Sandy Ballard - mother of 3 children. Her instagram filled with lovely family photos. But more recently, one of the last photographs of her became incredibly popular. Ballard wrote candidly about his postpartum body after the birth of three children, and what it means.
She wrote:
"Nine months and nine months inside out. Like that. This post-natal period (multiplied by 3 children). It's soft belly, flabby butt and bowling balls instead of the breast due to breastfeeding.
My body is ready for the pool. It is slim? Not. It is as it was before? Not. But this is my body, and it is in the pool. And the pool is ready for this.
Family Sandy Ballard / Instagram
My body is raised three giant babies. It stretched to the limit and a little more. It fed two of the children around the clock. It was cut in half twice. I could barely walk unaided, but here I stand.
I spent hours thinking about how to look like all those stretch marks and imperfections. I knew them by heart, and could show at any time. I put off the case, and the life, is not yet going to fold weight.
And then I realized that I miss them life. The lives of these young people, which I love so much. I have so much tried to carry them to term. I gave birth to them. I did it all for them. And now I have to sit and hide, hide his body. What for?
Sandy Ballard with a baby / Instagram
Because society tells us that we have to be some other and have a beach body. After the third stage of labor, I finally realized that I already have, and a beach body, and hands full, and a big heart. My kids look at me and hear me talking about myself.
The postpartum period is fine. For every scar and stretch necessary to a woman who desperately wants to have all these "irregularities", only to become a mother. And here I am not one, but three healthy and happy children. Thank God for that.
Do not waste your time praying to become fit, because it does not work, trust me. Spend time playing in the pool with the kids. Spend time thanking God for the miracle of motherhood. Your kids will not remember "the shape of your hips," but they will remember the time when you were having fun together.
I try to love your body. "
Family Sandy Ballard / Instagram
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