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Originally Posted by thejellymill

I have something to ask all of you that have already had at least one baby. My roommate told me that Cindy Crawford of all people has the horrid looking post-pregnancy belly and then she showed me the picture.. a friend of mine told me that black or dark stretch marks are not uncommon and that they hardly ever go away without special treatments. I heard that the wrinkly belly look is also extremely common after giving birth and that it NEVER goes away unless you have seriously good genes (I mean look at Crawford, she was skinny again 6 weeks after giving birth but her stomach STILL looks like that ). This makes me never want to have children of my own. EVER. Why the heck am I working out and taking care of myself now only to end up (literally) scarred for life a few years down the road?

I used to worry about it myself, but my thinking and priorites changed once I became pregnant. That's not to say I stopped looking after myself though, but you have to accept that your body will change eventually anyway, whether through pregnancy or simply ageing. Anyway, I don't think it's true that they NEVER go away, although obviously your body isn't going to be exactly the same as it was before. Just like your body at 32 isn't going to be the same as it was at 22. Fact of lyfe and all that. Don't stress about it