Toot your own horn 🎉

I exclusively breastfed preemie twins for the first 12 months. Starting from ng tubes all the way to exclusive nursing. I figured out my son has a rare genetic disorder after being dismissed by several doctors about his symptoms. I advocated for an official diagnosis that was confirmed via genetic testing. Since then I’ve worked with the hospital where he was born to increase training on identifying the disorder at birth. I only gained 14lbs the entire pregnancy (but I started off about 20lbs overweight and delivered 8.5 weeks early).

My body looks WAY better then before I was pregnant. Everyone told me my girl would take away my beauty but she gave it to me 🥹♥️ I have an amazing partner and he loves being a father/loves taking care of me. He’s my best friend and everyone told be it would be tough on the relationship but so far it’s the complete opposite we laugh at the difficult times and also switch (when one is burnt out or getting overwhelmed we switch and it’s been a life saver) it makes me so happy my babies are gonna grow up in a house with so much love and parents that love and respect each other. Even when I was feeling iffy at first of my pp body/pregnant body this man couldn’t keep his hands off of me he just never fails to make me feel beautiful. I just love my man my man my mannnn Last one lol my pregnancy was not easy at all and had such a lack of support even now. I have a history of poor mental health so the fact I’m happy as I am now and don’t really have PPD makes me so proud of myself

I can’t talk about this with other moms, they seem to get super passive aggressive/rude so this is nice thank you for the outlet ♥️

First one in my family to set “healthy” boundaries to protect the family I’m creating. Very isolating but I can’t talk with my family about it because I’m considered the confrontational black sheep 🤷🏽‍♀️.

Also the first in my family to have a healthy relationship I truly and deeply love my fiancé and he loves and is super obsessed with me 🥹❤️

Cosleeping has been absolutely incredible and an amazing bonding experience SO glad that I listened to my baby and my intuition and not my doctors!!

i wanted (if at all possible) to have an unmedicated labor & i am grateful that it was both unmedicated & short! everyone was surprised how fast it all happened! i was also nervous about my pp body and getting back “into shape” & i feel amazing & confident & that happened relatively quickly after birth.

You guys🥹🥹🥹 every single one of these comments are so special! You should all be soo proud of yourselves 💕💕💕 @GenevieveI love this post🙌🏾 we need more of this on peanut. I’m most proud of my dedication to myself. It’s not easy raising a family. I have 5 young kids(oldest is 10) and for a long time I felt lost in it all. But recently I’ve really dedicated this season of my life to return to myself and discover me all over again. I’m in the process of building my own business and I’m excited about that. My children will not be the reason I don’t achieve my goals instead they will be the reason I don’t give up on myself 🙏🏾🙏🏾

I found someone who takes the time to spend with my daughter. Someone who loves her just as much as I do. Also she told him I love you first and not to me. He makes me so happy !

I also used to hate how I looked but ever since my daughter I actually love who I am and how I look.

We bought a new car today 🎉

I’ve lost a lot of weight and my mental health has absolutely thrived since having my son 🩵

My marriage survived having a baby. It almost didn’t.

I have lots of trauma from car accidents I’ve been in and decided from a young age that I would never get my license or drive. Yesterday I got my learners permit (G1) and drove a car around the parking lot it was scary but I’m happy I was able to face that fear

I am sober and a really good mom. I have overcome things that so many people don’t come back from and I am really grateful, proud and so happy.

I’m 30 weeks pregnant with a toddler and go to the gym 6x a week and haven’t missed a day. My workouts also haven’t changed since becoming pregnant and I’m actually lifting heavier than before.

Wow! We women are so very resilient. I have been diagnosed with PTSD 4 separate times in the last 4 years (2x complex trauma) because of completely unrelated traumatic experiences. I am still recovering and actively in therapy but I lived and am still (mostly) sane! I wouldn’t wish the things that have happened to me on anyone but I am grateful to know how strong and capable I am. I don’t like to talk about this because I don’t want people to think of me as a victim or look at me with pity but it’s nice to express how proud I am of myself.

