
Here are a few of Liliana's candid images that hope to prove just that: Mothers need to be proud of what their bodies have done, and it is to bring forth the next generation." I want to remind women that their bodies are so much more than that they are strong, powerful nurturers and birthers. Women's bodies are so often reduced to their sexuality. Mothers are an incredible symbol of love and nurturing. "I want them to see the beauty that I see in the female form. "I want women to feel proud of their bodies," she told Bab圜enter in an email. No, according to Liliana, it's about time we shifted our focus from how a woman's body looks postpartum, to what it just did! That's why photographer Liliana Taboas of Divine Mothering wants women to see different images of new moms, and how they really look postpartum.īut the photographs featured in her book, "I Will Always Be Your Mother," are about more than showcasing women's bodies after baby as a way to suggest it's okay to look like a real person after birth. It's easy to get caught up in wanting our bodies to bounce back, given how, as new moms, we are inundated with images of seemingly perfect celebrities who practically sprint out of the labor and delivery ward in skintight spandex. I know it was for me when I was staring at my fleshy tummy in the brutally unforgiving lights of the hospital bathroom. If there ever was a real come-to-Jesus moment, it might be seeing your naked, postpartum body for the first time.
