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I'm definitely going to participate in this... I'm not home right now though so I'll get on that when I get a moment at our home computer!

Looking great btw!

I thought about starting one of these, and I was sooo scared... I have my picture on my external hard drive... let me find it.

@Beyond2: Let me just say you are my new hero I love when I see women embrace their bodies and unique shapes and sizes! :):) and especially post partum can be really hard to come to terms with.

ETA: somehow it must have been deleted. ugh. I don't know where it is. So I will have to take a new one

I never thought to take a bare belly one. I still have my linea nigra at 4 months pp. And my belly ring sags and looks like it will sink into my belly button! My stretch marks are mostly white now (YAY!) but they also wrinkle when I bend. Then run horizontally (most of them) and are right by my belly button. They are fading so I don't know if you can see them in the photo but I sure can!

And for reference in the belly's return to smaller, my chest has also gone down (3 inches!!) from 14 days pp to 4 months pp.

(Hangs forward a bit over my pre-pregnancy shorts. Stretch marks are much much improved--white not pink. Skin is still wobbly in the very center.)
I wish I had take a photo earlier!

I don't know if I'm brave enough. I'll have to think about it.

@pastemoo: you look great!

@HeatherlovesKenny: You look great! My wrinkly stretch marks look like yours but I swear they go horizontal and I haven't seen anyone else's that look like it! I like your photo.

I am looking forward to reclaiming my belly. But yeah, I went to the pool before 9 days pp... in my bikini. When the stretch marks were still pink and my linea nigra was crazy dark.

@coco bee: Thanks! Yeah it looks pretty airbrushed... I could have taken one with natural light I guess but that one made me feel a little better.

I LOVE this thread! this helps letting other mamas know they are not alone and to be more comfortable in their new body! here is my stomach 5 months pp, a lot of stretch marks and extra flab, when i bend down it definitely hangs! the lighting isnt very good. its actually worse in person!

This thread is so uplifting! I think we're all our own harshest critic and I think all of you who have posted pics look fabulous! I just went to take a belly shot as I have avoided looking at my belly too much in the mirror. The scale seems permanently stuck at +16 lbs (I gained 32 total) so it's a bit disheartening sometimes.

Anyway, 13 weeks postpartum, here I am. I was fortunate enough to not get stretch marks (just good genes as I never used any lotions or creams), but I'm just waiting for my waist to come back....any day now would be good!

@zippylef: Same here. My stomach is a disaster.

@HeatherlovesKenny: I totally understand being more comfortable with a different number on the scale.
@mrsaudi: Looking good! and thanks!
@Ree723: I agree that we're our own harshest critics. I'm currently at the same size I was when I was 16 weeks pregnant (of course my belly was harder then). But if you don't know that, I could be at a normal size--it's just not what I'm used to. You look great!
@zippylef: Your before and after pic on the WB bump thread was one that inspired me, so don't you bad mouth yourself!!

This is the only belly shot I have. This is 2 years PP with DS after loosing 60lbs. My belly will never be the same but I have come to terms with that.

threw this together really quick - I gained 50+ lbs and at 6 months postpartum I was really depressed that I still had quite a bit to lose but now at 9 months, I'm much happier. Things seem to be going back to normal.

4 months pp. I gained 35 lbs with pregnancy and have lost most of it, but not sure because our scale is broken. I'm not loving my muffin top and the general squishiness of my belly. Sometimes when I'm sitting I still feel preggers =( Just hoping with time and some ab work it'll go down a bit.

I didn't take any immediately after but these are from 6 weeks preg on left (before) and 19 weeks pp on the right (after)

@mrsaudi: me too! I have stretch marks everywhere

@photojane: haha! Me too!!

I hope these pics aren't too revealing, sorry!

Before baby (man I need a tan again) and 4 months after baby. You can see my stretch marks in all their glory. Haven't done any sort of ab workouts yet, so I am hoping that having a toned tummy is still a possibility (although I do not have the time to maintain my body like it was in the first picture. I had too much time on my hands then). Anyway, I am learning to be comfortable in my new mommy skin!

@BeachMama: you do not even look like you had a baby!!! your skin is perfect.

@rachiecakes: you look amazing.

@cyndistar3: have you lost all the baby weight yet? I love it all but I definitely have more "chub" and extra skin than I did at this weight before I was pregnant.

@Rainbow Sprinkles: you are a hott mama!

wow all of you ladies look amazing!
It took me 6 months to feel fine with my belly. Even though im a lot more SQUARE than I used to be.

and now here we go again...
I def want to track my belly this pregnancy a lot more and post as well! I didnt take any early pics of the belly in the early months during and after the last time!
well this was the first belly pic and its been half a year!