregnant again, never this shape, never this person, a mother of one. As my body deflates my family inflates to a wonderful family of four. It’s bittersweet,” she wrote. “F*ck society and anyone else’s standards — this is a pregnant body.” More from CafeMom: Why 1 Mom Wants You to Look at Her Body After 10 Pregnancies & 6 Miscarriages
