..to have complained to GMTV about Loraine Kelly's feature about women snapping back into shape after birth ?

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Did anyone see this ?

Loraine interviewed 'z' list celebrity Lisa Scott Lee who modelled in a bikini 6 weeks after birth.

The feature had been trailed earlier on GMTV as being about the pressure some women feel under to snap back into shape 6 weeks after birth. Interesting I thought, having given birth 4 weeks ago (2nd child, so under no illusion about my body's recovery !)

The feature simply perpetuated the pressure to which it was referring and was void of any facts about real women and the length of time it takes for the body to recover.

They did mention that 'Dr Hilary' would be on tomorrow to dicuss this further, but even so - pretty iresponsible I thought.

I've probably wasted my time complaining but there you go ! (And before anyone points it out to me, I don't expect serious features on LK Today, but I don't expect such irresponsible boadcasting).

I put on 3 stone with DS1 4.6 yrs ago.When DS1 was 7 months old I fell`pregnant with DS2 (now 3.3). I still haven't got back to pre-pregnancy weight - I love my food for energy too much

It depresses me that women are expected to spring back into shape within weeks of giving birth.
There are so many celebs who have had children who give interviews saying "pressure to get back into shape", "on the treadmill a few hours after birth", "gutted having a section as it made my exercise plans more difficult" etc etc.
It is bad enough that women who are not pregnant / not had children are expected to be a size 0, if they are anything more than a 10 they are considered "fat" and that the papers are full of pics of very, very skinny celebs with their knock-knock-knees and jutty out collar bones.
It is difficult to portray a healthy body image to younger girls nowdays, and the day that nine-months-to-put-on-nine-months-to-take-off is seen to be a lazy-ass, fat-arsed approach, well, just it is just depressing.

I know my post sounds bitter, but it does annoy me. I didn't fit into my pre-pregnancy clothes after birth because they were too big, given that I lost 2 stone during the pregnancy throwing up every five minutes, even in the street
The issue of pressure for women to be stick thin just pisses me off in general.
I had an argument with one of the guys in my office over his fancying of Posh Spice, I told him that her figure was all that was wrong with the world

The Mirror is one of the worst newspapers for this. Today they have a double spread article about someone from Holby City snapping back into shape some 6 weeks after birth, and then a plan of how you can achieve the same result!

So much pressure to lose weight just after birth! Perhaps we should start a campaign?

I'd like to see anyone who has a 9lb 11oz baby, who put on 4 stone in pregnancy and hwo breastfed snap back into shape in 6 weeks.
Now, I was 7.5 stone before I got pg, I walk everywhere, I have a very fast metabolism, and I had a 3 yr-old boy to run around after...
But it still took me over a year to lose the weight. (without compromising the breast-feeding by dieting, compromising the quality time with the toddler and the baby etc.)

IMVHO people who are in their pre pregnancy clothes 6 weeks after birth are:

• Poorly
• Pushing themselves too hard when they should be spending time with their newborns.

A friend of mine was back in her jeans after two weeks, but she had a terrible birth, lost lots of blood, nearly had to have a tranfusion etc - I would imagine that she'd prefer a few extra pounds to a very extreme weight loss due to all the circumstances!

iw as afetr two weeks
i think you lto take this too seriosuly
stop chompign.

There was an "article" in Now the other week, and it had Claire (I think) from Steps in it, devastated that she had put weight on after having her son & struggled to lose it, she'd even cancelled her wedding because she was so depressed about it. Poor girl

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By ElfOnTheTopShelf on Mon 16-Jun-08 20:50:41 post

• lucky

ahem

dd1 was 9lb 10, I put on over 3 stone and I b/f

and had a section so couldnt exercise either

back in jeans in one week

same with dd2

I am not a freak of nature, just annoying , my mum was the same so it must be genes or something

my stomach is a crepey blamonge (sp?) however so I won't be appearing on GMTV anytime soon

I honestly think if you were fit and toned beforehand, kept exercising and ate normally during pregnancy, then there is no reason to still have 2 stone of weight left over.

I did just that with dd and was back to normal very quickly.

