Mother's Facebook post of what post-baby body really looks like goes viral

This is #PostPartumReality

New mums often face immense pressure to reclaim their post-baby bodies as quickly as possible after giving birth.

In a new Facebook post, the blogger The Unmumsy Mum has posted what a post-birth body really looks like, as she posed dressed in an adult nappy and looking euphoric, and the reactions from other mums have been overwhelmingly positive.

Writing on her Facebook page, she said, “After initially thinking, I can't share that! I realised it’s less flesh than it would be if I shared my ‘bikini body’ and represents the postpartum reality so well - I was absolutely euphoric at this point, despite walking like John Wayne and wearing an adult nappy.”

Including the hashtags #postpartumreality, #imavailableformodelling, and #adultnappiesforthewin, the mum has received an outpouring of support for her unfiltered post from mums and mums-to-be.

The post has since been shared 33,000 times.

One mum commented, “Beautiful reality! I assumed the ‘bump’ would disappear after the baby was born but no. Nice to see honest photos like this that represent how women look after birth.”

Another commented, “I wish I’d seen something realistic like this before I gave birth so it wouldn’t have come as such a shock!”

A commenter who worked in maternity wrote, “I love this!!! I worked on maternity for eight years and this is exactly what a post-baby body looks like!! Too many women think that everything snaps back in like the celebrities! Well done for sharing!”

Stating that the picture is one of her favourites all the pictures from her son’s birth, The Unmumsy Mum said, “I know it’s not the ‘most’ attractive photo but I felt like Superwoman at that point and so I am proud of it.”

We think all mums should feel like Superwoman.