Rebecca Keane won the Neatest Handwriting in Meath competition in 2002 and while her once delicate handwriting may have slightly strayed throughout the years, her passion for writing has not waned. Her hobbies include running for buses, telling all her problems to her dog, and discussing the tumultuous love lives of Irish celebs. Her dedication to watching soaps such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and Eastenders ensure that her lifelong dream of becoming a Bette Lynch/Kat Slater hybrid should come to fruition any day now. She dislikes crazy drivers, catcalling, rude customers and people who ‘don’t find female comedians funny’.
While today’s society is full of love and praise for new mums and women becoming pregnant, many people forget the changes that occur to a woman’s body when she’s having children.
While I haven’t had any children, I’m sure many women can testify to the sentiments that having children is no easy task.
Aside from the havoc children wreak on your life when they’re born, many women have to go through 9 months of pain, mood swings and worse when trying to bear children, never mind what their body is left like after giving birth.
Instagram user Alexandra Kilmurray has dedicated her social media pages to showing off her post-partum body in all the glory it deserves.
Alexandra shares photos of her stretchmarks and the rest of her body after having two children, and the results are truly beautiful.
One recent post explained:
“This was my belly 8 weeks postpartum with my first son. Just going through some old pictures of my pregnancies and births. Carrying two babies over 9lbs back to back was tough. I am still recovering 6 months after my second son! Cheers to mummy tummy’s
