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Country pop singer-songwriter and reality television personality Jessie James Decker, 31, may be super fit, but she just shared in a new Instagram post that she has insecurities about the way her body looks after giving birth to three kids.
Ill be honest, I still get insecure when I put a swimsuit on sometimes because of how much loose skin I have from my pregnancies, she captioned multiple photos of her stomach in a pink bikini. I worked really hard to lose all of my baby weight. Even gaining 55 pounds with my first. Its no wonder I have so much loose skin, two out of the three babies were 9 pounds .
Jessie then went on to say she was lucky that she didnt get stretch marks (genetically I have super elastic skin, she said). But, she added, because her babies were big and because she gained a lot of weight during her pregnancies, she ended up with extremely loose skin.
Ive had a few breast reduction surgeries and lifts to try to tighten up the skin on my breasts (at one point the skin was so loose from growing to a size G from breastfeeding that I swear they could hit my belly button no joke), she wrote. But now I have been left with really intense scars all the way around my cleavage that I try to hide out of insecurity.
Jessie also said its really wild how much her body changed after having kids. My ribs expanded to the point of certain dresses I cant zip up that I used to and I weigh even less than I did then, and the amount of excess skin around my stomach sometimes I cant seem to push down enough into my jeans, she said.
Jessie said she decided to speak up because she knows shes not the only woman going through this. Sometimes I just feel frustrated that no matter how hard I worked out or toned up the skin remains and its just something that I struggle with from time to time, she wrote.
Jessie stressed that she doesnt want to seem like shes complaining and that shes grateful to have been able to carry her own children. But I am a human being and sometimes the loose skin does make me a little insecure and make me wonder if Im still sexy to Eric [her husband] or if people are looking at my stomach when Im in a bikini, she said.
She ended on this note: I just want other women to know Im with ya and we in this together and its a safe place here to vent!
Plenty of famous women related in the comments. I have same girl and I appreciate u sharing. I always wear a one piece cause I get so insecure about it, said Jana Kramer. Man do I know this feeling and how it comes and goes in waves , wrote Daphne Oz.
Her husband Eric Decker also chimed in with this sweet comment: Youre a smokeshow.
It just goes to show that pretty much everyone struggles with their own body insecurities, but being open about them can inspire others to accept themselves and make them feel less alone.