Okay, show of hands here. Who's conflicted about the Mommy Tuck idea? See, on the one hand you've got your shallow babies-are-an-accessory mommies who can't wait to get back to their pre-pregnancy state, thus effectively negating their very parenthood, and on the other hand you've got what for some women is an actual, real (okay, maybe imagined by plastic surgeons, but real enough) medical necessity involving "laxity". Which to choose? Oh, and also (can I have three hands?) there's the thing that I sort of want that body the media tells me I want but I'm sort of ashamed to admit it. You, too?
Here's the medical thing: you know those things we call "stomach muscles"? Well, in some women, mostly ones who bore huge babies or were *cough* kind of old or had multiples or, well, whatever, for those women their muscles just don't ever go back to their pre-pregnancy state. Like, ever. Despite exercise and all. So it affects their posture, and apparently no amount of core-building Pilates is going to fix that. So the Mommy Tuck straps things back together and, yay! back to normal!
But here's the other thing: aren't we supposed to wear our Badges of Motherhood proudly? Flaunting our stretch marks and all? I'm confused about this. Which thing am I supposed to want?
It'd be nice if we could relax on the judgment about this. If somebody wants to drop $10K and spend 2-3 weeks recuperating and bear a humongous scar forever more but feels wonderful and beautiful because of it, I say go for it. And I'm just as supportive of the women who really truly love their bodies after childbirth, love what they become because of childbirth.
It's all good.
And I still sorta want one.
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