"Maternity underwear." Ew. As a kid I used to read the Sears catalog
incredulously, searching for meaning and understanding in the pictures
of women with grossly swollen abdomens covered with supportive-looking
thick white fabric. Ew. In pregnancy, I studiously avoided anything
that smacked too much of uber-maternity, choosing instead to opt for
the under-belly look. Tents with bows? No thank you.
So how cool
is it that manufacturers have begun catering to real women who don't
want to cover up their fertility? The option of sexy maternity and
nursing wear is finally at hand, and none too soon if you ask me. Even
though, for me, pregnancy and the early months of motherhood were the
least sexy of my life. By far. Still, something pretty and colorful
totally beats ugly supportive let's-just-cover-her-up, don't you think?
Apparently, though, some people think the pregnant body is decidedly unsexy. Or maybe too sexy: after all, to be pregnant, one must have had sex, I'm pretty sure. And they're calling ads for "Hot Milk" maternity lingerie "soft porn."
Hello?
Porn? So..if there's a fertile belly pictured, this is porn? Sorry, I
just don't see it. Sure, the model doesn't maybe look quite real (where
are the stretch marks?), but I certainly don't see porn here.
But maybe pregnant women should just go into seclusion the way they used to. Pul-eeze.
