Did Pregnancy Ruin Your Body?

Let's face it, pregnancy (and the inevitable roll as parent) takes a toll on many things. But should the toll it takes on your body be enough to influence your decision on motherhood as a whole? Dana Loesch, says emphatically, "no!" In fact, today, she's discussing the controversy Jillian Michaels stirred when she said in an interview that she didn't want to get pregnant (and was considering adoption) because she was afraid pregnancy would ruin her body. Eventually, Michaels spoke out against this and modified her quote, but mothers like Dana were up in arms.

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Emma Rain
1 years ago

Pregnancy ruined my body. A lot. My boobs sag. I had stretch marks. I struggle with incontinence, not to mention several more serious issues that my vagina suffered. My body will never be the same. Sex will never be the same. While diet and exercise might help a little, the only way to restore my pre-pregnancy body would be with multiple invasive reconstructive surgeries. As someone whose always scoffed at plastic surgery, that's a hard pill to swallow. Was it worth it? Absolutely. But it was a loss, and one that I'll live with for the rest of my life. I think someone like Jillian, whose body is a large part of her career, is right to think about the possible consequences of pregnancy. Now someone who really wanted to experience pregnancy might be willing to sacrifice their body anyway, but pregnancy is not the only valid path to becoming a parent.

haley.powell
1 years ago

Wait, what about the fact that adopting a child is a completely admirable thing?

sarah.ann.perrone
1 years ago

I think pregnancy ruined my body. Was it worth it? Yes, hell yes at that because my daughter is the most amazing thing in the world to me and she is worth my body being this way forever. As time goes on I realize more and more things about my body that have changed that I never would have guessed to change. Even something as simple as going to a fair! As a child I would get on this crazy ride called the zipper. I would get on back to back all day lon and not get ill. I went to a fair my first time PP just recently and I felt ill after the second ride I got on to be truthful and it wasn't even that crazy of a ride. Before with my current diet I would have lost tons of weight now I am trying the hardest i ahve every tried to loose weight and well.... I gained weight which was like a donkey kicked me in the face. I think pregnancy and breast-feeding ruined my breasts. Oh yes another odd one is that I have to clean my ears twice a day most days some days more because my ear wax seems to develop much faster... No joke I swear it... Oh yes and my body seems to act differently to alcohol.. Many things in my life seems to have changed with my body after being pregnant.

hailey.jones
2 yearss ago

I believe that my body will never be the same after pregnancy but i don't believe that it was ruined, i got off easy with stretch marks but not with complications before and after delivery. I would do it all again in a heart beat for my child even if i ended up with a body that i wasn't to proud to show off.

Apples
2 yearss ago

No. I do sport all my life and have no problem with my body.

Apples
2 yearss ago

No. I do sport all my life and have no problem with my body.

Katty
2 yearss ago

My body is rockin. After all I pushed a baby out of it...how could it not be? Ladies, let's support one another ...mom's or not. Women have a right to have a baby or not. And women have the right to worry about what the pregnancy will do to their body or not. Period.

Katty
2 yearss ago

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