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Here’s looking at you babe

by Lauren Booth
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Though my attempt at movie-star pregnancy flopped, I still loved my body for most of the nine months and even for weeks after the birth. Every time I got shaky about weight gain, I would wait for a kick. When it came all my self-obsession and insecurity vanished. My body was doing what it was designed for: Creating, nurturing and, finally, feeding as well.

Going to antenatal classes helps humanise the whole process. You see women of all different shapes and sizes coping differently with their bodies and lifestyle changes. Once I shared my ‘snake-eating-a-sheep story’, the conversation moved on to far more important matters – piles and backache.

You can feel sexy during your nine months, but you’re unlikely to be glamorous the whole time. Swimming helps to keep the body healthy without putting any extra strain on the joints and as I said to myself most mornings: stop worrying about being sexy for now. After all, it’s sex that got you into this mess in the first place.

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