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 #mumsoftiktok #newmumadvice #howtoloveyourlife ♬ original sound - Emily 🌸✨ “I’m not meant to look the same as I did at 17. I’m a woman that has grown a life deep within me. I have changed so deeply from within on so many levels.
“After generations of women in my family hating their bodies for the incredible things it is capable of I always promised myself this will not continue past me. “My daughter will know my soft tummy covered in stretch marks is beautiful because it allowed me to grow her. She will know that no matter what society’s forever changing ‘standard’ at the time is not a reflection on beauty but a reflection on insecurities.
” The new mum said she was “amped” to look like a mother. Picture: TikTok Commenters overwhelmingly agreed with the new mum. “I truly believe that women always look hotter after having kids, like, every mother I know,” one commenter wrote.
A second commenter said she “never related to a video more.” “I’m three weeks post-partum and my body created human life, heck yeah mum bod,” she wrote. Other commenters described Emily as a “queen” for her empowering take on motherhood.
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