Many women look forward to the moment in their life when they will become a mother. For many women who carry their child, their bodies will completely transform after giving birth.
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Mom Blogger Opens Up About Her Decision To Get A 'Tummy Tuck'
For some new moms, adjusting to their postpartum body can be hard.
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Not all mom's bodies "bounce back" right away, despite exercise and clean eating. Some undergo difficulties with getting rid of excess skin and other health issues.
For mom and blogger Julieta Torres, her new body was difficult for her to feel comfortable with after her second pregnancy.
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Torres told The Daily Mail that her postpartum body after her second baby wasn't like, "everyone else's postpartum body."
Torres was open about her struggles during her second pregnancy on Instagram.
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She wrote: "The diastasis I had from my first pregnancy got worse. Which meant my muscles couldn’t properly hold another growing baby. They kept separating, my connective tissue stretching and thinning, and my skin almost tearing. My hernia popping out more and more."
She tried diet and exercise, but couldn't get rid of the exess skin around her abdomen.
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Torres later learned that her "deformed" belly button was also due to a hernia. She had also experienced issues with her abdominal muscles during this pregnancy.
After learning about her medical condition, her doctor suggested surgery.
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The condition, called diastasis recti, causes a gap of 2.7cm in the abdominal muscle. Her OBGYN suggested that corrective surgery would be the best course of action.
Her decision became more about her body's health than it was about her body image.
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She told The Daily Mail: "I'd lost all the integrity in my abdominal muscles and my situation got worse. I started having chronic back pain and incontinence, and nothing I did made a significant difference."
She said after researching the surgery, her decision completely changed.
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"I started considering surgery. The more I researched, the more I learned that even though it was plastic surgery, this procedure would repair the abdominal muscles, helping with back pain, incontinence, digestive issues and more."
The blogger, who is from Colombia, traveled back home to have the surgery.
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She said that she could get it for a "fraction of the cost" in her home country and her family there was able to help her during her recovery.
Overall, she said she doesn't regret her decision.
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"The recovery was hard and painful, but my back pain is almost gone, my incontinence got better and I don't have a hernia."
And, despite it being a cosmetic procedure, Torres still has the postpartum marks all moms have.
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"Even though this removes the sagging skin, I still have stretch marks all over my lower belly but I'm OK with that. Like most women I've always had some insecurities, but I always loved my body and was happy with it."
Moms should never be ashamed of how they decide to handle their bodies after giving birth.
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Torres is just one of many moms who struggle with their postpartum bodies. There's no shame in getting any procedures or cosmetic surgeries to take care of your health, no matter what people may say.
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