Her one-week postpartum image got over 300,00 views. Lestaevel wrote, ”When we berate ourselves for some aspect of our being, whether physical or otherwise, we put ourselves into a state of energetic resistance. Simply put, that means we are going against our own energetic flow.”
At two weeks after giving birth, she had racked up almost 16 million views. She reminds fans to appreciate the incredible things your body does just to keep you alive, and it can help to accept your body as is without feeling a strong love or hate. It can bring life into the world, which is probably the most amazing thing it can do. As she puts it, “our bodies were designed to “be” and “do” rather than look a certain way.”
Finally, Danisha’s three-week postpartum image with wrinkles and stretch marks in full display racked up over 19 million views. Although her journey is an inspiring one that many other women make every day, the reactions on TikTok were mixed. Many were happy that the company founder was sharing an often-censored part of the journey in an honest way, while other viewers were freaked out, commenting, “I’m never having children.” Others lauded her and other pregnant women for their strength. It shows that while we have come a long way, there’s still quite a distance to go in normalizing post-pregnancy bodies.
Danisha Lestaevel’s perspective is an enlightening one — after all, the ability to give birth and be pregnant is a life-changing one. Although it is a sacrifice, it’s certainly also a blessing, and that should be celebrated in itself.
