{"id":152803,"date":"2017-02-09T19:06:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T19:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/mom-makes-powerful-statement-by-posting-photo-of-triplet-pregnancy-scar-2\/"},"modified":"2017-02-09T19:06:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T19:06:30","slug":"mom-makes-powerful-statement-by-posting-photo-of-triplet-pregnancy-scar-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/mom-makes-powerful-statement-by-posting-photo-of-triplet-pregnancy-scar-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom makes powerful statement by posting photo of triplet pregnancy scar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As any mother would agree, pregnancy can alter the body in more ways than one, and sometimes, those changes are permanent and conventionally unwanted.<\/p>\n<p>But for Desiree Fortin, of Encinitas, California, an unexpected comment caused a shift in perspective for the new mom of three.<\/p>\n<p>In late January, Fortin wrote a viral post<\/a> on her blog about two strangers who congratulated her within a week on her nonexistent pregnancy. Fortin, 30, had given birth nearly a year and a half prior and had excess skin from carrying her triplets, but she neither lashed out nor corrected the strangers for their mistake. Rather, she began reflecting on her changed midsection and what it symbolized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt self-conscious, but I also thought, \u2018Do these hope wounds mean something to me?\u2019\u201d Fortin, 30, told Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Online, Fortin has posted several photos<\/a> of her \u201chope wounds\u201d \u2014 the term she uses to describe the scars on her belly after giving birth to Charlize, Sawyer and Jax.<\/p>\n<p>After thinking about the strangers\u2019 comments, Fortin determined her new belly wasn\u2019t unattractive. It was \u201cbeautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what is special,\u201d she said. \u201cAll the little sags and the muffin top that rolls over my jeans \u2014 it all means something. And behind every single one of those scars, for every mom, we all have a story.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"mod-25\">\n<h2>More on this&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"article-ct\">\n<article>\n<h3>Photo of SC professor holding student&#8217;s newborn goes viral<\/h3>\n<p>\t    \t<span class=\"type type-article\" \/><br \/>\n\t    <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\">\n<article>\n<h3>Couple in viral pregnancy announcement take son home year after birth<\/h3>\n<p>\t    \t<span class=\"type type-article\" \/><br \/>\n\t    <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\">\n<article>\n<h3>California mom&#8217;s water birth video goes viral<\/h3>\n<p>\t    \t<span class=\"type type-article\" \/><br \/>\n\t    <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>She told Fox News that she posted the raw photos and blogged about her experience to celebrate not only her body, but the bodies of every mother who has gone through what she has.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all have a story, and we need to embrace that rather than shame our bodies because women are strong human beings,\u201d said Fortin, who began blogging in spring 2015 during her infertility struggle.<\/p>\n<p>For Fortin, her scars represent that pregnancy journey \u2014 including her diagnosis with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), which is linked with infertility<\/a>, to the sleep deprivation and postpartum depression she battled after childbirth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The scars] are a reminder that we went through a lot to have our children, and we should be proud of that,\u201d Fortin said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i \/><\/p>\n<p>\t<i \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As any mother would agree, pregnancy can alter the body in more ways than one, and sometimes, those changes are permanent and conventionally unwanted. But for Desiree Fortin, of Encinitas, California, an unexpected comment caused a shift in perspective for the new mom of three. In late January, Fortin wrote a viral post on her <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/mom-makes-powerful-statement-by-posting-photo-of-triplet-pregnancy-scar-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}