This is the cover for the current issue of OK Magazine’s UK edition. I believe OK UK is much more respected in Britain than the American version of OK, which is almost always wrong. Do you notice something particular about one of the cover lines? Look closely – “Kate’s Post-Baby Weight Loss Regime”. For people who are familiar with American and UK tabloids, this headline is neither shocking nor unique. On both sides of the pond, not only are “babies!” a big business, but the whole motherhood/getting your body back/judgmental mothering is also a huge industry. The whole “How [Insert celebrity] got her body back after baby!” thing is prevalent and gross. So what happens when the Motherhood Industrial Complex applies those standard to Duchess Kate? Everybody freaks out.
After the cover came out yesterday, Twitter and Facebook reaction was swift and ruthless – you can read some of the reactions here. There was a call to boycott the magazine, and OK UK’s editors had to apologize:
OK! magazine has apologised after the front cover of its latest edition sparked outrage with a feature on Kate Middleton’s post-baby “weight loss” regime. The cover of the July 30 £1 Royal Baby special boasted it had an exclusive with the Duchess’ trainer who spoke about how ‘her stomach will shrink straight back’.
The mag quickly sparked a furious backlash on Twitter and Facebook with readers branding it “pathetic rot” and vowing to boycott the Richard Desmond title.
Hours before the magazine hit the streets Kate had proudly presented her newborn son and future king to the world. Wearing a blue polka-dot custom made Jenny Packham dress, the Duchess was praised for showing off her post-baby bump for all to see.
This evening a Northern & Shell spokeswoman apologised for any distress that may have been caused and issued the following statement: “Kate is one of the great beauties of our age and OK! readers love her. Like the rest of the world, we were very moved by her radiance as she and William introduced the Prince of Cambridge to the world. We would not dream of being critical of her appearance. If that was misunderstood because of our cover it was not intended.”
I have two general points to make. One, I hate all of the body-snarking on pregnant and post-pregnancy women. I hated it when people called Jessica Simpson fat. I hated it when people called Kim Kardashian a whale. And I hate it when a tabloid is talking about Kate’s weight loss regime two seconds after she gives birth. It sucks. And it should stop.
That being said, my second point is that it IS big business, and the tabloids get away with these headlines and stories because they’re often working in collaboration with the celebrity women who want to show off (and profit from) their weight loss after baby. I can actually see WHY this tabloid decided on this headline – because they were treating Kate like any other celebrity woman whose body the public feels is their right to comment upon.
Now, all that being said, I like that Kate wasn’t Spanx’d into oblivion or wearing a giant muumuu when she and William debuted Prince George Alexander Louis. It made her seem… I don’t know, natural and comfortable. Plus, she just looked really pretty.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
She was not just hiding her post-baby bump- that dress seemed to have accentuated it. Thanks, Kate!
Why are you thanking her? I don’t understand why she is getting praise for not hiding her bump. How would she hide it anyways? She just had a baby and everyone has a bump. I honestly don’t understand why hiding or not hiding her post-bump is news.
Read the article. It pretty clearly stated how people hide bumps. It can be done. And has been done. The problem is that it is expected to be done so it’s refreshing when someone in the spotlight doesn’t do it. It’s refreshing when someone in the spotlight does the polar opposite of it.
Because Kate did it!
Honestly I don’t get it either. When she worked 4 events in a week the papers were on it like she’s the RF work horse. Harry later on did his USA tour and headlines said he was mimicking Kate’s work ethic. The press is still trying to sell her.
All women have this bump! Kate’s dress was lovely and i’m glad she didn’t conceal her stomach, but it’s nothing special and she’s not tearing down walls.
Thank you for the suggestion Marigold but I read the article. We all know how thin Kate likes to look. The only reason she is wearing this dress vs. a mumu is because this gives her body some definition while a mumu wouldn’t.
IKR!!! there is no way she could have hidden that bump so there is really no need to praise her.
and even if she could have hidden it with a long tent, she loves showing off her knees too much and having the wind blow up her dress.
honestly before this week i never saw one
Because women are shamed mercilessly from the moment they give birth. We’re expected to immediately pop back to our pre-baby bodies and most people go to great lengths to cover the fact that they haven’t bounced back yet. The fact that she went out there and wore that belly loud and proud spoke volumes. That was an amazing move!
