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BR: Article about pregnancy & weight gain
I saw this article posted on the bump board. It's a very good article about how we, and society in general, perceive weight gain during pregnancy. Women in general, myself included, are very conscious about their weight. It's sad that society has skewed our perception that gaining weight is bad. It doesn't help that they show these celebrities who have just given birth and are as skinny as a rail. Women's bodies are different so we can't compare one pg woman from the other. Some women are lucky that they have only gain weight in their belly. Some gain weight all over. It is not wrong to stay active and healthy while pregnant but I guess some women just take it to the extreme.
http://nymag.com/nymetro/health/features/9909/
?If you can?t invest in your baby by gaining weight, I think it?s a harbinger for lack of investment in the child.?
So true...now, let me find something to eat lol.
Re: BR: Article about pregnancy & weight gain
That's really interesting! One of my closest friends is a family doctor and she was just telling me that sees a lot of patients at both ends of the scale - those who don't want to put anything on and those who put on 70+lbs.
Thanks for sharing that.
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I heard a lot of celebrities do this!!
I think it's a really sad reflection on what we value in our society too.
When I was pregnant with Maya, it was the first time in my LIFE that I had absolutely NO self-conciousness about how my body looked. It was so liberating and such a beautiful time in my life. I FELT the most beautiful I had ever been and that was WITH me gaining 46 lbs (by the end of my pregnancy).
With Samara, I was already over my usual weight by about 20 lbs to begin with and ended up gaining 46 lbs again so I was 66 lbs over my normal weight by the end of my pregnancy. I felt uncomfortable more in a physical sense but also felt self concious in a social sense too.
I'm still 40 lbs over my usual weight and feel HUGE and when I get 'ugh' about it, Josh replies "Honey, you just had a BABY!" in an attempt to help me feel better. Like "It's not really YOUR fat, it's from the baby" Lol.
I always reply "In this day and age, honey, when you have celebrities who are thin again before they even deliver the placenta, I can't use that as an excuse lol".
I'm thinking of maybe putting a pic up on my blog, when I get it kickstarted again, of me now (saggy, baggy tummy and 40 lbs over my usual weight) and go on a weight-loss, tone up mission. The plan is to keep putting pics up as I go along until I reach my goal and have this rockin body.
The goal of that would be to show women how ones body can be wobbly etc after giving birth AND the journey to getting fighting fit again. Women these days have role models that are unrealistic (meaning, watching celebs do it). These women have HELP, they have personal trainers, cooks, nannies..the list is endless!
Ok, after saying all that above....what I MEANT to say was:
Women need to nourish their babies/bodies during pregnancy and stop worrying about gaining the weight their bodies need to gain.
Afterwards, when they're ready, women should pursue realistic goals. Not step out of the hospital, hand the baby to their husband and make a beeline for the gym. It IS a long road to body recovery afterwards but it needs to be a slow and steady one and we need to be kind to our bodies and make sure we are still nourishing ourselves.
Celebs are not normal. I think they're aliens. We need to get over comparing ourselves (I'm guilty of it too obviously).
Geeze why didn't I say that the first time!
This exactly. I don't think it's a time to eat every thing in sight, but I do think it's a time to eat for you and for your baby. With that said, you should TRY to eat healthy although I'm realistic and know it's not always possible.
Right now I'm pregnant with #2, I started at 150-153 when I was pregnant with Bella and ended 26 lbs heavier (I also had her 5 weeks early). I was eating and exercising and LOVING my round belly and big boobs
I rocked my curves and even wore a 2 piece. Afterall, I was growing another person and that's an AWESOME responsibility and an amazing feeling as a woman to know that your body is capable of that. I didn't watch what I ate at all! I enjoyed what I ate and tried to eat good food as much as I could.
With this one I'm starting at 155 so in my opinion, not bad. Although my body is NO WHERE near where it was when I started with Bella. The shape is entirely different. Things are just in different places (saggy boobs, no more firm tummy, love handles, flabby arms, etc). However, I mentioned to DH that I would be sporting a tankini this summer and he acted like I had just grown 3 heads! He asked why I would do that when I looked so beautiful when I was pregnant with B. I said "well my body's VERY different now and I jsut don't feel as confident". I told me I was crazy and there would be no way that I should treat this pregnancy different.
In the end, he's right, it's a beautiful time in my life as a woman. Once again, I won't watch what I eat or go crazy counting calories or anything of the sort. I probably should be eating more than I do right now because I'm breastfeeding B and growing this baby, but it's hard to eat so much! 800 extra calories is more than I thought! I will be embrace this time and my curves (all of them! even the flabby arms!) just like I did the first time.
I feel sorry for people that are so worried about it. It's not a time in your life to watch your weight, it's a time to enjoy being a woman and growing a life!