Too much pressure on new mothers to get back in shape

WHEN Kerry Katona proudly displayed her ‘mummy tummy’ last month, little did we know that the mother of five was about to launch a new fitness DVD.

Business aside, the ex-Atomic Kitten singer helped to highlight the fact that several weeks after giving birth to a baby, most women do not have washboard stomachs like a lot ofcelebrities would have us believe.

For most women the reality is very different and some never regain the figure they had before they gave birth. American photographer Jade Beall is known in her home country for snapping women in various guises but her most recent work – A Beautiful Body – has caused a stir on social media sites as it depicts new mothers happily displaying the extra inches and stretch marks they acquired while creating a new life.