Mum of six  shares a moving post on Instagram admitting she loves her body despite her visible stretch marks and saggy skin.

Sharni Kieser shared on Instagram her true feelings about her stretch marks.

In her first post she wrote, “Stretch marks, I used to hate them. Seal showed us that scars are beautiful. They tell a story. They are unique.

My scar story is that I carried 6 babies in my body. That’s 4 and a half years of my life I spent pregnant.

How can I possibly hate myself for that?”

Stretch marks, I used to hate them. Seal showed us that scars are beautiful. They tell a story. They are unique. My scar story is that I carried 6 babies in my body. That’s 4 and a half years of my life I spent pregnant. How can I possibly hate myself for that? What’s your scar story? (share your photos with pride!) #scarstories #stretchmarks #scars #travellingfamily #nofilter #travelphotography #thekiesers #youtube #wanderlust #nomad http://sharnyandjulius.com/fitmum

A post shared by Sharny and Julius (@sharnyandjulius) on May 27, 2017 at 5:44pm PDT

In another post she went on to explain further,

“I used to not see the point in exercise because my body was covered in stretch marks.
‘What’s the point in having a great body if I will never wear a bikini’ I’d think.

If I was ever invited to the beach or a pool party, I’d always decline. On the odd occasion I couldn’t avoid it, I’d stay inside, helping with the food or the cleaning.

I would only wear board shorts and t-shirts. I wished so hard that I could one day wear a bikini.

Then one day I overheard my loving husband explaining to a bunch of his friends why he thought stretch marks were beautiful.

They were a sign of being a woman. They are a result of the great love a mother has, that she would scar her own body to bring a child to life… on and on he explained and the more he talked, the more I got it.

I had hated myself for the very reasons he loved me. My body wasn’t ruined or disgusting, it had transformed from a selfish girls body into a selfless mothers body and the scars were a symbol of that transition.

A daily reminder that I was a mother.

I looked at my stretch marks and I felt pride. I felt love. The love of my husband and the love of my children. Each one of them had been nurtured and lived behind those scars for 9 months.

I felt pride.
I felt love.
I felt love for myself.

The craziest thing was that when I started to love myself for what I had now, the body I had now, I began to treat myself better.

I WANTED to eat healthy. I WANTED to exercise, I WANTED to do the things I loved.

Just by changing the way I looked at myself with love and pride instead of hate, I had found the effortless motivation to care for my body.

Because of this tiny little shift in mindset, magic happened… I got the body I had always dreamed of. The bikini body that I thought was not ever going to be possible for me after being covered in stretch marks, It has became a reality for me.

It started though, with me loving myself first. Being grateful for what I had, not wishing for something better.

She added, “Stretch marks or no stretch marks, IVF or no IVF, vaginal or C section. Breastfeed or bottle feed, it doesn’t fucking matter. You’re perfect. Your kids love you. You should love you.

Stop beating yourself up and start loving yourself. For the magic that is a mother’s body is what you have.”

Well said, Sharni! We have nothing to be ashamed of, teach kids that it’s these little characters that really makes a person who they are.

One Mum’s response to her daughter’s stretch marks question recently went viral – read her story here

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