Beth Morlino (39 - she/her), James (5), and Johnny (1)
Haddonfield, NJ | Philadelphia, PA
“After struggling with infertility and many different treatments I became pregnant with my first child via IVF but sadly lost them to miscarriage. I then went on to do a frozen embryo transfer, became pregnant again and birthed my first child in February 2014. In 2017 I did another round of IVF and frozen transfer which was successful and I gave birth to my second child in March 2018. I will be doing another frozen transfer to hopefully get pregnant again soon.
How has parenthood impacted your body image?
As soon as I gave birth to my first child I loved my body so much more than I ever had. Then seeing how my body would go on to feed and nourish and comfort that child for 3.5 years made me appreciate it even more. Having children took away many body insecurities that I had previously.
What was your postpartum experience?
I had postpartum worry with my first which I feel robbed some happy times but wasn’t so bad. then with my second I had severe mourning of the 4 years alone I had with my first child. It was just he and I for so long and now that was over. I was very sad and depressed and started taking a medication that worked wonderfully.
What is your truth that you'd pass along to your former self, or a new parent?
Being a parent is so hard but it’s the greatest love you’ll know and the strength you will find within you is something you never knew you had.
Why did you choose to participate in this movement and share your story?
I love what this movement stands for and I want to capture this moment in time with my babies and I documented by a wonderful human