Hello Everyone,
Kate picked a great topic to start the week off. We have touched on a lot of body shapes in the past two weeks but we forget the body shape of the expectant mom. I remember the moment when you first find out you are pregnant you have this tingling feeling of Awe. Maybe it is that moment of self doubt and fear.... will I be a good Mom, will the baby be healthy. Slowly you begin to regain your composure and Holla!!!......... let the eating, shopping, name selection etc. begin!!! 65 lbs later............. with all three pregnancies and my middle one was twins. I weighed the day I gave birth what an NFL Linebacker weighs..... I am not lying!!!! I do remember lying in the hospital bed after Caroline was born and looking at my stomach saying look how flat it is! Then I stood up!!! AARRGGHHHHHHHHH!!!
Kate, Christina and I would now like to grab you by the shoulders and very seriously look you in the eye and say.......... " The only thing we would change during our pregnancy would be to try and remember that in 9 months that healthy baby will leave your body and at that time you do NOT want to be so far gone from your weight, your piece of mind, your self, that a missing persons report will be filed by you...... With a Pre- Pregnancy shot of yourself!!!
I thought the name of this photo was funny!! Only Maxim Magazine!!! LOL!!
Anyway, I read this book a few years ago written by a mother of 10 children Kathryn Sansone! YES 10!! No multiples!!! her book is called " Women first family always !" she writes "You are important as a women and an individual, not simply as a mother or a wife. During 19 years of marriage, with children, I've learned that if a women gives up an aspect of herself-either the women in her, the mother, or the wife- the other two facets will suffer." What I took from her book was it is okay to make time for you! It benefits everyone!!
There are so many great fitness sites out there that you can get great tips on excercise while pregnant. That coca butter cream will not keep you from stretch marks I can guarantee it! I slathered that stuff on everyday! So much of it that it turned my maternity underwear (the kind that comes up over your belly! AH.. HA... YEP!! orange!! ) Moderate weight gain is the only thing that helps and good gene's! My biggest recommendation to you would be Pre-natal yoga and long walks!! It is so good for you, your baby and your well being! Also, if you are adopting a baby you need to be mentally prepared as well. Take time for YOU before your baby comes!
We would also like to tell you.....Don't give up your personal style while your pregnant this can be very challenging because of your shape and who wants to spend a fortune on maternity wear!! A great tip... check out your local high end thrift stores there maybe some great finds. Also, celebrity mom's are saving the day for us by launching there own maternity lines and products!! Here is one of my favorite celebrity moms Heidi Klum. YES! favorite even after she walked down the Victoria Secret runway in a thong two months after giving birth to her second child!!!! For the love of God!!!! LOL!!!
Heidi Klum's line's Loved and Lavish can be found at a Pea in the Pod 
and Motherhood Maternity. Actress and Mom Mariska Hargitay sums it up perfectly.... " I'm a women, I'm a goddess, I've earned this body. My body is a badge of honor." Ooooo Love that!!! Also, my neighbor once told me... " don't worry about giving birth.... it is what our bodies are meant to do!" She was so right! Piece of Cake!!! LOL!!
Congratulations to all you expectant moms!! Motherhood is "Haute !!"
XO Kimberly
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