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To think that a woman who still has pregnancy weight 8 weeks after having a baby is normal?

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speedymama · 31/05/2007 14:25

Just read an article from a magazine left on the train. It was about Mel B and it said that she had been to some event in Hollywood and still had not lost all the weight she had put on after having her baby.

She had a baby 8 weeks ago! I know that in La La Land most things are surreal but having a baby is as real as it gets and a woman's body will invariably gain weight. It takes 9 months to go on so why the modern unrealistic expection by meeja types for new mothers to look like they have never had a baby?

I wish more slebs who have babies would lose weight properly instead of indulging in unrealistic diets so that they can fit into tiny frocks agian.

Grrr!

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HenriettaHippo · 31/05/2007 14:40

Totally unrealistic, and v. unfair to Mel B and all us ordinary people out here. Don't some celebs have tummy tucks performed at the same time as their elective c-sections? Which are done a month early to avoid that last month of sudden weight gain? Now, is that the healthy way to do it? I think not...

FioFio · 31/05/2007 14:39

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amidaiwish · 31/05/2007 14:38

tassis

it is 9 months on and 9 months off.... it definitely takes a full 9 months to get back to your previous shape
no matter what you do
even my "never put on an oz" personal trainer friends have found that after having a baby. i was really amazed that they didn't "spring" right back...

then again don't most celebs have a) caesarian at 36 weeks so they don't put on that last month of fat and b) have a bit of a tuck if they can at the same time or shortly after?

motherinferior · 31/05/2007 14:38

Oh GOD this is so unhelpful, fume rage.

There was a dame in my antenatal group who was back in her jeans four days after giving birth but she was very odd.

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speedymama · 31/05/2007 14:36

Ditto Xenia. After I had my DTS I had 4.5 stone to lose. After 7 months I had lost all but 1 stone by lots of walking, some running, breast feeding and healthy eating. It took nearly another year to lose the last stone but I preferred it that way. Slow and permament.

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toomuchtodo · 31/05/2007 14:36

I've still got pregnancy weight and kids at school!

tassis · 31/05/2007 14:35

when ds met his little sister he walked into the room, gasped and whispered "Is that our baby?"

lovely moment...slightly spolied by the fact that he then pointed to my (still v fat)stomach and said "So who's in there?"

tassis · 31/05/2007 14:33

my last half stone seems to have finally fallen off all by itself and dd is over 8 months.

Cappuccino · 31/05/2007 14:33

oh my fil came round 4 days after dd2 was born and said 'ooh look at cappy's stomach is there another one in there'

he has a paunch so, as you can imagine, I had a very quick answer for him

Judy1234 · 31/05/2007 14:31

When I had the twins after it looked like there was a third one in there. It takes a while to get back to normal and you need to do it safely. It took me 6 or 7 months after with the twins (and I remember because I wanted to look okay at my brother's wedding).