Scary Trend: Super-Skinny Pregnant Stars.

Daily Mail

In the same week that I gave Pink a massive virtual high-five for daring to venture out in front of the paparazzi days after giving birth looking, well, exactly like most women do post-birth, the New York Post highlighted a scary new trend where real-life "mummyrexics" are going to extremes to stay skinny while they're expecting.

“[Victoria] Beckham’s in her eighth month now, and looking too thin continues to be part of [her] plan — healthy or not,” says Lisa Cohn, a registered dietitian in Manhattan. “She hasn’t been looking as vibrant — pale face, dull eyes and more drained. If [Beckham’s] extreme post-baby weight-loss plan of shedding 20 pounds in a short period is true, it sends a dangerous message to other women out there.”

Indeed, the A-list trend of gaining a scant amount of weight during pregnancy has led to a similar psychosis among pregnant alpha women in NYC. Call them the mommyrexics — a breed of new moms who are pressuring themselves to bounce back to fighting weight days after they’ve left the hospital. Squeezing into maternity Spanx after having a baby isn’t good enough. These moms want to starve and jog themselves skinny if it kills them.

It's a fact that not all women enjoy being pregnant. That's okay. Jessica Alba has been very vocal about the fact that she didn't feel sexy while she was carrying her first child. But I'm glad that Pink is stepping up and showing women that you don't have to magically lose the weight you gain overnight like so many celebs do. As Mia Freedman said last week, these pis of Pink are "a beautiful reminder of how the human body looks after giving birth AND IT’S OK."