Losing Baby Weight

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I just weighed myself for the first time since I had my daughter 3 weeks ago and I'm 8stone, 12lbs. I'm delighted with that because the last time I weighed myself while pregnant I was over 12stone! I'm only 5ft 2, so you can imagine the size of my bump, my partner took photos of my torso while pregnant and I'm in shock looking at them, my bump was HUGE! I looked like a pregnant Barbie, I just looked like there was a big plastic ball stuck to the front of me. Anyway, I'm not really worried about losing that weight but I was wondering about what everyone thought of their bodies after they had children. I have two children now and the stretchmarks from this baby are unreal. I hate looking at them and I hate my partner looking at them too although he keeps trying to see lol They are all on my jelly belly, does that ever go away?! You always see famous women a few weeks after having children with a seemingly flat stomach, how do they do it?! Do you ever feel pressure to lose your baby weight quickly because of these women? I don't feel pressure as such but I do feel a bit lacking sometimes because I'm only young and I'm supposed to be able to bounce back quickly. I don't think it's healthy to exercise too soon (and I couldn't really be arsed) and I need all the food I can get with a baby and a toddler to look after. I'm not going to starve myself and it takes you nine months to put on the weight so it makes sense to take that long to lose it again. That's my excuse anyway :)