New Motherhood and Body Image

If you're like me, you're always struggling to lose that extra five pounds. Okay, who am I kidding? It's closer to ten and I'm being conservative. When I wrote my book, Love Mommy: Writing Love Letters To Your Baby, the last thing on my mind was how my body looked. I look back now on my post pregnancy weight, and I am shocked by how little it really mattered. It's almost like the way you enjoy fashion magazines up until pregnancy, and then once you are expecting, they hold about as little appeal for you as a tuna fish sandwich. Suddenly, all you want to read is parenting magazines and books about how to prepare. Which is why, I was thrilled to hear about a new book that celebrates the bumps of post pregnancy and the honest dilemnas we are faced with. In From the Hips: A Comprehensive, Open Minded, Uncensored, Totally Honest Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and Becoming a Parent, by Rebecca Odes and Ceridwen Morris, they finally offer readers a ton of advice about what do do with everything to do with pregnancy. What I liked about the book is its positive spin, which is people say about my book, Love Mommy: Writing Love Letters To Your Baby-there's no room or need for negativity, complaining or anything like that because the joy of motherhood is so great, it really does supercede everything else, including a little weight gain. Do you have or have you had a positive body image during and after pregnancy. Are you in the category of not caring, because you are so in love with being a mom, or do you feel in love with the idea of being a mom, but nonetheless, can't wait to fit back into that pair of skinny jeans?
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