7 • Renee Watkins : Loving Your Stretch Marks (The Judy Chicago Series)

Renee first noticed she had stretch marks when she was 14 and remembers thinking "Does this mean I'm ugly? Are people going to think I'm ugly?" After the birth of her children, she was ashamed, embarrassed, and often felt that she had ruined herself because of her loose skin and stretch marks. It was her Auntie Loody and her friends who gave her the courage to accept her baby marks. Renne and I talked quite a bit over the phone (and please accept my apologies for a sometimes challenging connection) about stretch marks, being a teen mom, yoga and body acceptance.  This is a special edition of Big Birth Junkie that coincides with the artwork of Judy Chicago's Birth Project Born Again Series at the Pasadena Museum and relates to her piece: Birth Garment - Flowering Schrub.  _________ For more information to go: GraceFull or follow us: @gracefullbirth or our guest: @iamreneewatkins __________ This episode is sponsored by GraceFull where you can find BBJ's host Elizabeth's free ebook: Birth Planning: All the Questions to Ask and all kinds of educational videos including Childbirth Education, Advanced Doula Trainings and Lactation Support.  If you live in Los Angeles, check out our midwives for home births, water birth, and our accredited birthing center. We also have a full wellness facility with NDs, Chiropractic, Therapy, Massage, Lactation and lots of amazing classes.  __________ Here are a few other social media resources that might resonate with you about this podcast topic @4thtribodies and Renee's friend @childishyogini