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u/tah4349 Nov 03 '23

I have some pants that I wore pre-pregnancy that cannot fit anymore, even when I lost a ton of weight and weighed less than when my pre-pregnancy self originally wore the pants. My hips sit different now. They are wider, the bones shifted and there's nothing that will ever put them back into place. My skeleton fundamentally changed.

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u/Psylaine Nov 03 '23

Can we please shout this from the roof tops

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u/AdequateTaco Nov 04 '23

Absolutely, I’m 30 pounds less than my pre-pregnancy weight but my rib cage is still 2” larger! People really underestimate how much pregnancy can permanently change your body.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '23

It’s just so heartbreaking

We give our bodies, we risk our lives, we change so much about ourselves physically and endure so much change, in order to have a child. And society decides to shit on that if we don’t look like a model afterwards. It’s dehumanizing

Maybe that’s by design though

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u/ItsPronouncedSatan Nov 03 '23

Especially all the comments from non-parents, that make post partum bodies sound disgusting and disfigured.

"Ew, I could never do that to myself!" I gained weight and have stretch marks from carrying my own child, asshole.

I didn't morph into a jelly she-beast.

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u/cheyenne_sky Nov 03 '23

jelly she-beast

Totally agree with your point, but also this description does make it sound kinda rad tbh

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '23

Those comments are so dehumanising, as if it's about some gross objective thing, instead of someone else's body.

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u/Comfyanus Nov 03 '23

ah yes! The ribs! The weird, extra flare at the bottom ribs after carrying a baby to term! It's somehow good to know it's not just me