Do you think the stretch marks in the video should be cut off?

I don't think it's reasonable to share stretch marks videos on the platform of "404".

Stretch marks are skin pathological changes caused by excessive stretching of abdominal skin and excessive hormone secretion during pregnancy. They show dark red or purplish red stripes in the early stage, gradually appear depigmentation and skin atrophy after half a year to one year of delivery, and finally show white or silver stripes stably.

This is a normal postpartum phenomenon, but in the platform comments, stretch marks are uncomfortable and ugly. After experiencing "menstrual shame", "breastfeeding shame" and "triangle shame", women are forced to usher in "stretch mark shame".

From the perspective of the platform, perhaps its original intention is to alleviate women's fear of childbirth, but this closed thinking mode can not alleviate women's fear of childbirth, but will make many expectant mothers suffer more harm because of ignorance. Many women are ashamed to talk about their postpartum body distortion and the growth of stretch marks, just as they were ashamed to talk about menstruation and breastfeeding before. They think it is embarrassing, abnormal and will be criticized.

However, these are the unique experiences of women, the process that most women will go through, and the inevitability of the birth of life. Stretch marks are not only ugly lines of the body, but also proof that women become mothers. These should not be ashamed, but should be proud and proud.

We are all praising our mother's selflessness. It is true that the mothers who were pregnant in October experienced the pain of childbirth, gave birth to us, shouldered the responsibility of raising us, and propped up a sky for young us. It was really great and brave. However, we should not only see the glorious side of mothers, but also see the pain of pudendal pain during pregnancy, swelling pain during pregnancy, postpartum stretch marks growth, urine leakage and so on.

It is true that it is great to give birth to a new life, which also includes the joy of being a mother, but this cannot hide the real harm of pregnancy and childbirth to women, nor can it be denied that raising children occupies the mother's self-time, lack of sleep, the pain of breastfeeding and heavy housework. These are the other sides of the mother. Shouldn't their sacrifices and contributions be known? Instead of beautifying the birth process, let the public look at the birth process more objectively and let more women make more rational choices.

"From that moment on, she changed from a flower to a piece of land, and she will also become the land of her children," wrote the photographic work "The Earth" composed of stretch marks. The contribution of each piece of "soil" should not be silently hidden in the dark "soil". Their sacrifices nourished by life should be seen and respected by everyone.

So it is a good thing that this mother is willing to share her story of stretch marks. At the same time, I hope more brave mothers are willing to share their fertility process, get rid of "pregnancy shame", let the society look at women's fertility more objectively, and let more women be themselves freely.