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I’m Darn Proud of My Belly, Thank You.

November 29, 2012

I am the mom of twins.

I carried my beautiful twins full-term and delivered two healthy, full-size babies that didn’t spend one second in NICU.

I had a horrible time getting pregnant, had two IUIs, battled PCOS, had gestational diabetes, high blood pressure, placenta blood flow problems, and was on complete bed rest for three months.

Delivery Day

I tell you this because to this day… 3.5 years later… when I tell someone I have twins…

They immediately look at my belly.

And, you would think it would be the women that are the worst… no, its the MEN.

It pisses me off.

I have even had a few outspoken individuals tell me that I need to “respect” myself and “take better care” of myself.

You know, I would lose weight and do sit ups if I had time.  Don’t judge me.

You have time because either you don’t have kids or your only have one.

My super power is having babies two at a time.  What can you do?

Do I wish I was a size 10?  Well, yes.

Do I wish I could wear a bikini?  Well, yes.

Am I overweight?  Duh.

Would I like to lose weight?  Yes.

But, I have two beautiful kids.

There is no trade off.

I have stretch marks and a rather large belly.  But, that belly kept my babies safe for 8.5 months and cooked me up some healthy, beautiful babies.

I think I look pretty damn good for carrying twins full-term.

I earned my belly.

And, I am damn proud of it.

 

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Julia wants to live in a world where Hogwarts is real, dark chocolate is packaged with good books, and houses clean themselves. Until then, she is the divorced mom of twins, blogger, sometimes crafter, traveler, napper, cooker, snail mailer, geocacher, and corporate bean counter.

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Comments

  1. christine says

    November 29, 2012 at

    Holy cow. I can’t imagine having two babies duking it out in my belly. Nor 3 months of bed rest.
    Did you reply to the outspoken ones? Perhaps a “Here’s how I got my belly. How’d you get your rude?”

  2. reiadm says

    November 29, 2012 at

    Amen and good for you! I love your positive way of thinking!

    One of my favorite sayings is… “the people who mind don’t matter & the people that matter don’t mind”. I’m VERY proud of you! Reia from http://www.southcountrysides.blogspot.com

  3. BonnyBard says

    November 29, 2012 at

    It’s great that you’re proud of your belly, it did a great thing!

  4. Julia says

    November 29, 2012 at

    Thank you guys for the sweet responses. I debated back and forth about posting this… but, I thought “This is Me. Deal with it.” A lot of people are really shocked about the picture I posted when they see it– they hadn’t seen me during the last three months of my pregnancy and had no clue I had gotten so big. It’s amazing the “friends” that disappear when you need them most. 🙂

  5. [email protected] says

    November 29, 2012 at

    Good for you. I can’t imagine with twins. But I can say as a mom of 4 HUGE kids and 2 of them Irish twins. I understand. When I was pregnant with Declan people would say RUDE things. I wanted to be like HELLO. I just had a baby and I am pregnant again. People are stupid. My stretchmarks are battle wounds that I am proud of.

  6. Judy Loeffler says

    November 29, 2012 at

    I just got back from my doctor who told me my weight would be perfect if I was 6 feet tall. I told him I can’t afford a new wardrobe. I walk every day and I have no pains, no diabetes, no blood pressure or heart problems and I don’t take any perscription medication. I am happy the way I am and if I want to eat an ice cream cone I will. So you go girl!

  7. nana says

    November 29, 2012 at

    You are the Best!

  8. Jesse @ The Empowered Momma says

    December 2, 2012 at

    Holy moly, incubating two lives at once is surely hard on the body. You did amazing and are quite the trooper. congrats momma.
    Thank you for sharing at the Empowered Living hop. Hope you see more of these posts again.

  9. Hanna says

    December 3, 2012 at

    Hi there, I’m Hanna. I found you through the Sunday Blog Hop!! I am your newest follower. I love making new friends. Your blog is lovely!!! Happy Holidays:) You can find me at http://www.bouffeebambini.blogspot.com

    xoxoxoo Hanna

    WOW…your belly is amazing

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