It has come to my attention that there are a large number of women (and girls, check out this blog post) who think that they are fat. No, this really isn’t that shocking given today’s cultural obsession with women who are stick skinny, yet unnaturally top heavy, but what is surprising is the number of women I hear (or read about) complaining about being fat while either pregnant or recently after giving birth. Perhaps I just can’t sympathize since I’ve never been pregnant, but seriously? You’re supposed to gain weight when you get pregnant. Your body is supposed to get round and cushiony so as to accommodate and support the life form growing inside of you. In fact, if this is not occurring there is probably something wrong. Your body has to expand to make room for baby and that does not make you fat. It doesn’t mean you ate too much or should lay off the cheese puffs and chocolate cake (though we should all probably do that). It doesn’t mean that you’re unattractive. Oh, and your bell is not supposed to magically contract instantly after expelling the aforementioned life form from your womb. Get over it. It’s as annoying as h-e-double-hockey-sticks to sit around and listen to you complain and fret over how HUGE your ankles look or how HUGE (*gasp*) your waist is. Pregnant bodies (women’s bodies in general) are beautiful and yours is no exception. You do yourself and the women around you a great disservice by comparing yourself to a cow, beached whale, elephant, etc and by calling yourself fat. It’s not good for your self esteem, and it doesn’t set a good example for your daughters (or sons, or the other women/girls around you) either. I’m sure people have compared you to Buddha by now. I’m sure they’re all eager to rub your belly and you feel self conscious that you can’t fit into your skinny jeans any more, but you really, really need to get over it. Embrace the belly. Pregnant does not equal fat.
That is all.
*Image from here.
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