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Celebrity Versus Real PostPartum Bodies
Getting sick of seeing pictures of celebrities who are already slim one month after giving birth? So was Bonnie Crowder. She started a website, Shape of a Mother, and posted photos of her stretch marks. Soon she was getting tons of photos and essays from other moms, even (gasp) naked ones. “‘Instead of seeing them as just stretch marks and an ugly scar, now you
can see them as the mark that your body did something amazing,’ said
Crowder.” Many of the women share their feelings about their bodies after during and pregnancy, and to my knowledge not one used the celeb weight-loss method of plastic surgery and a wet nurse a crash diet and five-hour daily sessions with a personal trainer.
The idea is pretty cool, since we get enough pressure to be bikini-ready, and perhaps aren’t prepared for the “when are you due?” questions you get when you go out sans baby two weeks after delivery. I know for some of us, the notion that breastfeeding makes all that weight fall right off is just crap. The only thing breastfeeding made fall was my boobs. Most of the photos on the site are of bellies, but naturally I immediately clicked on “vaginal trauma”. No photos there, and I’m sort of relieved. If yet-to-breed women saw pictures of the hoo hoo one month post-birth, it could spell the end of the species.
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7 Comments
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amOkay new moms, are you ready to sweat? That was me doing my best aerobics instructor voice. But it’s true, post-natal exercise can be helpful for all the reasons this nice personal trainer Tracey Mallett hits us with: Helps to reduce post-natal depression
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amPingBack from http://www.fitnessfixation.com/?p=360
RachelZ commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amYeah, where are those celebrity stretch marks? Oh wait – most celebrities don’t go anywhere without half an inch of makeup on so I can imagine there’s some pancake on them there stretch marks, too.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amThe celebs that do get stretch marks just don’t show belly in public anymore.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amWhy is it that that celebs never seem to get stretch marks? I don’t have a problem w/ how fast they lose the weight or get back into shape as they have more help and time on their side than the rest of us, but it would be nice to see one celeb w/ some stretch marks.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amNothing to make you feel fat and ugly like a picture of Heidi Klum modeling underwear 6 weeks after giving birth. But then again, if I had nannies and private cooks and trainers, I could look like that too.
A note on bf…I lost all my pregnancy weight very easily except for 2-3 pounds, which stuck like glue. It also unfortunately sat right on my belly/hips. Once I stopped bf though, those pounds, plus 20 more, fell off with zero effort.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 am“Shape of a Mother” link is not working…..
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