Mum-of-Triplets, Desiree Fortin Who’s Maintained a Positive Post Baby-Bod Image Writes About How She Truly Feels In New Post
32-year-old from Encinitas, California, Desiree Fortin and her husband, Ryan, welcomed their children Charlize, Sawyer and Jax in August 2015. Desiree, who struggled to conceive for three years before finding success with IVF, had her babies through a C-section.
Two years on, Desiree is telling the world that she is embracing her post-pregnancy body. The super mom showed off her postpartum body in an Instagram photo and honestly revealed that she is still struggling to fully embrace and love the extra skin, her stretch marks, and the skin that just seems to sag.
Rather than focusing on her new imperfect body, Desiree says that her body did a lot of work to carry her children and that she will always choose to celebrate her body for what it is now even when it is hard to do.
”I always try and choose to speak positivity over myself especially when it comes my new body. I know truly there is beauty in the wounds left behind after carrying my triplets, but if I’m being entirely honest, it has been especially hard the last couple of weeks to fully embrace my body like I normally do.
I am not really sure why I have been so hard on myself, but it has been difficult for me to see the beauty in my extra skin and saggy muffin top. ????
I know how important it is to be kind to myself. I know the power in self love. I talk about it all the time. Yet here I am, struggling. Forgive me, I’m only human, and I struggle too sometimes to fully embrace and love the extra jiggles, forever with me stretch marks, and the skin that just seems to sag. ????
Today is just a hard day, but tomorrow is always a new day. A day in which I can choose to see the beauty in my body. Self love is not easy, but it is the greatest gift we can give ourselves. It helps us to be strong and confident women. ????
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For whatever reason it has been extra hard for me lately, but I know what the truth is. I am beautiful. My body is strong. My inner self is strong. I am sexy.
I am brave and valued. I am so deeply loved. My body did a lot of work to carry my children and I will always choose to celebrate my body for what it is now even when it is hard to do.
I will shake off the negative thoughts and remind myself that I longed for these wounds. I have to choose to appreciate my body. Carrying and delivering a baby just changes your body. And it is okay to have hard days. ????
Loving yourself is a one day at a time kind of journey. And some days are just more difficult than others. Whatever you do and wherever you are in your journey, choose to do your best to love your beautiful and strong mom body because it did a lot to carry your children. ????”
”Truly remarkable what the female body can do. It is quite amazing to see how my body transformed and how I miraculously carried 3 babies. My body is not what it used to be, but I have grown quite the appreciation for what it did to bring my babies into this world.
I know sometimes it is hard to look in the mirror at our mom bodies, the loose skin, stretch marks, the forever changed body BUT if we could look in the mirror confidently and know that we are strong, beautiful, powerful women whose bodies changed to bring life into this world then perhaps we would truly see the beauty in ourselves that those around us see too.
Choose to love yourself and see the beautiful you that you are. There are times when I still can’t believe I carried triplets. The photo on the left is the day I delivered the trio.
Every single time I see it I’m reminded that I’m a bad ass. I’m strong. I’m brave. I did it. To all you Mamas, you’re a bad ass too!! Here is the side by side many of you asked to see ????.”
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Speaking about her scars from the C-section, the proud mama said the birth process doesn’t make a woman any less of a mother. She shared the picture of her scar below and wrote;
”When I found out I was pregnant with triplets I knew I would likely have a cesarean and I was perfectly okay with that. It didn’t matter how I was going to become a Mother, I was finally going to be one. And I think that’s what we should be celebrating: Motherhood.
A C-section doesn’t make you any less of a mother. And all births are a representation of the truly undeniable love for our children. My infertility, my broken womb, and the pain of being childless changed the day I delivered my triplets.
That 3 inch scar across my bikini line is not one of disappointment and failure. It’s not one that I am ashamed of. It is a scar that tells a story. A story that portrays hope.
It is a scar that shows the power and strength it took my petite body to carry three 5 pound babies, at one time. It is a reminder that I could have died after the complications following my c-section but instead God gave me life.
It is a scar that I will always choose to love and embrace because it was my path to bring my babies into this world. It isn’t just my 3 inch scar that was left behind from my triplet pregnancy. My body is covered in “scars,” hope wounds as I call them. My hope wounds represent strength, hope, and the ability to overcome.
They show how strong the female body is and how truly remarkable it is to be able to carry life in your womb. I won’t take that for granted. My hope wounds aren’t just scars, they are my story and I find beauty in them. I hope you can to.”