Stretch marks don't usually belong to the celebrated side of a postpartum body, but they are part of the experience nonetheless. After having quadruplets, 23-year-old Doreen Ching from Malaysia has decided to share private photos of the impact that giving birth had on her body. Coming to terms with the changes, Doreen hoped this would empower women who are going through the same post-pregnancy stretch marks ordeal. Among the voices of support, however, there were some shouts of hate that described her as 'ugly' and 'disgusting' to which she served the best comeback possible.
"I received a lot of mummies’ inquiries asking me how to eliminate the scars as you’re gonna be scarred… and that’s the price of having and raising kids, even if you have money," Doreen wrote. "There’s no way to get rid of it, and it’s like, every day, every day, every day."
"Only 21 at the time, I wondered how I would be able to accept my stomach looking like this for the rest of my life. The first thing I did when I got out of the delivery room was to look at my stomach and my tears came out. I was cracked up to a very serious kind of rupture and skin tissue was damaged."
"Only 21 at the time, I wondered how I would be able to accept my stomach looking like this for the rest of my life. The first thing I did when I got out of the delivery room was to look at my stomach and my tears came out. I was cracked up to a very serious kind of rupture and skin tissue was damaged."
Receiving 23,000 reactions and 12,000 shares, her post was attacked by trolls as well. "I see a lot of people commenting calling me ‘ugly’ and it makes me very sick so much so I want to throw up," the mom wrote in a follow-up post. "Some men said it was all the woman’s fault for wanting to have so many kids. Do you have any respect for the women of the world? Your mother? Your wife? And a woman who can afford to have children?" It's clear that this proud mom won't be threatened by random internet bullies. Kudos to her for keeping her cool and telling the real story and best wishes to her big beautiful family!
Doreen Ching, a 23-year-old from Malaysia is already a proud mother of four
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But bringing these guys to the world was no easy task, leaving battle scars on Doreen's body
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She shared a private photo of her deep stretch marks, and 23K people have already reacted to it while 12K shared it
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Despite the many who applauded her honesty, some commenters had the guts to say that Doreen deserved the marks for 'having too many kids'
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"I see a lot of people commenting calling me ‘ugly’ and it makes me very sick so much so I want to throw up"
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"Do you have any respect for the women of the world? Your mother? Your wife? And a woman who can afford to have children?"
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"I wondered how I would be able to accept my stomach looking like this for the rest of my life"
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"My stomach doesn't matter. I can still wear a bikini at home. I can only be as perfect as I can be"
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Luckily, the negative reactions were countered by the overwhelming majority of the positive ones