I caught my son's Autism at his 1 year check-up and had all the help I could find before his 3rd birthday. He is still considered nonverbal but thanks to his amazing ABA Therapy team, I have been blessed to hear my son talk 💙 I am just so proud of him and all his progress ❤️ I am also over 4 years clean and my son will be 4 in June 🥰 I was also diagnosed with bipolar at age 36 and just buried my mother at only 61 years young 💔 Still sober and feel like superwoman

I'm still EBF nearly 20 months, still co sleeping, and I have the best husband. He's so helpful cooks and cleans, never complains, works so hard for us, loves our girl and I like nothing I've ever seen before 🥰, and on top of that he has a massive d*ck and know how to use it 👌

I'm raising an amazing human being. My son survived nearly dying, and is an incredible soul. He can be super challenging at times but he's so smart. He's a friend to everyone, he's outgoing he speaks so well, he is starting to read! This child is incredibly special and has touched so many lives. I think he was born to do something special and it's up to me to make sure he's a decent person.

I'm just reading cause I can't think of anything, but so proud of y'all 🥹

For the first time since I’ve had my baby, we have our own place and we moved in at the beginning of this month. It was a big help staying with my mom for the first 2 years of my baby’s life, but man was it just as STRESSFUL! Finally being able to parent without feeling parented by my slightly over bearing mother. Finally have my own kitchen that I can start baking with love in again! Finally can touch on my husband without feeling like someone’s going to come around the corner and “catch” us lol I’m glad all of you ladies have such good things to share, please keep this energy going and let it multiply!

I’ve lost over a stone (and still going) recently and I literally feel like a new woman. I’ve never felt this confident before, even as a teenager I was so self concious. I have successfully broken the cycle. I married a man who is kind, loving, gentle and won’t abuse me, my children or smash up our house all the time. Seeing my daughter with her dad heals me so much! I’m so glad her first example of love will be me and her dad. Just laughing and being happy together. I am SO proud of my daughter. She is so unbelievably kind but not to be messed with. She has a very good judge of character and her passion for creativity and nurturing soul fill me with pride. She told me last night that i “make my whole universe happy mummy” 😭 We moved to the Middle East for the tax free ££ and have successfully paid the debt off we had & now are saving this year and moving back to England at the end of this year/Jan and I’m so excited to set down roots and create our forever home. ❤️

This is maybe a weird one and it's not technically about me....but nobody in my family gets divorced and no one dies.....the last one of my great grandparents generation died when I was 7.....no one has died for the last 26 years....I still have all my grandparents, one grandpa was 1 of 6 and all 5 siblings are still alive....it's very strange. And the divorce thing, it's not a religious thing cause we are all atheist.

I’m a single parent to a teen and a 3 year old who is autistic and after having him I’ve come out of horrible ppd finally!

My husband has been the most supportive man ever and always has been but especially since I’ve gotten pregnant, I don’t have to work and we’ve paid off our mortgage (actually found out I’m pregnant a few days afterwards) and about to move house for more space so I’m just in such a happy bubble 💖 I’m also getting very equipped for the rest of pregnancy/birth/after as I’ve been doing research for years on it so I feel like although I’ll have some wobbles and it’ll be hard I do feel somewhat prepared 🤞

I have been running consistently for the last 12 weeks and signed up for my first 5k in over 12 years (took a long hiatus from running). We are closing Tuesday on our second house. The house is a summer lake house that my husband’s grandfather built with his own two hands.