Oh come on. Do you really think that was Kate´s intention? She gave birth and then dressed up. That´s all.
Her hairdressers brought her the dress in the hospital. So Kate made her “1st after birth-dress” decision long before the birth. Maybe she wasn´t aware how big her tummy would be (and look) after birth when she choose her outfit?
Nonsense. It was a custom dress and an awesome move. People diss her because of who she is, but this makes her seem genuine, and likeable. I love how happy they both seem with the baby and each other. It’s sweet.
At the risk of over commenting here…
TrustMeOnThis
And who is Kate?
What has she accomplished of note in her life? Has she blazed a trail? Has she a career? Does she have a hobby? Or is she simply a woman who waited around for a man to marry her so she would be entitled to his lifestyle and give birth to his child. She only seems genuine when shopping or on vacation. She’s not herself in charity work and seems like she’d rather not be there. This was not the role for her and that it where most criticism stems from. They do seem happy. I will give you that. In several weeks though when William has no RAF excuse to be away from Kate will he still take these random hunting trips away from her? Or will they exist under the same roof in KP rather than her in Berkshire and he anywhere else?
TrustMeOnThis: Please explain how wearing that dress makes her genuine and likeable?! She didn’t wear the dress to blaze trails or promote feminism. She is extremely figure conscience. Wearing a mumu dress would have made her look larger while this one gives her some definition.
OK, so Kate Middleton doesn’t have the almighty career, raking in her own big salary.
Who cares? A woman (or man, even) should be valued for who they are as a person, not for their paycheck or job title.
I honestly had no idea before this that women still look pregnant after giving birth (swollen uterus?) so I’ll thank her for that.
I thought Kate looked lovely and natural coming out of the hospital. Good for her for not caving into the trend of Spanx and other things to look as thin as possible, especially after just giving birth.
She doesn’t look fat. She looks like she had a baby. And the idea of wearing spanks after giving birth seems… uncomfortable; being all squashed in like that.
Some doctors recommend post pregnancy girdles to help the hips, organs and muscles get back from whence they came. I had excruciating back pain post-baby and I wonder if one of those doo-dads would have helped with that.
It surprised me the amount of people who did not actually realise that your pregnant bump doesn’t just magically disappear after giving birth – just goes to show how the media and photoshop and celeb’s who go for the c section tummy tuck are warping images and ideals of what is actually realistic and natural, Kate looked gorgeous!
For most people that have never been super close to a perso who’s just given birth, it’s not something that you think about. Although when you DO think about it, it does make sense.
I’ve never been close to any pregnant person, but this makes sense to me. It took 9 months to inflate for the baby, obviously takes some time to return to the original shape. It’s human tissue, not rubber.
I’ll out myself as someone who was didn’t realise that was normal. I’ve never seen a post-baby bump that pronounced.
I’m the youngest in a small family, so haven’t seen any pregnant relatives. Of my friends, only two have kids. One was significantly overweight to start with, so any bump wasn’t obvious like Kate’s. The other is naturally tiny (5 foot nothing, scrawny/wiry build, 90 pounds pre-pregnancy) and she walked out of the hospital in her pre-pregnancy size-zero jeans. Her tummy was slightly squishy rather than perfectly toned, but there was no pronounced bump.
So I hadn’t seen it in my personal life, and it’s not something I’ve ever seen in the media. I think it’s great that Kate is showing another type of normal.
Lucrezia
It’s completely normal. Often, but not always, the uterus is still swollen and not everything has discharged from it. Things were stretched really out of shape and it takes time for things to shrink back. Some women don’t have this issue. I think Victoria Beckham had her 1st(?) son and then got married within the next few days if not the next day in a size 0 corset bridal gown. And all her children were not small babies. They were born with a really good baby weight.
So it’s normal, but not all women get it.
Same here. I’ve never seen a *thin woman right after she gave birth…so I was wondering why it looked like she was still pregnant.