With Ds1 I stopped exercising as much and craved crap. I had a stone to lose afterwards.

Of course being photographed for a national ad is a slightly different kettle of fish

'By theStallionOfSensibleness on Mon 16-Jun-08 20:52:56
iw as afetr two weeks
i think you lto take this too seriosuly
stop chompign.'

Don't be ridiculous, the first few weeks you just do anything you can to get by, sleeping very little, and often when bfing you get ravenous hunger, and for good bloody reason. You need that energy to feed another human being. Not to mention you barely have the energy to cook healthy and nutritious meals so eat the cakes that people bring round or just so you actually get to eat something.

And taking it too seriously? Don't dismiss an argument just because you are not interested in it.

'I honestly think if you were fit and toned beforehand, kept exercising and ate normally during pregnancy, then there is no reason to still have 2 stone of weight left over.'

Well, that's just fine sorky unless you eat to stave away the 24 hour hangover that plagues you for most of the pregnancy and anything but stodgy or sweet food makes you want to throw up.

And fine as long as your joints and ligaments don't give up the ghost making even walking painful.

God I hated being pregnant, and it wasn't made much better by a whole load of judgey people measuring things by their own experiences and expectations e.g. the man who told me how his wife cycled up until the day they gave birth.

No being pg isn't great fun when you can't do much because of spd and getting up the stairs is absolute agony...and even after the birth you're still in pain because the ligaments still don't support your joints enough.
When the hyperemesis means you don't eat or drink for days and you're so weak they put you in hospital.

MN, fabulous as it is, is not the best place to be if you don't want to hear judgey people measuring you up to their expectations imho.

Nope, GP tested me for overactive thyroid at my 6 week check, all normal. Always been a bit on the plump side, am 5 foot 8 hover between size 12/14/16, was overweight before getting pg, put on 3 and a half stone, 9lb 6 baby, lost baby weight plus stone and a half by 6 week check. Walked tons, ate healthy, no alcohol, very few biscuits/cakes, no flippin sleep, back to work (single mum) when dd was 5 months whilst still bf a very big hungry baby.

Only thing was when I stopped bf when dd was 14/15 months (now 17 months) put on stone and a half very quickly so now back to sensible food and exercise...

Being a 'quite big' girl thought will be a plump mummy, nope, not one stretch mark, flat tum (though bit wrinkly at the bottom when bending iykwim) don't know how I managed it but then I grew and fed a baby my body is just amazing and I am knocking on a bit so no-one will be looking at me in a bikini anyway!

LK is a wee blether, full of innane tittle tattle.i dont usually get to see her i am at work.harmless but talks out a hole in her arse

but yes schlebs have to be certain wt/size in order to sell drone on about their new exercise dvd yoga/eurobeat pilates/ab-crunching..whatever

fwiw i recall the worst LK moment as when interviewing a wee girl with cancer, they showed before (long blonde locks) and after chemo no hair baseball cap

girl obviously nervous, sitting with mummy

LK "Och will ye feel better when yer hair grows back then, hen"

wee girl nearly burst into tears, looks horrified

LK so insensitive and tactless

hah,,,thin woman at work told me (heifer after pregnancy) how she ran her circuits right up until her third last week of pregnancy...so I asked her about the state of her pelvic floor after all that bouncing.....right enough she said...

it jsust sounds liek sour grapes.
" oh but i am sitll fat its not faaaaaaaaaaaaaaair"

welll fgs if you at eless when pg.
i wore loose trousers for 2 weeks tops9 mostley dure to bleeding)
i was depressed post ntatally wiht ds1 but still didnt whinge on about being fat

Yeah right, all you have to do is eat healthily with morning sickness, exercise with SPD, and work out with a newborn that cries constantly, and refuses to sleep until they're 12 months old...

bit mean of DM calling him her "current husband"

agree scottish mummy she is full of hot air and her inane programme is just the pits

that last time i saw her on telly she was banging on about who would want to change poo nappies, that it was one for the nanny etc..

gimme strength just who do they think watches this tripe

Anybody else think Ulrika looks lovely with that weight gain? Much better IMO.

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