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stefanie — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:08:38 GMT

No surprise that the Times put it under "fashion" rather than "health."

Re: husbands - I really don't think that many of them care one way or another. And no, I would never under any circumstances do that.

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jenseju — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:46:59 GMT

No kidding!!

My body has been through a lot of surgery. When I was a kid, my mom called me her "Scar-Bellied Sneetch," which made me feel special and strong.

I have a Lethal Weapon pride in all my marks (remember the scene they were all comparing gunshot scars), and a surgeon who insisted on going *around* my belly button 3 times (including when he assisted at my C-section), and a husband who loves ME.

That other quote in the Times article:

There is more pressure on mothers today to look young and sexy than on previous generations, she added. “I don’t think it was an issue for my mother; your husband loved you no matter what,” said Ms. Birkland, who recently remarried.

That's SAD. How shallow can people get ?!? Or is this an East Coast thing, or just a class phenomenon?

I live in the Lower Midwest, where maybe 2% of the population would include the demographic showcased in this article.

(All that being said, I wouldn't mind getting my DDD's down to a C someday. But I don't feel BAD about them, they're just inconvenient when riding horses and chasing toddlers.)

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Marisa — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:16:20 GMT

Karen, thank you for your quote in the Times. I am a young woman who would like to think that when I do have children I will wear my new body just as proudly as my mother did. It disgusts me that something as miraculous as motherhood would become "the ultimate indignity" to quote Cookie. I was surprised to hear that a parenting magazine would be so superficial. Well, kudos to you moms who are wearing it proudly!

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Diane — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:09:44 GMT

This kind of thing irks me to no end. Karen, thanks for your quote in the newspaper on this. Seriously, it is becoming so totally unattractive to even consider having kids at all. If I were a young woman today looking at this kind of pressure, I'd opt out of having kids. It's not so much the fear of messing up one's body, it's the realization that our society expects us to have kids but not be impacted in any way by it. Don't miss a beat at work, don't let your body show it in any way. Our society disrespects mothers so much we ought to call a strike.

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Claire — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:50:21 GMT

Karen, I loved your quote in the Times article. This trend is unsettling to me, too. I know there are women who decide to have surgery and they are happy with that decision. It's certainly not my place to judge. But I do worry that a growing number of women are using these "quick fix" procedures as way to cope with deeper, more serious body image issues that no nip or tuck can really solve:

5resolutions.blogspot.com/.../new-moms-depressed-and-unhappy-with.html

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Autumn — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:12:40 GMT

Tummy tuck here. Totally okay with getting rid of the loose skin (jowls) but you have to control the fat and make muscles yourself. But after 40 no matter what you have done you still look over 40.

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Susan — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:56:23 GMT

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RachelZ — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:47:03 GMT

Hell no, I won't be getting surgery. And if my husband were to suggest it? It's a good thing we already have the kid because he'd be getting a size 9 to the nuts, no question.

I'm proud of my body the way it is. I mean, think about how amazing it is that my body incubated a WHOLE OTHER PERSON for the better part of a year and then fed said person for the better part of the next year? That's amazing shit, that is.

Sure, I have some work to do in the way of getting the body back into fighting shape, but I'm going to do it the old-fashioned way - by eating less and moving more. Surgery should be a last-resort for the desperate, not the first line of defense for the stupid, weak, and insecure.

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Jenni — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:41:08 GMT

No, I would not consider having the surgery. I still think of my new body as a badge of honor. Hopefully I'll continue to feel this way no matter what some other people might think.

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