Kimberly Henderson ends her message to moms with this beautiful statement: "Just reminding you guys.. That your body is beautiful… BECAUSE we ARE moms and we ARE superheroes and we freakin' ROCK and in my opinion that is sexier than any six pack!"
There's never anything wrong with affirming the beauty of motherhood, but it's unfortunate that mothers always seem to have to defend their appearance. Recently, though, many moms have openly been proclaiming their pride in their figures. Just recently there was an entire cultural phenomenon of moms posting photos of their stretch marks in pride, instead of hiding them.
The whole reason Kimberly even had to remind moms everywhere about the beauty of their bodies is because people couldn't stop remarking about hers.
It was always a backhanded compliment when she was told that she had the perfect body for a mother of four children.
Of course the person meant in a good way but the comment speaks to society's obsession with post baby bods.
A week after a celebrity is pregnant, they usually appear on the cover of a magazine, miraculously 30 pounds thinner after having a baby.
When these expectations trickle down to every mom, the results can be damaging.
See how Kimberly stood up for moms everywhere below and SHARE if you think every mom's body is beautiful!
Meet Kimberly Henderson, an aspiring singer and single mom.
People kept telling Kimberly that she had the perfect post-baby bod. They obsessively remarked about how fit she was after having 4 kids.
The comments about her body got to her because people only ever seem to comment about the condition of women's bodies and especially after they give birth.
We're bombarded with images of celebrities and their fit post-baby bods, but not every woman has the resources or body type or desire to even look this way.
Even ordinary moms have gone onto mimic this trend. There's nothing wrong a mother taking care of herself but when we say anyone big or small has the "perfect" body it just creates an unattainable standard. Why not embrace every body type?
Fed up with the comments, Kimberly posted this unedited photo of her stomach with this message to moms everywhere.
“Everyone always compliments me on how I have such a “perfect” body after 4 kids. I decided to upload this pic and leave my belly “unedited” [and] “unphotoshopped” because I used to struggle with accepting my body after kids.
I used to have a six pack before my babies.. And now even though I work out I know its not going to make my loose skin tight.. Or my stretch marks disappear ever lol and I'm ok with that because everyday I get to wake up to 4 beautiful smiling faces and I'm reminded that they are worth this flabby belly and they are worth these stretch marks.
I still wear a bikini because being a mother makes me feel beautiful.. Not having a flat tummy. It took a long time to get there.. Because I struggled so much with my body. I struggled so much because I was young and all these girls my age had perfect bodies and I was in my one piece bathing suit trying to hide all my flaws.
And I'm not trying to say I have it worse than anyone else or bad or anything like that just reminding you guys.. That your body is beautiful… BECAUSE we ARE moms and we ARE superheroes and we freakin ROCK and in my opinion that is sexier than any 6 pack!"
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