Pregnancy can change your body forever. Fact! And while your Instagram feed may be filled with toned abs and glowing skin, the reality of how your body looks after pregnancy and birth can be quite different. Postpartum bodies come in all different shapes and sizes, and we’re not all ‘lucky’ enough to bounce back into our pre-pregnancy clothes. Dare we say it – there’s a likelihood that we’ll never fit into those clothes again!

But it’s certainly worth remembering that what your body has done is truly miraculous. There’s no need to look in the mirror and feel like you’re staring back at a shadow of your former self. Instead – learn to see a vessel that singlehandedly grew a human being!

Here at Dandy, we’re championing the women baring all on social media to help us learn to celebrate our new-found ‘mum bods’. Here are some of our favourites…