Distraction
I have an eleven week old. He is so chubby and getting to be big. Every time he gets a new role of fat we celebrate it. I, on the other hand, am not celebrating the extra fat my body still has from the pregnancy. I can look at him and realize what a miracle he was, and how great a thing it actually is to create a person, yet hate the toll it took on my body. How can I hate the body that produced something I love so much? My husband gained weight during the pregnancy also and I do not feel disgusted by his body, as I do about mine. I don't know if it is inherent in females to be vain about our bodies or un accepting of ourselves. I don't know how to get over the feeling of revulsion every morning when I look in the mirror. For now I will just focus on looking at our little bundle of joy and try to put my figure on the back burner. I'm lucky to have the distraction
posted by administrator at 5:47 AM
1 Comments:
Hi! I just started reading your blog! It is great....upon reading your last post I had a thought...you mentioned that we women might be especially vain.....while this provoked a lot of thought I don't believe it to be true....what I do think is that men are valued for their minds, their power, their success while women are not necessarily valued for their minds. Women are often seen by our society as mentally lesser than men, perhaps because of this we women are made to feel that our way to equal success is through the body.
Just a thought.
I look forward to reading more from you!!
Congrats on becoming a mother.
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