Well, in my case the surprise surely isn’t the result of watching photoshopped images (or the media in general). I’ve had a few friends who’ve had babies, and none of them had anything resembling a pregnant belly, like Kate’s, afterwards.
Photos of my own mother taken two days after my birth – she was wearing a skirt, no a tent dress – show a “flabby” abdomen, yes, but nobody would take it for a pregnant one.
So, what I am saying is that being surprised at the shape of her abdomen is perfectly valid.
Of course I am not criticising Catherine. I am simply surprised, that’s all.
I hate that ‘post baby weightloss’ has become such a money maker, but at the same time, I don’t see why Kate should be treated any differently to any other celebrity. On my twitter feed today I noticed people expressing outrage about this, but many of those same people were making jokes about Kim K’s weight a few weeks ago.
I’m also finding all the commentary on Kate’s post partum belly a bit off. At the end of the day, we’re all still obsessing and poring over images of over her body. Even if it’s for the right reasons this time, it still shows where our priorities lie. At the end of the day, the main topic of discussion is how the new mother looks, and that’s not helpful even when people are being positive.
Kate
You’re freaking awesome!
It’s awful this is discussed the way it is. No matter what body type you start out with a baby will change everything. To criticise any woman or to praise another for how their body looks during and after a pregnancy is shameful. The focus should always be about health!
The posters that attack Kim like doing it imo. They’ll compare Kate to Kim just to insult 1 pregnant woman while they praise another. Carrying a baby is not fun.
I don’t believe most people were snarking on Kim K’s weight. It was the clothing choices she was making. Her clothes were beyond ridiculous and made her look like a fool.
Itsa Reallyme
I went back and read some of those posts. They are snarking KK even when her outfits were amazingly normal and comfy like the loose denim shirt and the black stretch outfit underneath.
And many of the negative comments were flat out calling disgusting names and saying her baby was better off not existing or would be born a baby whale.
It’s just pure hate directed at any weakness in KK’s armor and even attacking her unborn child.
The best of the comments were attacking her outfits.
Yes! Way too much focus on weight, even when we are ostensibly praising a realistic body.
Good grief, let’s focus on something else – her infant, her smile, or what she had to say. Enough with the “oh look she let her bump fly free….” articles and remarks.
It’s just gross really. (Not her abdomen, the comments about it)
Personally, I don’t even understand why it needs to be discussed. I mean, 27 hours after the birth of her son, of course she wasn’t going to be back in her wedding dress! I just don’t think her post baby bump even needs to be picked up- I saw it, I shrugged because its normal and then I moved on. It kills me that it should be made into a phenomenon.
Problem is we are so used to celeb women giving birth then hiding (Kim Kardashian) then showing up skinny. Kate is keeping it real you don’t just go right back to your normal self right after giving birth. Your uterus takes time to get back to normal. I think Kate looked amazing after having given birth just 24 hours before.
DanaG
Kim also had preeclampsia. That’s hard on the body and makes it tougher after the birth. But hey! Why not insult another woman that had a baby. Some women want to spend time with their baby. Some as a family. Some women just aren’t healthy after from complications. Is she hiding so she can lose weight? Probably. Should we be judging a woman because she didn’t carry small and gained a lot of weight? No.
http://www.preeclampsia.org/
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/postpartum-preeclampsia/DS01199
Are you sure KK had preeclampsia? Because I don’t remember that being released at any time by Kim or her camp. My feet swelled just like Kim’s for two weeks before I gave birth and I did not have preeclampsia. And let’s face it there is a big difference between the Dutches of Cambridge and Kimmode…one has gold toliets and the other does not. It’s Kimmode by the way.
Dawn
Google spit out a good long list of sites saying she had it or saying it’s a possible cause for her premature labor. There were certainly signs. Her stomach dropped, her feet swelled drastically more and her feet were so swollen to begin with.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2344455/How-Kim-Kardashian-battled-life-threatening-preeclampsia-deliver-baby-girl.html
Since nothing has truly been confirmed it’s not 100%, but there was a reason she was showing signs of it and had the baby prematurely. If a woman is showing signs the Doctor will want that baby out as quickly as possible and will induce just as Kim was.
