real pregnancy vs. celebrity pregnancy

"Not that celebrity culture is the only way we stay informed. But while women a hundred years and fifty ago got answers from elder women around them, it seems like we now look more toward public figures for instructions on how to live our lives."

             In today’s culture it seems that we are extremely obsessive about the lives of people who we will never really know or who are nothing like us. To be honest, a  celebrity mom splashed across a magazine cover at the grocery store is not a fair representation of everyday pregnancy. But yet, it seems that many people look to these people as a sort of blueprint of how things should be. Recently, an article I read on Huffington Post entitled “Exclusive: There is more to motherhood than A Post Baby Bod” touched on the disconnect between what motherhood entails compared to the imagery mass media promotes. Interestingly, as this was one of the side blog columns on Huffington Post, the main headline read “Baby on The Way” referring to Kate Middleton finally giving birth to her baby. Throughout the pregnancies of both Kim Kardashian and Kate Middleton, the media focus has been on many of the superficial aspects of motherhood instead of the deeper questions of what it means to bring another person into the world. While on one hand it is nice to bask in the celebratory aspects, there is also a larger sphere of important questions beyond the elaborateness of the baby shower or the seemingly inappropriate maternity wear. As I read the article, I reflected on how inundated we have become with understanding motherhood within a superficial image obsession instead of the true gift and responsibility that come with raising another person in this world. I believe to truly see motherhood for what it is would entail looking beyond the superficial aspects of the “post baby bod” or which mother can drop 30 pounds in 30 days, but instead analyzing what it means to maintain the mind, body and soul, not just the body.  Each person is different and it is important to find the regime that will truely bring peace.

To see more please read: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kate-spencer/there-is-more-to-motherhood-than-a-post-baby-bod_b_3623460.html