Okay during pregnancy, self-conscious now (Karen)
I was 31 when my son was born. I had spent, easily, 25 years feeling fat, feeling overweight, feeling shy about my shape. As a teenager, I fluctuated between 15-30lbs more than was “recommended” by doctors at the time (5′4″-5′5″ and 130-145lbs). Then I met and married my husband, who is in [...]
Mention in Brain, Child Magazine
Author Melissa Stanton recently wrote an article on the controversial “Mom Job” plastic surgery package in Brain, Child magazine. She mentions this website in the article. Overall, I think the article is mostly balanced, but I would like to take this opportunity to clear up one thing about this website.
The Shape [...]
Doesn’t it Make You Wonder? (Alicia)
Reader Alicia commented on a recent post and I found her quote to be so relevant - such a simple and perfect way to sum up why we are all here at this site - that I wanted to share it with you, bolding the part that struck me as especially important.
doesn’t it make you [...]
007, A New Blog
The wonderful Maria who runs the 007 Breasts website has started a blog all about breasts: breastfeeding, shapes and sizes of breasts, surgery and anything else that women should be aware of. I’m adding it to my blogroll right now!
Loving Curvy Women (On Etsy)
Oy with the technical difficulties already. For almost a month now, the planets will just NOT align for me. Either the server that hosts this site is having problems, or else my computer is. If both of those are working, then I can’t access my uploader (and thus any entries I might [...]
Articles on the Web
I was poking through some old (old!) issues of Mothering Magazine today when I found two articles you need to read.
The first I will also link from Save Our Daughters because it fits right in over there and is all about how to teach your children to be tolerant of people of all [...]
Minnie Driver - “Podgy and fat” and completely awesome.
A reader sent me this article a few weeks ago now and I’ve only just now gotten to read it. How refreshing! Thank you, Minnie Driver!
I think it must be very hard to be a celebrity mom these days. If we feel watched after our babies are born, I can [...]
Thank you! (Anonymous)
I am so very thankful for your website. I have no pictures right now, just some thoughts to share. I stumbled upon your site today, 5 months after the birth of my beautiful, amazing daughter, Paige. I never thought of myself as a vain person, or as someone overly concerned with my looks. Recently, though, [...]
Body Image, Bulimia, and a Beautiful Baby Boy (Katie)
I struggled with my weight all my life. I struggled with a viscous eating disorder that ruled my every moment, and nearly killed me. I was 106 pounds, and had no menstrual cycle to speak of, fainting spells, seizures, ulcers, and heart problems. Eventually I got more confident, thanks to my (now) husband, and started [...]
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- 007 Breasts: Blog
- 007 Breasts: Gallery
- 50 Nude Women
- Attachment Parents United
- Beauty vs. Industry
- Birth Story Diaries
- The Century Project
- Hollaback NYC
- International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)
- La Leche League
- Maternity Gallery
- Mothering the Mother
- Pledge to Love Your Body
- PostSecret
- Unnecesarean.com