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Oh i need to rant!

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roseability · 26/03/2008 21:05

As a mum to a DS (23 months) who has just finished ADs prescribed for anxiety/depression, I know how bloody tough being a mum is and how down you can get. I magine my horror/shock to see J-Lo post twins plastered all over OK magazine with an unrealistically perfect figure and manicured hands! No wonder we get depressed when pre babies, we are fed this unrealistic portrayal of motherhood. I couldn't resist a peek at the pictures and almost laughed to see J-Lo and her creepy husband in various poses with sleeping twins and ridiculously expensive vintage prams. One picture showed them bottle feeding said twins in perfect unision with harmonious smiles on their plastic smiling faces! Yeah right! Where is the tired/scared faces because they have been up until 5am trying to breastfeed two newborns? When would you have time to get a manicure with not one but two new babies? How would your figure look like that when you have had two lives growing inside you for 9 months? Where were all the shitty nappies and dirty bibs and a house in chaos? I think motherhood is wonderful but what makes it wonderful is that you get through all this (sometimes with a little help from happy pills ) and raise another life. We should rejoice in wobbly post baby figures, leaky breasts and crying babies because that is real. I'm just jenny from the block my arse!

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kkgirl · 26/03/2008 22:34

Rose

I agree with you, but remember that they will have help etc, from nannies and household help, so will be able to go and have manicures and enjoy a lifestyle without the babies. Thats easy, we should be proud of ourselves dealing with the good and the bad.

joanie1 · 27/03/2008 10:06

Thanks roseability - made me LOL! (Bump)

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