The Body Politic

I seriously love my babies but don't feel nearly the same affection for the body I was left with after their pregnancies and subsequent births.

A public list of grievances:

1.  baby pounds, too numerous and embarrassing to enumerate
2.  Pregnancy mask that takes me aback every time I see it because it is so dark and expansive
3.  Stretch marks!  Thank you, Wyatt; Mama was pristine and smooth until the final days of being pregnant with you.
4.  Symphosis Pubic Dysfunction  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphysis_pubis_dysfunction  A tough one to bear BUT I did meet an awesome chiropractor
5.  Swelling
6.  nausea and vomiting from the eighth week until the day the babies were born
7.  hyperemesis
8.  PUPPS
9.  and, finally, congestive heart failure after Wyatt's birth

My new post-baby body disappoints me as much as my babies thrill me.  Just as I realize that I have the right to not like what I see, I know that one of my most important jobs as a mom is to get rid of my own body issues before I transfer them to my own baby girl.  Plus, those babies look at me and see this woman who loves them, NOT a body heavily flawed.