to feel a bit sorry for Coleen Rooney (& most other sleb new mums?)

[NormaSknockers]

I've notcied that in mag interviews/general news etc the media are already asking Coleen what her post baby diet is/will be, when she'll be hitting the gym, when she'll be getting her pre baby body back etc etc.

The girl has just had a baby & will be getting to grips with all that comes with that including broken sleep, feeding, nappy changes as well as recovering from the birth - like the majority of new mums I'm sure the last thing on her mind, for the next few weeks at least, will be her figure.

Is it little wonder that sleb mums feel the pressure to ping back into shape? Surely the media should lay off the figure/post baby body/diet questions? I know that as these people chose to live their lives in the public eye they should expect scrutiny like this but isn't wrong to focus so much on women's bodies post birth?

AIBU to feel for her a bit & wish less pressure was put on women in general to get back their figures just like that?

scottishmummy says it best

She doesn't have to do the interviews.

she wouldnt know hard work if it got up and stoated her

fannying about being a wag and having sycophants take your picture for a photoshoot
isnt hard work

minimum wage,git of a boss.that i feel sorry for anyone enduring

I am still not back in shape post-partum.
Ds2 is 2.8.
It is just as well I am not a WAG.

Ok, so put your feelings aside of slebs in general. What I mean is there is a huge pressure on women in general to lose the baby weight & lose it fast. All these photos & talk of 'how X got her figure back just 6 weeks after giving birth' doesn't help.

There are women, young girls, out there who think that this is the way to go - that getting thin fast is what they need to do to "fit in". I am struggling to lose the weight since having my DC & it feels almost socially unexceptable that I'm still overweight (to some anyway) I just don't think the media helps that at all.

Like someone else said it's been very refreshing to see Charlotte Church post baby!

I don't think I've worded this to well as I've completely skimmed over my point.

I don't feel sorry for them - they're selling their lives/bodies/houses/romantic entanglements as things to be gawped at, in the same way that a solicitor 'sells' her brains and a baker sells her cakes. But I do feel sorry for other new mothers who don't have the time and money to invest in losing baby weight as their main professional priority, and get the impression that it's normal or healthy to be 'back in their size 10 jeans' within matter of weeks.

because, let's face it, the Daily Heil is only really interested in Coleen failing to get into her size 10s.

Well. I don't know who she is. Shall google and return!

But, in my experience when it comes to being compassionate YA usually NBU.

Norma - I don't like the pressure on women to lose the baby weight fast. I'm feeling it myself, as I have a 4 month old baby and work as an actor. I start panto tomorrow, and I still have a 10lb of baby weight to lose. My employer hasn't put any pressure on me, but in my field of work, most people my age are really slim and toned. It makes me feel a need to lose weight faster than I would if I wasn't working.