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Mom Posts ‘Uncensored’ Postpartum Pic Showing The Raw, Messy And Hilarious Reality Of Motherhood
Amanda Bacon from Wilmington, North Carolina, recently posted a picture on Facebook of herself and her fiancé shortly after she gave birth. But as you can see, instead of a typical postpartum snap of herself and her newborn baby, this mom decided to bring a touch of reality to the scene.
The picture has since been viewed over 450k times and shared by over 115,000 people who appreciate Amanda’s decision to show the honest side of giving birth. “I’m sharing this picture because it’s real,” she wrote on Facebook. “This is motherhood; it’s raw, stunning, messy, and freaking hilarious all rolled into one.” In an age where everything we see on the internet seems to be digitally manipulated in one way or another, it’s refreshing to find a picture as open and honest as this.
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Barbie Mcmurray 9 years ago
Awesome, A Real person,with a real Baby, a real husband, and a real life. educate educate educate and have fun.
Gilberto Garcia 9 years ago
Beautiful Healthy Panda Family: with all due respect, Mama Panda is a very beautiful and brave warrior. She is so self-confident in the strong ties of her marriage that sje is absolutely not afraid to post that b&w photo. On the other hand, Papa Panda is so strong in his everyday life, that he fears nothing about what real life is made of. If we turn this page, they are there: 2 simply beautiful baby Pandas. As a proud and so grateful to God who blessed me with 2 baby Panda (my daughter, lawyer, 30 ys and my son, lawyer and Law Professor, 33 ys), that now I know ( I know that I know nothing) that there is not any beauty in photoshopped life. Because of all this, I do congratule you for understing "now" what took me over 40 years to grasp... That adorable Panda Family of yours derve my total respect and admiration!
Gilberto Garcia 9 years ago
Congrats! A healthy young couple! God bless you! To those who envy your sanity, to read is always a personal decision. You dont like some subjects, skip them
Simone Fjellø Mortensen 9 years ago
This picture remind me of my last birth. It is a lovely and funny picture!
Lyone Fein 8 years ago
There are many things we don't get told about motherhood. But one of the big ones is how much you bleed after giving birth.
Kingston Gladwin 9 years ago
Expecting mums need helps for their new born babies. There are trained postpartum doula oahu who offer service for the new mommies. http://www.shinebirthservices.com/
just me 02 9 years ago
i have kids and i never used a nappies in my life this is just omgggg no wayyyy
Tash Stuart 9 years ago
Very cute photo... Takes me back to the delivery room and how little I knew about giving birth and babies ..lol
Sherry Straus 9 years ago
What in the hell do they make you wear after having a baby in that hospital?? I had 3 children and never had anything like that, lol. Cute family!!
June Thomson 9 years ago
Gave birth to 2 babies. Never wore anything like that ????
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MD 9 years ago
I do think we don't like to talk about the messy parts of child birth. I think we should do more to support parents postpartum. I don't want to see the intimate details of someone's life. I mean these pictures are honest, with thought behind them.. still, its like nothing is private anymore. Everything requires an audience.
Talise Snyder 9 years ago
the thing is that births are seen as something to be censored instead of celebrated and i think the woman who posted this wanted to challenge that a bit
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Melissa Wyatt 9 years ago
I think the point of the picture is that some things have been kept too private and should be spoken of more openly in order to inform women and help reshape their expectations. I'm fifty-two and work on a maternity floor and am staggered that women giving birth today are operating under almost the same lack of open information as when I gave birth twenty-five years ago. We shouldn't be so afraid or squeamish about discussing the natural functions of a woman's body. It would ease so many fears and anxieties.
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Barbie Mcmurray 9 years ago
Awesome, A Real person,with a real Baby, a real husband, and a real life. educate educate educate and have fun.
Gilberto Garcia 9 years ago
Beautiful Healthy Panda Family: with all due respect, Mama Panda is a very beautiful and brave warrior. She is so self-confident in the strong ties of her marriage that sje is absolutely not afraid to post that b&w photo. On the other hand, Papa Panda is so strong in his everyday life, that he fears nothing about what real life is made of. If we turn this page, they are there: 2 simply beautiful baby Pandas. As a proud and so grateful to God who blessed me with 2 baby Panda (my daughter, lawyer, 30 ys and my son, lawyer and Law Professor, 33 ys), that now I know ( I know that I know nothing) that there is not any beauty in photoshopped life. Because of all this, I do congratule you for understing "now" what took me over 40 years to grasp... That adorable Panda Family of yours derve my total respect and admiration!
Gilberto Garcia 9 years ago
Congrats! A healthy young couple! God bless you! To those who envy your sanity, to read is always a personal decision. You dont like some subjects, skip them
Simone Fjellø Mortensen 9 years ago
This picture remind me of my last birth. It is a lovely and funny picture!
Lyone Fein 8 years ago
There are many things we don't get told about motherhood. But one of the big ones is how much you bleed after giving birth.
Kingston Gladwin 9 years ago
Expecting mums need helps for their new born babies. There are trained postpartum doula oahu who offer service for the new mommies. http://www.shinebirthservices.com/
just me 02 9 years ago
i have kids and i never used a nappies in my life this is just omgggg no wayyyy
Tash Stuart 9 years ago
Very cute photo... Takes me back to the delivery room and how little I knew about giving birth and babies ..lol
Sherry Straus 9 years ago
What in the hell do they make you wear after having a baby in that hospital?? I had 3 children and never had anything like that, lol. Cute family!!
June Thomson 9 years ago
Gave birth to 2 babies. Never wore anything like that ????
Load More Replies... MD 9 years ago
I do think we don't like to talk about the messy parts of child birth. I think we should do more to support parents postpartum. I don't want to see the intimate details of someone's life. I mean these pictures are honest, with thought behind them.. still, its like nothing is private anymore. Everything requires an audience.
Talise Snyder 9 years ago
the thing is that births are seen as something to be censored instead of celebrated and i think the woman who posted this wanted to challenge that a bit
Load More Replies... Melissa Wyatt 9 years ago
I think the point of the picture is that some things have been kept too private and should be spoken of more openly in order to inform women and help reshape their expectations. I'm fifty-two and work on a maternity floor and am staggered that women giving birth today are operating under almost the same lack of open information as when I gave birth twenty-five years ago. We shouldn't be so afraid or squeamish about discussing the natural functions of a woman's body. It would ease so many fears and anxieties.
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