Still though, Kim was built with curves and was always going to gain weight with a pregnancy. To insult a woman for gaining while pregnant by comparing her to a woman who was dangerously underweight with narrow hips before she was pregnant is looking for a way to insult all women who gain. So please insult Kim for a million other reasons, but to attack her for gaining weight while pregnant shows your lack of kindness. You can’t even refrain from calling her names in a discussion. It’s clear you only want to hate her, but don’t attack her for gaining during a pregnancy and celebrate Kate for staying thin. There’s so much pressure put on women to stay thin during pregnancy when it should be about being healthy and giving your body what it wants.
Dawn
Your beloved Duchess is from the same type of family as a Kardashian. You can deny this all you want, but the similarities are staggering and numerous without embellishments.
So what are you asking people to face here? Kate is thinner and therefore superior to a larger woman? Or because Kate hung around a man who was downright terrible to her so she would be taken care of financially. The facts here are that You will blindly praise Kate only to backhand Kim. Do she personally harm you? Because she makes her own wealth. Kate on the other hand is funded by tax payers and when I lived in Durham my taxes were funding her for a brief time when she shopped every other day, but cancelled planned charity work constantly.
FLORC, how is Dawn attacking Kim K for her weight gain? She’s not. She just pointed out that her feet swelled up like Kim’s, and that she didn’t have preeclampsia as Kim is reported to have had. She may be snarking on Kim, but don’t make this into some pseudo-femenist issue like she’s castigating pregnant women who gain a lot of weight. That’s NOT what Dawn was doing, but I think you probably know that already, right?
If I may…
Ktx
Calling Kim a large reptilian is attacking both appearance and size. It seemed unnecessary to change a person’s name to a huge lizard if they are not attacking that person on their physical appearance, no?
Ktx
To add to Kitten Mittens, Clearly Dawn is looking to attack and on some level shame Kim for being who she is because Dawn prefers Kate to Kim. She didn’t change Kate’s name at all, but did change Kim’s to a physically unflattering creature. Now can you really tell me that Dawn was not attacking Kim’s physical appearance? And the feet swelling was only a symptom. The need to
induce was not stated by Dawn to be shared with Kim. Only swelling of her feet. Most women have that. The need to be induced weeks before your due date is not often shared without a reason.
FLORC, to be honest, with the reference to gold toilet seats, I thought Dawn was making some sort of connection to a commode, a toilet seat. I didn’t see it as comparing her to a lizard, but I could have totally misread that; however, that said, I have a distinct recollection of you remarking quite a few months ago that, amongst Kate’s other physical “flaws” (bad skin, yellow teeth) she also doesn’t have an “ideal” or “desired” body type. I remember you getting some well-deserved flack for that comment, and it sticks out in my mind because it’s one thing to criticize an individual’s heavy-handed make-up or bad choice of shoes, but it’s another to bash her “body type.” I have a hard time believing that you are sincere in your concern about a person criticizing another’s pregnancy weight, while declaring that Kate doesn’t have an “ideal” shape or body type. If you’re going to critique Kate and defend Kim, please try to keep comments about body shape or type (pregnant or not) out of it.
Ktx
In all fairness yes I made those comments, but they’re being taken out of context. And those comments were also from yesterday.
I was commenting on how people were saying her images were photo shopped to make her look worse than she was. In fact she has had work done to her face and teeth. I also used it to explain when people said her smile was funny looking. It was because she had veneers and was still getting used to her new teeth size. Side by side pics were provided within the thread.
Also, I implore you to return and reread the posts. I’ve never said a negative thing about her shoes. I’ve often spoken of how I appreciate how she wears the same few pairs again and again. I’m not a shoe person. It never mattered to me.
The ideal body type was also out of context. It was said she was the absolute perfection (and in her white bikini 10 years ago she was). I believe the post was about her whte bikini days. I believe I sited a berkley study where men and women were shown images of different body types and ages of women. They spoke of what was more physically appealing. Kate is build more boxy and less Sofia V which by a vote of both genders was found more appealing. The whole discussion was about more physical appeal and not to insult a woman’s figure. Just to state it wasn’t THE more perfect shape. This left out the factor of a woman’s personality and I did make note of that in my post. Personality is a wonderful and can be a beautiful thing.
