Does your post-baby body look like this?

The photographer behind the project, Ashlee Wells Jackson, is a mother herself – to 7-year-old son Xavier, twin daughters Nova, 10 months, and Aurora, who died due to complications of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.

Speaking to the HuffPost, Ashlee said: "This project has been a necessity in my mind for years now.

"After coming out the other side of a very traumatic pregnancy and birth experience, and struggling with the strangeness of my new body, I felt like it was finally time to make this project a reality.

“I see beautiful, inspiring, real women on a daily basis who struggle with their body image because they don’t feel they measure up to who the media tells them to be. I feel like this is even more poignant in mothers who often feel like their bodies have been ruined, when they should instead be respected for creating, sustaining and nourishing life. So much more needs to be done in our society to embrace body positivity and normalize breastfeeding.

"So, I started with my story and it has exploded into a beautiful thing from there.”

See more pictures from the project by clicking next...

Photos: The 4th Trimester Bodies Project

Linny Foerg and 3-month-old, Willow born by cesarean

Heidi Holmberg and 11-month-old, Elijah who was born at home

Beth Carpenter and 10-month-old Willa

Lovelyn Palm and 13-month-old twins Emelia and Evelyn

Katie Seibel with 15-week-old Ethan

Allison Kaputanoff and 6-week-old Henry

Monica Zibutus and 21-month-old Henry

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