The NY Times ran a story on the "mom-job": a boob job, tummy tuck, and lipo, designed to restore the postpartum body to its former, um glory. Our very own Karen is quoted in it,
saying, "Those badges of motherhood have turned into badges of shame
and, if
you’re the one caught without a tummy tuck, then you won’t get invited
to the party." And we don't need those stinking badges. Contrast that
with what one surgeon says, "The severe physical trauma of pregnancy,
childbirth and breast-feeding
can have profound negative effects that cause women to lose their
hourglass figures." Whoa now. All of the sudden my delivery and nursing
experiences have been recast as a car accident. But while we feel the
rising bile at the pressure on moms to look like their bodies never
carried a baby, there's one question I keep coming back to.
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