Though I do defend Kim for her weight gain and because she has no money that wasn’t earned I do not like her. I think Women are more likely to defend Kate, a woman who lives for a man and image while not earning her own way in life to a woman that is only wealthy because people watch her show, comment on blogs, and buy her merchandise. They are very similar in many ways, but Kim has a work ethic Kate does not. And I’ve said this a million times. I appreciate a work ethic over any superficial qualities.
And I am quite sincere in saying no woman should be called fat or be made fun of over gaining during a pregnancy. This should never happen.
As for the Kim name connection to a toilet seat. It would be redundant if that was the case. If anything not insulting I guess it would be Kimono = long sleeved robe with sash.
So, i’m going to have to disagree with you here. It sounds like it was an outright insult. I’m not a fan of Kate, but I’ve said this many times while still rooting for her. Her apathy for charities and platform to be noticed could to wonders for people, but she’s cancelled on charities too many times and they’ve suffered financially for it. Her other business was often found to be shopping or vacations. I will give her credit when credit is due and please don’t take my posts out of context again. I won’t insult someone on their physical appearance. I only mean to correct those that believe an edited photo is the genuine article. She’s looked far better in her uni days and radiant when showing off her baby. I’ve said this many, many times.
Agree 100% with your comment Ktx
Another thumbs up for you Ktx! Agree 1,000%.
FLORC
I’d like to respond to your argument about Kate being a woman who “lives for a man,” and a woman who is “not earning her own way in life.” I should preface this by saying that I generally enjoy reading your comments, and this is not meant as a personal attack in any way.
My opinion, and it is only an opinion, is that you have a visceral dislike for for the Duchess, and it may sometimes blind you to how far you go in putting her down. Your comments can sometimes read as over-the-top dismissal of a stranger based on the crazed media coverage that will follow a pseudo-public figure like the wife of a Prince.
Anyway, my main point is that I don’t think it’s right to put someone down for “waiting” for someone, or for not fulfilling their educational potential by holding down a job. My mother had a master’s degree, but chose to follow my father in his career as it took our family around the world. You could level the same argument against her as you do against Kate: She never made money, she put my dad first, and from a stranger’s perspective she may have looked like someone who spent all of her time shopping and getting her hair done. The truth is that my mother was the lynchpin of our household, and though she never had a salary, and never engaged with the world in a public way, she was an invaluable member of the small society that we moved in, and was relied upon for support in ways too numerous to mention.
And the choice not to pursue a career isn’t limited to women. My best friend’s husband, I’ll call him Dan, is a very intelligent and educated man. He chose not to pursue an advanced degree because he wanted to stay in the same city as his wife. He literally waited around for her to be ready to marry, and has never earned any money to speak of. He is also a devoted stay-at-home Dad with the children who adore him. He’s active in the community, though it did take him a while to find his groove, but everything he owns is paid for by his wife’s salary.
So I guess I can’t help but be a little offended at the criticism geared towards people who “wait” for someone they love, or who don’t “pay their own way.” Not everyone needs to earn money in the marketplace to be valuable, and not everyone who puts their partner first is a doormat.
To Ayre and Ktx, I wish I could write as well as you two! I agree wholeheartedly with your comments and I am quite happy to act as the frizzy haired cheerleader that’s always got your back. This Florc person (I refuse to do the ALL CAPS) needs to get a life.
This FLORC person wins the award for being a big hypocrite. I shake my head every time I read her post. There’s nothing wrong in disliking Kate Middleton, just own it. Don’t hide under the guise of being a feminist to bash her. There are several posters here who don’t like kate but they are honest about it. But you are just something else.
She could have given birth at one of the palaces, or her parents place, and avoided to whole media circus of leaving the hospital. I feel for her having to get dressed up and wave to the world when I’m sure she just wanted to be in pj’s cuddling her baby.
Poor Kate. She had to sit still while someone did her hair and makeup and probably helped her into her dress. Oh the humanity
Enough with the sarcasm. I’m sure you wouldnt want to be sitting there getting made up for an appearance that the whole world would be watching 27 hours after giving birth.
