Jennifer Garner shares special message to moms about body acceptance

By Megan Stone

Jennifer Garner is well aware of how pregnancy changes a woman's body. The mom of three opened up on Tuesday about body acceptance and why she no longer compares her figure with others.

Speaking on the "Happy Mum Happy Baby" podcast, Garner said she has made her peace that her body has been permanently changed by her three pregnancies.

Garner is the mom of 15-year-old Violet, 12-year-old Seraphina and 9-year-old Samuel -- all of whom she shares with ex-husband Ben Affleck.

"There are some incredible women whose bodies just. ... No matter how many babies they have, they just bounce right back to that slim hips, no stomach," she noted. "I mean it's incredible. I have so many girlfriends who have that physique and I'm so happy for them. I am not one of them. That is not my gig."

The "13 Going on 30" star noted that she can do everything those fit moms had done to get back in shape, but explained, "I'll still look like a woman who has three babies and I always will."

Garner also opened up about the constant media speculation about her having a fourth child and why she spoke out against it during her 2014 appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."

"I just thought I might as well address it," the actress explained. "I mean, every week, 'Is she? Is she? Is she pregnant?' And it's still happening! And I'm 48 and I'm single and it's still happening! So, you might as well take that bull by the horns."

During that interview, Garner proudly embraced her stomach, saying it will always look like "a bump" and decreed that everyone should "get used to it" because "it's not going anywhere."