As Annie Ridout’s body becomes transformed by pregnancy, strangers can’t seem to help themselves from commenting. Usually with: “God, you’re huge.” Here’s why the commentary needs to stop…
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Wellbeing
Concerned that she still looked pregnant after giving birth, Annie Ridout sought professional advice. It turns out she had a common – and treatable – condition called diastasis recti. Here, she reveals her midriff for surprising before and after shots (and shares some advice)…
Wellbeing
Women and girls are often told that their worth is based on appearance. Beauty alone is seen as a sign of success. But Annie Ridout wants her daughter to believe that she can be active, involved and powerful – no matter what size her waist is…
Wellbeing
Want to see what a new mother’s belly looks like, 12 weeks post-birth? The editor Annie Ridout reveals hers here, in an attempt to normalise the scars of pregnancy. And she shares her honest feelings about not ‘snapping back into shape’…
Family
Body shaming – and society’s narrow body image ideal – is nothing new. But it seems this now extends to pregnancy, with 94% of mums-to-be experiencing bump shaming during pregnancy. Robyn Wilder shares her own experience of this…