Right now, as privilaged as she is, she is still a new mom. I find the royal family almost as useless as Morrissy does but I will stick up for any woman who is bullied into thinking that she needs to looks like a film star hours after giving birth. Don’t you think Kate knew what would be said about every tiny aspect of her look when she stepped out of the hospital. Part of hre “job” I know but still a shame.
Would you trade your privacy for millions of dollars and royal status?
I sure as hell wouldn’t. No amount of money, fame, or status is worth the crazy amount of scrutiny this chick endures, including people’s obsession with her body, both pre-baby and post-baby.
The Wizz: It’s all part of the package. She wanted this and now she has to live up to the job requirements. And I’m not sure I would like it, but I absolutely wouldn’t mind having to get up and have someone else help me get ready so I could give my loving and adoring fans a few pictures. That’s all it is. She didn’t do anything amazing. She posed for pictures.
TheOriginalKitten
Isn’t that why so many women refused William? The scrutiny and lack of privacy?
There’s also a fair amount to be said that she shops more than she does charity work. As I remember Diana was a crazy shopper, but she’s remembered for her charity work. And she could shop Kate under the table. Kate knew what she was getting into. The stress Diana was put under and how poorly the RF treated her as she was being treated poorly by William.
She made her bed and has to take the bad (criticism she will never hear from people she will never meet) with the good (All bills paid in full with large allowances and living in pure luxury).
To aang: I agree. A homebirth would have been much easier if they wanted to avoid the paparazzi. It seems like she had an uncomplicated pregnancy and birth so I don’t see why they couldn’t. They could even of had an ambulance on standby if she did have to go to the hospital.
For all that I think I will shank my own eye if I see one more thing about royal babies – and I’m British – I have to say props to Kate for bringing out the post-baby bump.
That’s truly awful, as if women should bounce back to their pre-baby bods the second they pop out their offspring. Please.
Now, off to more curious matters. Did anyone find particularly odd this statement right below the Duchess Kate Diet Nonsense: Harry and Cressida move in together? Where did they get that from?! I thought they weren’t actually together, just boned for a while!
I thought the Harry/Cressida headline was much more interesting. What’s up with that?
I agree, I thought the Harry/Cressida thing was way more interesting. I had read , I think in DM, they were headed off for holiday in Ibiza. So I think they are still together. She just graduated from her dance school. Now lets see if she gets a job.
Cressida does not look like she will age well. She already looks like an old woman. I don’t know why but I don’t like her. Wish he would go d somebody better than that. She looked so phony at that wedding recently like she was overcompensating big time.
Cressida reminds me of Cara Delavigne.
But most importantly, Harry had an engagement today and is already on record as wanting to show the baby how to have fun.
The Ibiza story was BS since Harry was photographed on base working when this alleged trip was taking place.
HAHAHA…
Thanks for the laugh!
In the last couple of day everyone’s obssessed with babies, names, baby weight post partum and you’re : yeah, yeah, ok, SO what’s THAT with Harry and Cressida?!
🙂 happy to oblige! Hehe
Kate isn’t some average celebrity that the magazines can pull this crap on, she’s the wife of the future King and the mother of another future King!
To an extent other celebs who sell everything from their wedding photos to the first baby shots, etc to the press are asking for these ridiculous baby weight loss covers, but to treat Kate like this (especially considering how thin she already is) is horrid.
What is more horrid is the headline “Kate’s post-partum depression” on ads for some entertainment show last night. They’ve already got her being depressed because of all the “pressure from the Queen.”
I’m being transported back to the 80’s and 90’s with these Dianaesque fake headlines!
I don’t get why anyone thinks women who have given birth should be a size zero the next day. Guess what world that mess is not real. You have celebrities who undergo tummy tucks after giving birth all the time. The I worked out 10 hours a day crap and got my body back a week later is crap.
It takes 9 months to build a human being. Why not take 9 months to recover? Anyone who calls a woman who just gave birth “fat” is a total flipping moron with ZERO understanding of what the female body goes through to have a child.
As my final comment… G I totally agree.
