AMY Duggar is celebrating her personal spirit by sharing memories of herself when she was at her weakest.
The former reality star shared a throwback photo on Instagram from shortly after she gave birth to son Dax, revealing her leftover stomach.
She captioned it: “Forget the term ‘baby weight’ I’m calling it ‘created another human being weight’ and I don’t know about you but it doesn’t just ‘melt off’ .
Breastfeeding didn’t help me either because I ate like it was Thanksgiving for almost 2 years.
Amy, 35, went on to explain the photo of her holding her baby, stomach exposed, is just a throwback reminding other new mothers to be kind to themselves.
She continued: “Your body has been through so much and if the house is disaster that’s ok, if you don’t know the last time you’ve showered that’s ok too.
“In this picture my hair looked like a birds nest..I felt like a blob, one big fat whale.
“And I was hard on myself, I cried, pinched my stomach and just didn’t feel like myself pre-baby. Nothing fit right, and I felt ugly.
“And then I looked up and saw my sweet boy and in that moment my mood changed. And I took this picture. And I’m so glad I did now looking back.”
Fan reaction to the emotional post was sudden and often supportive.
One fan shared: “You are beautiful, inside and out! Thank you for showing everyone!”
Another added: “Moms are the real “body builders”, we just don’t get medals or trophies. It takes a lot to grow another human and then also help them become good adult human.”
A third said: “You’re beautiful, and you’re raising a sweet baby! Be easy on yourself.”
MOVING ON
Amy showed no hesitation in sharing the skin-revealing pics – something she has started to embrace in the wake of her growing separation from her conservative Christian Counting On family after her cousin Josh’s child pornography arrest earlier this year.
Amy recently admitted she sought out “calm” ever since news of Josh being brought up on charges of “knowingly possessing material that contained images of child pornography,” including “of minors under the age of 12.”
Amy has been open about her non-disclosure agreement refraining her from talking much about her famous family.
She previously told The Celeb Report she was “devastated” by Josh’s arrest.
She said: “At the moment I have no comment to make. I’m kind of speechless, we just hope it’s not true.
“I spoke with several of my cousins after we heard about the arrest. We’re in shock, but we don’t want to think the worst of someone, you want to think the best.
“If it is true it would absolutely devastate a lot of people.”
DRESS CODE
Amy further flaunted her family separation by breaking her conservative parent’s dress code
The modest dress code, encouraged by Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, usually only allows women to wear long skirts or dresses.
However, in a recent Instagram fashion shot, Amy’s first outfit featured skin-tight jeans, which showed off her curves.
She paired it with a floral top and a purple hat to pull it all together.
Amy’s second outfit was a low-cut dress matched with a rusty orange wide-brimmed hat.
The dress displayed her curves and décolletage.
Amy’s third outfit kept the orange hat, but instead swapped out the dress for a chunky off-white sweater and a skin-tight belted mini skirt with a small thigh slit.
AMY’S ADVICE
Earlier in October, Amy told fans to “let the toxic go” in a cryptic message after she ditched her family over her cousin Josh’s child pornography arrest.
She insisted to fans “it’s okay to have boundaries and to let the toxic go,” as she continued to put distance between her and her extended family.
