Laura Mazza, a mummy blogger from Melbourne has shared an extremely raw account of her struggle to accept her body after having kids .
The mum-of-two runs the blog ‘Mum On The Run’ and posted the following heartbreaking conversation she had with her husband:
“This isn’t the body you fell in love with.” I said to him.
The body he fell in love with was toned, it had muscles, there were no stretch marks on my belly, none on my boobs, no gut from muscle separation.
The body he fell in love with fit into tight jeans, could walk into a shop and grab any size and walk out, knowing it fit.
This body now couldn’t shop at those stores, and mostly wears leggings. His body stayed the same, but mine changed in every way. It isn’t fair…
I stood in front of him, exhausted and broken, the tears welled in my eyes, “this isn’t the body you fell in love with.”
However, the post soon takes a heartwarming turn when you discover her husband’s response:
“Then he said, “you’re right. It isn’t the body I fell in love with.
Instead it’s a body that grew our children, it fed our children, it comforted our children, it made life. Your body is the one I fall in love with every day
I didn’t know what love was until I saw this body and found out all it could do, so thank you.'”
Laura with her husband.
Laura concludes no woman should feel ashamed of their “mum body” and to “enjoy the fact that you have made something that is worth every stretch mark and every dimple.”
The post has resonated with thousands. At time of publishing, the post has been shared over 58,000 times and ‘liked’ 35,000 times.
Well done, Laura, for such a refreshingly honest and uplifting post.