No woman who has all those changes made to her body while constructing another person should ever be judged for their appearance. And with that said I really wish Kate or William told their PR people to not build her up again. Let her get to back to work as she can and not build her up only to have her cancel appearances. That’s why she appeared so lazy prepregnancy. The constant cancellations on charities and skipping out for vacations. Just let the woman physically recover and then show off the heir. Because you know they’re only saying she’ll be back to work so she can show off her new baby. It’s not about her anymore. It’s about george.
Kate doesn’t even have any weight to lose. As soon as her uterus contracts back to its normal size, she’ll be thin as a pin.
I don’t think the problem was that they did a story about Kate’s weight loss regime like they do for other pre any celebrities. I think the problem was that the cover became public 24 hours after she gave birth and people (rightfully) got pissed off over how body shaming and nasty it was to publish it so quickly, like you’re supposed to pop out the kid and immediately run to the gym. If they’d done it a month from now, I don’t think there would have been an outcry (though those stories are always gross and I wish they’d stop publishing them).
She looks bigger in that side profile than she ever looked before she gave birth, IMO. But, whatever, good for her. I remember trying to get back into pre-pregnancy clothes and feeling like I had lost a lot more than the waistband told me I had
Honestly she is truly privileged enough by her natural dignity, good humor and humble grace to say; get out of my life and drop dead on your idle gossip worry.. stupid people, without repercussions!
Then she’d better tell her family to stop calling the paps and telling them where she’ll be.
Come on she may do tricks on the media – but she don’t have to call the paps – they follow her close.
You are really, really, really tiresome. Jeesh
The Middletons absolutely have an official pap. So much so that he is the only one to know intimate details of things only family would know. During the hospital staking out many photogs were angry at him that he tweeted Kate would give birth at the Berkshire hospital and the left with William for KP. And no pap gets a random pic of Kate unless it’s a photo op to get groceries or to take lupo to get decaf coffee. All other times she’s caught by random people with cell phone cameras. We also know this because those pics are not touched up as many press released photos are.
Especially with security Kate is not hounded by paps. If she was we would see many more official photos of her shopping than we do. Those are shot by random people posting to twitter.
Absolutely every celebrity who tries to show the world that their pre and post baby bodies are identical contributes to this problem. It is sick, narcissistic and disturbing and tells women that how they look to others is more important than the fact that they brought a new life into the world. After having a baby there is plenty of time to achieve the body you want in a natural and healthy way. And when we call pregnant or post-partum women bad names we are also to blame. My God this just seems like common sense to me.
Well said
Lol, ty. I love snark but it should be flung with precision 🙂 besides teens read celeb blogs and they certainly do not need to buy into the body bashing. Long live the bump.
Sorry, but she’s always appeared to have an eating disorder to me and THIS IS NOT HELPING.
She USED to be fit and healthy – prior to engagement approx., but ITA she took the dieting to extremes and looked awful. You are right – all of this post-baby talk is probably not helping. She is all about image…
I have a dress nearly identical to Kate’s in these pics AND IT’S FROM TARGET!! Haha random, I know, but I love when I find stuff cheaper but similar to the celebs! Mine was only $15!
As far as I can remember, this is the first time we’ve seen a celebrity post baby bump on display like this (hence some people’s naive surprise about it). I think it’s wonderful. My guess is she knew exactly what she was doing (as the royals always do), because she looked confident and happy, and not self-conscious at all. Hopefully she was also high as a kite, but I doubt it. They’re big on breastfeeding in Britain, and avoiding the pain pills post-partum.
I thought she looked incredible – I was swollen like a tick after my birthins’. So, good for her, since these photos will be on display to the world until the end of the world, and who wants to look bad in those?
I was swollen as a tick and frazzled all to hell! I could barely walk, and didn’t even have an episiotomy. Kudos to Kate. She looks amazing, relaxed, and very happy.
BTW, don’t google episiotomy (did it to make sure I spelled it right) unless you are ready for some very graphic pics!
She is not hiding but is definitely supporting it. No just newly emptied uterus looks this firm! 🙂 No shame in that! She is far from fat and I doubt she gained much weight.
