Tia Mowry Postpartum Body Photo
Tia Mowry Shares Postpartum Selfie, Admits "I Thought Something Was Wrong With Me"
Often, celebrities who post selfies of their postpartum bodies think they are being relatable by sharing a not-quite-flat tummy. What they might not realise is that their "struggle to bounce back" to their svelte prebaby bodies is still a vastly different experience from most women's – that their starting points are most of our goal lines. Tia Mowry's latest Instagram post, however, was a refreshing reminder that some celebs are just like the rest of us.
Seven weeks after welcoming a baby girl, the Sister, Sister star shared a full-body selfie on Instagram alongside a message about how her own unrealistic expectations. She too felt like something was "wrong" with her when she paged through magazines and didn't look like the "women on the beach a few weeks postpartum in a two-piece" bikini.
"Some pregnant women after giving birth no longer have a belly after seven weeks," she wrote. "While others, it may take a little while. Me, I'm the latter."
In her powerful post, she continued:
I remember after giving birth to Cree, my belly didn't all of a sudden go flat. I did have a C-Section (as well as with my second pregnancy), and I thought something was wrong with me. I had seen in magazines the many women on the beach a few weeks postpartum in a two piece. To be honest, it had to take time for me to embrace my new body. With this second pregnancy, I now have embraced that fact that I've housed a human being. A miracle. A life. If it takes a while for me to get back to my normal self, than so be it. This. Is. Me. And I love me.
Let her post be a reminder to all of us to be kinder to our bodies.
