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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Amber O'Connor & Danielle Kate Wroe

Mum praised for sharing 'real' postpartum body after doctors' plastic surgery remark

When you're pregnant, it's amazing to watch your body change, and grow - but adapting to the way your body looks postpartum can feel daunting, especially in an era that's obsessed with Instagram filters, weight loss and perfection.

One woman has been praised for being 'real' with her social media followers after posting candid snaps of her postpartum stomach. Opening up about the realities of birth, Mia Somerville, 24, compared photos of herself four months pregnant to her stomach after birth and urged others to celebrate the skin they are in..

The mum insisted that her 'new' body isn't 'bad', but just 'different' - and she wanted to tell her followers that it's okay to experience change.

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