Last month I had to buy two dresses for weddings we were attending and for the first time in my life, I had no idea which styles suited my body. I needed something that could keep the puppies in, but let them out for breastfeeding, and I also needed to minimise the appearance of my post pregnancy weight, all whilst looking hot to trot. Outfit after outfit was discarded and panic started to creep in as I feared that I wouldn’t find anything and that if there was any hint of post-pregnancy weight, people may comment. Looking back I feel sorry for the boyf who patiently shopped with me and didn’t pull out his eyes with a clothing hanger…

Every week we are being marketed to by magazines that spew out headlines and stories about how whatever A-Lister or Z Lister lost their baby weight. We used to know that losing the baby weight was a gradual process that happened over the year after your baby was born, but now we’re being led to believe that your figure should snap back and that you can exercise off the weight and be out in a growler grazing skirt by the time your baby is a month old. I’m an intelligent woman that knows the score really, but society’s obsession with weight means that I have times where I lack the confidence but have plenty of doubt about my body.

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