18 Quotes from celebrity moms on embracing their post-baby bodies

Forget about "bouncing back" and love what you have!

18 Celebrity moms on embracing their post-baby bodies

Society has a weird obsession with new moms' bodies, and has high expectations for celebrity moms to "bounce back" after giving birth. But that's utterly ridiculous—your post-baby body is beautiful, and should be celebrated.

These 18 celebrity moms speak up about loving their bodies.

Jennifer Lopez

"I remember right after the twins were born having that weird jiggly belly–and kind of loving that, too. Because I earned that jiggly belly.”

Via The Telegraph (Photo: jlo in Instagram)

Pink

"I wasn't in a race [to lose the baby-weight]. I was really kind to myself because I was actually really impressed with the fact that I had just had a baby, like ‘I made a human!’”

Via People magazine (Photo: pink on Instagram)

Jennifer Garner

"I am not pregnant, but I’ve had three kids and there is a ‘bump.’ From now on ladies, I will have a ‘bump’ and it will be my ‘baby bump.’ Let’s just all settle in and get used to it. It’s not going anywhere.”

Via The Ellen Degeneres Show (Photo: jennifer.garner on Instagram)

Zoe Saldana

"You have to give yourself time. Breastfeed. Stay home. Sleep. Your kid is only three months old. Like, what are you going to the gym for? Catch up on f*cking reruns.”

Via Us Weekly (Photo: zoefanatic on Instagram)

Christina Aguilera

"Some people are afraid of change and [feel] that getting older is a bad thing, but I really love maturing and gaining wisdom, and the experience of being pregnant and having a child and seeing what a woman’s body can do is amazing.”

Via People magazine (Photo: xtina on Instagram)

Salma Hayek

"I gained so much weight, I got an opportunity to see myself completely disfigured in many different ways—for a very good reason—and I don’t regret it for a second. That’s when I started appreciating my body. The things that I used to criticize, they were not that bad after all.”

Via In Touch (Photo: salmahayeksfanclub on Instagram)

Kristen Bell

"When I look down, even now, at the extra skin on my belly, it’s a reminder that I’ve done something spectacular. It’s a reminder that I’m a superhero. And I’m proud of it.”

Via Today (Photo: kristenanniebell on Instagram)

Rachel Weisz

"I feel sexier after having a baby. I think you feel a lot more confident and much more appreciative of your body and what it’s capable of doing. I’ve got a lot more respect for it.”

Via People magazine (Photo: rachelweiszaddict on Instagram)

Chrissy Teigen

"I think some people actually get really weirded out if you do bounce back too quickly because you really should be at home with this little thing and taking care of her and not be so concerned. But you'll never have the right answer and you'll never be right to everybody, so you just live and do what you can do best."

Via People (Photo: chrissyteigen on Instagram)

Jennifer Love Hewitt

"I really thought I was going to be super consumed with trying to get my body back to the way it was before, and now that I’m a mom, I’m like I don’t want to be that girl again because that girl didn’t have a baby and didn’t have a great husband and didn’t have this blissful existence that I’m having now.”

Via Us Magazine (Photo: jennifer.lovehewitt on Instagram)

Kate Winslet

"We have one life. I don’t want to spend my time thinking about the size of my arse. I want to be as healthy as I can be, and I want to have as much fun as I can have. I want to be around for my children. That’s it. Those are the priorities. Not getting a flat stomach.”

Via Time Out magazine (Photo: kate.winslet.official on Instagram)

Jessica Alba

"Becoming a mom has definitely made me feel more confident and secure than I ever did in my 20s. Even though I can’t ever get down to my pre-baby weight before having Honor, my jeans don’t zip up the same way, and things just hang differently (all moms know how that goes!), I feel completely comfortable in my skin and my idea of perfection has changed.”

Via iVillage (photo: jessicaalba on Instagram)

Zooey Deschanel

"To expect someone to look like her pre-baby self immediately is odd. Because you just grew a human and then birthed that human—there’s a lot that needs to go back to where it was. All your organs moved around, for chrissakes.”

Via Redbook (Photo: zooey.deschanel on Instagram)

Drew Barrymore

"After making two babies… it’s hard to stay positive and love yourself. You feel like a kangaroo with a giant pouch; everything’s saggy and weird. But you think about how beautiful it is that you’re able to make children.”

Via Glamour (Photo: drewbarrymore on Instagram)

Isla Fisher

"[My favorite body part is] my stomach. Even though it will never be flat again, it's still my favorite because it reminds me of my greatest achievement: my babies.”

Via Fitness magazine (Photo: the_most_beautiful_celebrities on Instagram)

Eva Mendes

"That whole term ‘bounce back’ after pregnancy… I don’t like that terminology. Look, if you go into the bikini two weeks after, good for you, but that wasn’t me. And that’s OK.”

Via The Wendy Williams Show (photo: evamendes on Instagram)

Amy Adams

"Being pregnant finally helped me understand what my true relationship was with my body—meaning that it wasn't put on this earth to look good in a swimsuit. I was like, 'Look, I can carry a baby! I'm gaining weight right, everything's going well.' And I've had that relationship ever since.”

Via Parade (Photo: amyadamsofficial on Instagram)

Keira Knightley

"[I] have to say, as a woman, you hate you hate certain parts of your body. You go through those periods where you look in the mirror and you think, Oh, if only I had different legs or arms or whatever. You go through pregnancy and labor and then feeding the kid and you go, Wow, my body is totally amazing, and I'm never going to not like it again, because it did this, and this is f*cking extraordinary.”

Via Elle (Photo: missknightley on Instagram)

READ: Blake Lively on why new moms shouldn’t be pressured to slim down: "It’s so unfair”

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