Jessie James Decker Shared Multiple Bikini Photos And Discussed Her Body Insecurities

From Women's Health

  • Jessie James Decker just opened about her body insecurities on Instagram.

  • She opened up about having loose skin after having three children and how it worries her when wearing a bikini.

  • She also shared how breastfeeding changed her body, and that she had breast reduction surgeries.

Country pop singer-songwriter and reality television personality Jessie James Decker, 31, may be super fit, but she just shared in a new Instagram post that she has insecurities about the way her body looks after giving birth to three kids.

“I’ll be honest, I still get insecure when I put a swimsuit on sometimes because of how much loose skin I have from my pregnancies,” she captioned multiple photos of her stomach in a pink bikini. “I worked really hard to lose all of my baby weight. Even gaining 55 pounds with my first. It’s no wonder I have so much loose skin, two out of the three babies were 9 pounds 😬.”

Photo credit: Michael Loccisano - Getty Images
Photo credit: Michael Loccisano - Getty Images

Jessie then went on to say she was lucky that she didn’t get stretch marks (“genetically I have super elastic skin,” she said). But, she added, because her babies were big and because she gained a lot of weight during her pregnancies, she ended up with “extremely loose” skin.

“I’ve had a few breast reduction surgeries and lifts to try to tighten up the skin on my breasts (at one point the skin was so loose from growing to a size G from breastfeeding that I swear they could hit my belly button no joke),” she wrote. “But now I have been left with really intense scars all the way around my cleavage that I try to hide out of insecurity.”

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I’ll be honest I still get insecure when I put a swimsuit on sometimes because of how much loose skin I have from my pregnancies. I worked really hard to lose all of my baby weight. Even gaining 55 pounds with my first. It’s no wonder I have so much loose skin two out of the three babies were 9 pounds 😬 and I was one of those lucky ducks who didn’t get one stretch mark because genetically I have super elastic skin but because of my big babies and gaining so much I was left with extremely loose skin. I’ve had a few breast reduction surgeries and lifts to try to tighten up the skin on my breasts ( at one point the skin was so loose from growing to a size G from breastfeeding that I swear they could hit my belly button no joke ) but now I have been left with really intense scars all the way around my cleavage that I try to hide out of insecurity. It’s really wild after children how much my body changed. My ribs expanded to the point of certain dresses I can’t zip up that I used to and I weigh even less than I did then, and the amount of excess skin around my stomach sometimes I can’t seem to push down enough into my jeans. The reason why I’m sharing this emotion is because I know a lot of moms feel the same way and sometimes I just feel frustrated that no matter how hard I worked out or toned up the skin remains and it’s just something that I struggle with from time to time. Growing a baby is such a beautiful super power and I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining one bit but I am a human being and sometimes the loose skin does make me a little insecure and make me wonder if I’m still sexy to Eric or if people are looking at my stomach when I’m in a bikini which I’m sure sounds silly but it’s just me being in my head sometimes. Anyway sorry for the long story but it was just how I was feeling putting on my suit and I just want other women to know I’m with ya and we in this together and it’s a safe place here to vent!

A post shared by Jessie James Decker (@jessiejamesdecker) on Mar 28, 2020 at 10:25am PDT

Jessie also said it’s “really wild” how much her body changed after having kids. “My ribs expanded to the point of certain dresses I can’t zip up that I used to and I weigh even less than I did then, and the amount of excess skin around my stomach sometimes I can’t seem to push down enough into my jeans,” she said.

Jessie said she decided to speak up because she knows she’s not the only woman going through this. “Sometimes I just feel frustrated that no matter how hard I worked out or toned up the skin remains and it’s just something that I struggle with from time to time,” she wrote.

Jessie stressed that she doesn’t want to seem like she’s complaining and that she’s grateful to have been able to carry her own children. “But I am a human being and sometimes the loose skin does make me a little insecure and make me wonder if I’m still sexy to Eric [her husband] or if people are looking at my stomach when I’m in a bikini,” she said.

She ended on this note: “I just want other women to know I’m with ya and we in this together and it’s a safe place here to vent!”

Plenty of famous women related in the comments. “I have same girl and I appreciate u sharing. I always wear a one piece cause I get so insecure about it,” said Jana Kramer. “Man do I know this feeling and how it comes and goes in waves ❤️❤️❤️,” wrote Daphne Oz.

Her husband Eric Decker also chimed in with this sweet comment: “You’re a smokeshow🔥🔥.”

It just goes to show that pretty much everyone struggles with their own body insecurities, but being open about them can inspire others to accept themselves and make them feel less alone.

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