Peta Murgatroyd's post is getting lots of support online.
Peta Murgatroyd has become a household name on Dancing With the Stars, but now she is gaining respect for getting real.
On Sunday, she took to Instagram and released a photo of herself following the recent birth of a boy named Shai she had with her fiance, fellow dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
"Real life: I took this photo 8 days post birth. I left the hospital looking 5 months pregnant. Many people think a woman should shrink right back to her pre-birth weight immediately. That is just not the truth for most,” she wrote.
Reaction to the post has been positive online.
"OMG a real woman,” one person wrote.
“You are a superhero,” wrote another.
One mom, Alexandra Kilmurray of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, says it took her 18 months to look at her stretch mark without crying.
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“I was in great shape. I had no idea this was going to happen. It was really hard,” she told Inside Edition.
She posted a photo of her body and the reaction surprised her.
“I posted it and it got 3,000 likes and was shared more than 10,000 times,” she said. “The reason I did it is so moms don't feel all alone.”
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