Gallery: What Real Mums’ Bodies Look Like After Having Children – It’s Time To Embrace Those Stretch Marks And Celebrate The Mum-Tum!


by Emily Gilbert |
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How many of us have moaned about our crepey mummy tummies, complained about our silver stretch marks and spent hours in the mirror staring at our less-than-perky boobs? So all of us, then…

But one mum and professional photographer Jade Beall is determined to change the way we think of our post-baby bodies and has started taking beautiful black and white compositions of mums by themselves and with their new arrivals.

Take a look through the gallery below to see some of the gorgeous shots from Jade’s book A Beautiful Body Project: The Bodies Of Mothers.

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Gallery: What Real Mums’ Bodies Look Like After Having Children – It’s Time To Embrace Those Stretch Marks And Celebrate The Mum-Tum!

topless mother holding nude baby1 of 16

Rachel

nude mother 2 of 16

Paula

breastfeeding mother3 of 16

Micha

breastfeeding mother with tattoos 4 of 16

Kendra

nude pregnant woman lying down5 of 16

Stephanie

children embracing mother6 of 16

Stacey

mother embracing baby7 of 16

Kasthuri

topless mother kissing her child on the head8 of 16

Jana

breastfeeding mother9 of 16

Dina

semi-nude mother and nude baby10 of 16

Alina

mother kissing baby11 of 16

Alexis

mother with her eyes closed12 of 16

Alexis

mother cradling baby13 of 16

Ali

topless mum covering breasts with hands14 of 16

Allene

couple embracing15 of 16

Christina

nude elderly mother16 of 16

Esther

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