I’ve lost 25kg (55lbs) in 5 months through diet and exercise, even though I have a form of early onset arthritis that gives me a lot of pain. My son is nearly 2 and isn’t walking because of a gross motor issue and it used to make me feel like an awful parent. But now I’m embracing his unique differences and I’m so proud of his happy, easy going nature and show off about him whenever I get the chance, because he’s just as amazing as a child who walked at 9 months - even more so because he has to work so much harder every day ❤️

I have broken strong generational traumas, from neglect to hording disorders and abusive relationships, the traumas in my line seem endless, and I'm so proud to be where I am in life, having broken these traumas for myself and my line going forward. I have the most wonderful partner, a clean and tidy home, a house full of love, well cared for pets and a soon-to-be daughter. I am so grateful for this life and that our daughter is going to grow up in such a happy, healthy and safe home 🩷

Celebrating my 31st birthday happy and healthy and safe when my 18th birthday could've been my last. (Context: i was in a very abusive relationship )

I look pretty today 🥰

I said I wanted to exclusively breastfeed, no bottles, until she self weaned and that’s what we did, she was nearly 4. I said I wanted to do zero screen time until age 2 and then keep it super limited after that and that’s what I have done. I’m really glad and proud that I did both things because it wasn’t easy but I never really say these things to anyone else, because I know how it could come across.

@Mira ⭐🍓🧸🌹 im sure you look pretty every day

@Lisa I also feel the same way about my breastfeeding journey. It was probably the hardest thing I’ve done in my whole life, but when talking about it I avoid saying how proud I am for persevering when the deck was stacked against me, because I don’t want to come across like “I had it way harder than most and still didn’t quit, so what’s your excuse?” Which really couldn’t be farther from the truth. I know exactly how it feels to want to switch to formula and I was only able to continue because of a very dedicated LC.

I’m so happy to wake up and see that people continued to comment on this post. So many extraordinary accomplishments being shared 💕

@Genevieve all of you breastfeeding mamas are amazing!! I actually had a complete mental break down after not being able to profuce enough milk to nourish my child 💔 As a small newborn (5lb) he starved for a week and dropped a whole pound before anyone noticed and we were forced to start formula. I continued to try (had to give bith breast and formula) for 2.5 months before i finally gave up and switched to formula which caused another issue with him being able to properñy digest the formula (we had to try 5 different kinds) and he also got covid when he was 2 months old and before he was 6 months old mommy was hospitalized and came out with a bipolar diagnosis at 36 years old! It has seriously been a wild ride so far but im down for ANYTHING when it comes to my son 💯

@Lori honestly I avoid the phrase “give up” to mean switching to formula, because I think it takes just as much strength to put the needs of your baby over your own hopes of how it should’ve been. I was exclusively pumping and was ready to stop, the boys were also around 6lbs each and one wasn’t gaining weight. A friend of a friend was a retired LC and offered to help, but then we all got covid when they were 10 weeks (2 weeks corrected) 😩, so we couldn’t meet up. By the time we could meet I was planning to ask for help on how to wean off the pump without getting mastitis (again!). She wouldn’t have any of that and basically came to my house every day for a month to teach us all how to nurse properly. It still brings tears to my eyes because of the gratitude I feel. I get that not everyone had fairy boob mother. p.s. from one bipolar mama to another, I was diagnosed 10 years before having kids and was stable when they were born. Couldn’t imagining going through that postpartum 🫶🏼

My little girl is an absolute blessing and I’d do anything for her 👮I trained as a police officer when she was 3 weeks old and after I had suffered a huge PP hemorrhage - just so I would have a career to support her 👩‍🚒 a year later I trained to be a firefighter so I could move to a job with better hours and more family time - I gave all my energy into being an active mummy and having a solid career for her Best part - My little girl sees absolutely no limits in what she can do as a woman, something i wish I was raised with ❤️

Im about to be 2.5 years into breastfeeding! Which is wild as my initial goal was 1 year. 👏🏼 I’m the most thin I’ve ever been in adulthood (in a healthy way!). I look better now than I did pre-pregnancy. I completely quit drinking alcohol & I used to have a really unhealthy relationship with it pre-pregnancy so it’s a big accomplishment for me 😃