A mother has horrified the internet after describing what her vagina looked like after giving birth to her daughter.
Val Emanuel, 33, from Los Angeles, is an actress and founder of Reef Care, a brand of organic menstrual products. She has over 90,000 followers on TikTok, where she documents her life as a mother and entrepreneur.
The content creator, who uses the handle @malibuma__went viral after she remembered looking at her postpartum vagina for the first time.
“No one tells you what it will look like after you give birth, but I’m just telling you now,” she began her eye-opening video.
Actress Val Emanuel, 33, from Los Angeles, went viral on TikTok after remembering looking at her postpartum vagina for the first time
The Rif Care founder admitted she wasn’t prepared for what her vagina would look like after giving birth to her daughter
Emanuel said she first looked at herself “down there” when she was eight years old.
“Then I think I looked every now and then because I was like, ‘Mmm, this cute little quarter slot machine type situation,” she explained.
The mother admitted she wasn’t prepared for what her vagina would look like after giving birth to her daughter.
‘I didn’t tear. I didn’t tear. “I was very proud of that, so I thought it would be normal,” she said. “Newsflash, it looks like ground turkey. It is like ground turkey, but for two weeks. Then it looks like a sliced turkey.’
Emanuel added that at some point between delivery and 12 weeks of recovery, “it goes back to looking like it did before.”
‘My slot machine is back. I’m happy to say that. It’s a little different though,” she concluded.
“What did yours look like?” she asked viewers in the caption. “I didn’t tear, but it was still damaged. Back (to) normal feeling and watching now!’
Emanuel’s video has been viewed 2.4 million times and received more than 1,700 comments since it was posted on February 26.
Emanuel explained that it looked like “ground turkey” for about two weeks and then “sliced turkey” until she fully recovered
Emanuel’s video has been viewed 2.4 million times and received more than 1,700 comments. Many people were admittedly shocked by the description
Many non-mothers were stunned by the description and could not hide their shock.
‘Ground turkey?????? SLICEDDDDD turkey???????’ one person responded.
‘What do you mean by soil????’ asked another.
‘WHERE ARE MY PEARLS?! I HAVE TO HIT THEM!’ someone else joked.
Other viewers who have given birth have shared how their vaginas looked like everything from ‘Twinkies’ to ‘beat up orange slices’ before recovering.
“Pro tip: Don’t LOOK for a while, like eight weeks,” one mom advised.
‘Don’t be afraid girls, like she said, things usually go back to normal! It did it for me! It’s even tighter,” someone else added.
“Honestly I had a bad tear and my doctor sewed me right back up and she looks even more taken out (than) before,” another commented.