Do Women Actually Believe What They Say About Their Postpartum Bodies?

It is easier and more socially acceptable to connect with a community of mothers who are pretending to love their new bodies than it is to get to the roots of why you are in this predicament.

I was streaming Psych, one of my favorite shows, while eating lunch when a Dove commercial began. The scene started with a smiling mother rubbing her postpartum stomach that was covered in stretch marks while she was laying with her newborn. The tagline for this commercial was, “Change is good,” which is essentially proclaiming that a woman should embra…