I’m more surprised she could walk so normal lol. I found that the hardest part after giving birth. Going up and down stairs was exceptionally difficult, And I had very minimal tearing.
my guess is she just did a “grin and bear it while dreaming of sitting” routine.
she also may have taken pain killers. I tore and had stitches after a forceps delivery. I left the hospital 24 hours later and they gave me a prescription for tylenol 3, which is safe for nursing. I opted not to fill it because I don’t like taking anything while breastfeeding, but kate may have taken some since she knew what she was facing. I might have if I was in her shoes, I got to leave looking like hell and limping though lol
Maybe she just laid back and thought of England — you know, like she does with Billy.
I cannot even imagine being this woman. I am a little jealous of the princess lifestyle and occasionally join the kate snark, but I can’t imagine having to endure discussion of how my body looks less than 24 hours after giving birth.
Maybe it’s not worth it, regardless of how much $$$ for clothes you get from Prince Charles.
I can’t imagine having to endure a 24/7 discussion of how my body looks at any time, pregnant or not.
Yes, this. All this discussion about her weight actually makes me feel for her – and I typically don’t have much sympathy to spare for the over privileged Cambridge duo.
Can we stop staring at her bump and marveling at it? It’s normal and natural, not some freak show.
Good grief how intrusive.
LOL at the idea of OK being “respected”.
i wish any magazine that body shames preggo ladies would apologize. or body shames in general but that will never happen
it’s refreshing to have someone in the spotlight be real about how your body looks after giving birth. most feel pressure to hide it and do a stick thin reveal in a few weeks while claiming you didn’t do anything to lose the weight. just naturally thin etc
Slightly off topic, but a few posters mentioned that William mistreated Kate & her family while dating.
I have to admit that I really didn’t follow the antics of William during the time he was dating Kate. What did he do to her that was so terrible and humiliating? What did he do to her family?
Somebody has to say it. That baby is sure not the cutest baby I’ve ever seen.
Neither were William and Harry…even Kate for that matter. Hopefully it will cuten up a bit in the next few months (though neither W or H got cute until they were toddlers!).
The baby doesn’t have any features yet really, so how can you say it’s not very cute. He is a day old. All babies look the same at a day old. Most are pink, loud, bald, and wrinkly. How immature.
It’s not true at all that all babies look the same when they are born. Some just look cute right out of the womb. This one doesn’t. However, I do agree the features will change — likely dramatically — in the next short while.
I have to say that I’m glad Kate showed her post-baby tummy–whether or not it was intentional. When I had my first child, I had no idea that my tummy would remain pregnant-looking for a while after delivery. I’d seen it on a few women, but I didn’t know it happened to everyone, probably because of how celebs hide until they slim down, and so many others I’d known simply gained a lot of weight or I didn’t happen to see them right after delivering their babies. I gained only 20 lbs during my pregnancy (like Kate and many of you, I was severely sick in the first months), so it was a real shock to me when I saw my post-baby tummy. If someone like Kate has a post-delivery bump, young women can take it to the bank that it happens to everyone!
Why are people talking about Kate’s figure when she just had a baby on Monday. Give the woman a break.
I thought she looked nice, however I did say “oh she still has a baby belly” when she came out. I wasn’t criticizing. You would have thought I told some of the women in the office with me that they were sub human…put your claws and fangs away
I just think it’s disgusting that they’re talking about her losing the baby weight three days after she gave birth. Can’t they give it a rest?
hi alll waity had done nothing special IMO coz women r making babies every second in the world , any woman would have given willy even five kids for that lifestlye, and by the way her dress was SHORT! Again she looked awful it is the truth that outfit made her look like willy nanny sorry !
Some people are seeming to forget even if Kate is a Duchess or whatever she still had to experience childbirth and deal with the effect s of it on her body like any other woman. Just because she has money and is married to a Prince doesn’t change the fact SHE still had to go through the process of having a child like any other woman. She looked great and it wasn’t too overdone and sensible. They are a beautiful couple and I wish them and prince George well. God Bless
Kate, I love Pippa the most. And it is unkind to treat her the way you have lately. I re-did the lyrics on Pippa’s song. It is Pippa’s song.