Body Image and Motherhood (Five Favorites)

This week for Five Favorites, I'm sharing my five favorite posts/articles on a theme, the theme being "body image and motherhood".  I wrote my own post on the topic a while back entitled Mommy Body, if you're interested in my own personal take.  Here's some other awesome posts I've found from around the internet (in no particular order):

(1)

When Your Mother Says She's Fat

"Dear Mum,

I was seven when I discovered that you were fat, ugly and horrible. Up until that point I had believed that you were beautiful - in every sense of the word.

...But all of that changed when, one night, we were dressed up for a party and you said to me, ''Look at you, so thin, beautiful and lovely. And look at me, fat, ugly and horrible.'' "

 (2)

My Body After Rex - A Postpartum Reflection

"This is my body – and it occupies more space than it used to. This is my Mom-Body, as a friend of mine calls it, and there are some fashions I may never wear again. But this body has kept another human alive – almost entirely by itself – for 14 months."

 (3)

Smaller Than Before: The Politics of Postpartum Bodies

"The intimacy I experienced with my body and my developing baby during pregnancy was perhaps the most compelling transformation I have ever known...Why would we erase all of this complexity– the physical and psychological makings and markings of pregnancy and parenthood?"

(4)

The Mom Stays in the Picture

"But we really need to make an effort to get in the picture. Our sons need to see how young and beautiful and human their mamas were. Our daughters need to see us vulnerable and open and just being ourselves -- women, mamas, people living lives. Avoiding the camera because we don't like to see our own pictures? How can that be okay?"

(5)

How to See Your Body Through Your Daughter's Eyes 

"Those secret places that magazines write articles on how to hide – embarrassed of our post pregnancy body image – determined to sell us a cure for how we look.

I’m not buying."

Those secret places that magazines write articles on how to hide – embarrassed of our post pregnancy body image – determined to sell us a cure for how we look.
I’m not buying.
- See more at: http://lisajobaker.com/2012/06/post-pregnancy-body-image/#sthash.JDQvZM2Y.dpuf

Those secret places that magazines write articles on how to hide – embarrassed of our post pregnancy body image – determined to sell us a cure for how we look.
I’m not buying.
- See more at: http://lisajobaker.com/2012/06/post-pregnancy-body-image/#sthash.JDQvZM2Y.dpuf

Those secret places that magazines write articles on how to hide – embarrassed of our post pregnancy body image – determined to sell us a cure for how we look.
I’m not buying.
- See more at: http://lisajobaker.com/2012/06/post-pregnancy-body-image/#sthash.JDQvZM2Y.dpuf

Those secret places that magazines write articles on how to hide – embarrassed of our post pregnancy body image – determined to sell us a cure for how we look.
I’m not buying.
- See more at: http://lisajobaker.com/2012/06/post-pregnancy-body-image/#sthash.JDQvZM2Y.dpuf

Those secret places that magazines write articles on how to hide – embarrassed of our post pregnancy body image – determined to sell us a cure for how we look.
I’m not buying.
- See more at: http://lisajobaker.com/2012/06/post-pregnancy-body-image/#sthash.JDQvZM2Y.dpuf

Those secret places that magazines write articles on how to hide – embarrassed of our post pregnancy body image – determined to sell us a cure for how we look.
I’m not buying.
- See more at: http://lisajobaker.com/2012/06/post-pregnancy-body-image/#sthash.JDQvZM2Y.dpuf

Those secret places that magazines write articles on how to hide – embarrassed of our post pregnancy body image – determined to sell us a cure for how we look.
I’m not buying.
- See more at: http://lisajobaker.com/2012/06/post-pregnancy-body-image/#sthash.JDQvZM2Y.dpuf

Bonus: I also liked this article.  Body image affects sons too!  And this one with tips for cultivating positive body image in your daughters.

Linking up with Moxie Wife's Five Favorites. Thanks for hosting, Hallie!