QLD News Don't miss out on the headlines from QLD News. Followed categories will be added to My News. A new mum has hit back at the double standards when comparing “mum bods” to “dad bods” and has encouraged all mothers to be grateful for their post-partum bodies.
Queensland mum Emily said she developed the opposite version of body dysmorphia after giving birth four weeks ago. “You cannot convince me after growing a whole human, that birthing her through my body, unmediated, that I’ve never been hotter,” she said in a TikTok video. “Pretty sad that I’ve got stretch marks and a squidgy tummy, want me to buy you skinny tees and buy you fitness programs to bounce back? Ew, get a grip.
” The new mum encouraged women to be grateful for their post-partum bodies. Picture: TikTok The glowing mum described herself as hot and that she loves her post-partum body. “I’m so amped that I look like a mother.
I’m hot, I’m hot,” she said. In another video, the mum described her stretch marks as a badge of honour. “My body is incredible for doing what it has done for the past 41 weeks,” she said.
@themummadiaries____ Why are das bod’s praised and mum bod’s shamed when its women who go through the most transformative experience in human existence...
why should i feel ashamed of my body when she has worked a literal MIRACLE to grow & birth a human life! #firsttimemum #mumbod #mumsoftiktokaustralia #newmumlife #mumandbaby #proudofmyself #postpartumbody #mumsoft.