List of Illustrations vii Foreword viii Dr. Arlene Jacobs Acknowledgments ix Introduction x Part One Looking Pregnant, Feeling Fat In the Beginning 3(7) Fertility Symbols Are Never Thin 10(5) Your Pregnant Body 15(13) Whats a Healthy Weight Gain During Pregnancy? 28(13) Disordered Eating and Pregnancy 41(10) Part Two Weight Management During Pregnancy Eating Like a Grown-Up 51(12) Eating for Two 63(8) Problems with Food 71(8) Exercise? 79(12) Healthy Tips for Your Blossoming Body 91(11) Why Did I Gain So Much? 102(9) Part Three: Heavy with Child: What Babies Do to Our Bodies I Still Look Pregnant 111(11) Your Postbaby Body 122(13) What Happened to My Breasts? 135(6) Heavy with Child 141(8) Part Four Partners and Your Changing Body Am I Still Attractive? 149(5) Is There Sex after Birth? 154(7) ``I Look Fat, Dont I? 161(10) Ray Cheung Part Five Weight Management After Baby Your ``Ideal Weight 171(4) Why Cant I Lose This Baby Fat? 175(11) Will I Lose Weight If I Breastfeed? 186(6) Eating to Lose Weight Postpartum 192(12) Exercise for Postpartum Weight Loss 204(13) The Postpartum Weight Loss Plateau 217(5) Its Not What Babies Do to Your Body, Its What They Do to Your Life 222(7) I Want to Do It Again 229(6) Afterword 235(1) Resources 236(3) Index 239(5) About the Author 244
