Oh please. Having plastic surgery doesn’t mean you want to look like a Barbie. That’s really unfair. Some women are left with giant sagging bellies and breasts after successive pregnancies and just feel and look awful. Especially women who have had multiples. Multiples can be really cruel to a Mama’s stomach.

I’m lucky that diet and exercise have restored my shape to pretty much what it was before three kids, but if those things didn’t work, I would definitely be considering a mommy tuck. There is nothing wrong with wanting to look and feel great, and a lot of husbands appreciate the effort, too.

No one said anything about a cookie cutter. And I think it is up to the individual woman to decide what she wants to look like. If a flat belly is important, then she should have one, and not get snarked for wanting it.

“My Mommy Who Had Twins and Now Has Enough Stomach Skin for Two Mommies.”

I might get that one for my kids. :P

Ridiculous. There is SO many things wrong with that book I don’t even know where to start…

In a society that measures women’s value on their appearance (people might say otherwise but flip through a magazine or recall how Hilary was treated when she was running for president and tell me otherwise), it’s hard not to give in to the pressure to achieve physical perfection. I do feel for women who experience a drastic physical change when they undergo pregnancy but this book does not seem to be about that. When mothers get cosmetic plastic surgery done (not medically necessary or to repair damage from a horrible accident), they are sending their children the message that yes, society is right, looks are so important that one should go under the knife for the sake of beauty. What kind of message is that? Don’t you want your child to grow up valuing character, hard work, and integrity over how a person looks. Remember also when you judge yourself you are teaching your child not only to judge others that way but also to judge themselves. What would you do if your five year old came up to you and told you, “I’m ugly, I want to get a nose job”? Mothers (and fathers) have a heightened responsibility to act as role models for their children. You can’t just do something because you want to or you think it will make you feel better about yourself. You have to think about your child(ren) and how it will affect them. It’s part of the job.