Most New Mothers Unhappy With Weight
A survey undertaken in the UK suggests that 97% of British women feel unhappy with their body after having a baby. Over 2000 mothers were questioned in the survey undertaken by Mother and Baby Magazine.
Not only are women dissatisfied with their bodies, they are infuriated by media images of celebrities shrinking magically back into size-eight outfits before their newborn is out of size-one nappies.
Whether we like it or not we are affected by our perceptions of celebrity images. One must also ask "what kind of pressure does a celebrity mother feel?". We can speculate as to how these celebrity mothers rapidly return to thei former size - but the reality is - we don't know... and... should it really worry us at all?
Written By J. Foster
Oprah,
I just had a baby (12-31-04). I gained 30 lbs.
Replyand lost 20lbs. within the first two weeks after
the birth of my daughter but, since then I'm at
a standstill. I watched the show on 2-14-05, I'm
making a comitment to my-self to do it for the 12
weeks.
walking, exersicing and alot of water.
I'll let you know in 12 weeks.
Jennifer
M.C.,In.