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The Sexy Side of Stretch Marks

Motherhood Is Beautiful!

By Erin Huffstetler

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Dick Burgess, a father of five from Maryville, Tenn., agrees that there is something far sexier about a woman with stretch marks. "It's unrealistic to expect fulfillment from our bodies without the normal signs of use showing up," he says. "I much prefer women who have embraced life and look it, [than] a woman who has done nothing but dote on her exterior self."

When you consider your stretch marks in this context, any concern for their appearance seems trivial. They not only tell the tale of who you are as a woman, but also serve as a reminder of how you became that woman. From the moment when a doctor first placed your child into your arms, your role as a woman changed forever. You were no longer just a daughter, wife and friend. At that moment you became someone's mother, and that little baby in your arms began to count on you.

Taking on the responsibility for another life teaches a woman much about herself. No matter how strong you think you are, it is not until motherhood has tested your strengths that you truly find out who you are as a woman. It seems appropriate then that motherhood should change a woman's body as much physically as it has mentally.


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