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Pictures of celebrities looking slim after giving birth are sending out an unhealthy message. Dr Lopa Ghosh says “Weight gain during pregnancy is normal and to be expected. Studies in the area report it takes on average between eight and twelve months to lose the weight in a healthy way”. Ordinary women are often made to feel like failures for not losing their baby weight in the same mount of time as famous mums. A healthy, balanced diet with a sensible exercise boosts energy levels and help prevent post-natal depression. Dr Ghosh says “It is important the baby receives essential nutrients and that the mother is healthy”. Being a mum is more than just body image.

Researchers at the Australian National University in Canberra spent ten years investigating the effects of pregnancy on women’s brains and found that “baby brain” syndrome is an urban myth. Many women claim to suffer a slump in mental and verbal abilities during the pregnancy. Research showed that pregnancy actually improves cognitive skills. It showed that generally faculties adjust in the early stages of motherhood to enable them to deal with unexpected and stressful occurrences.
Professor Christensen interviewed 2,500 women aged from 20 to 24, first in 1999 and then in 2004 and 2008.She found that when the women were pregnant, they performed no worse on tests of logic and memory than when they were not.

Five days after giving birth to a baby girl, Rachida Dati, the French Justice Minister, returned to work after checking out of a Paris maternity clinic in the morning. Her first child, Zohra, was delivered by Caesarian section. Ms Dati arrived for a Cabinet meeting at the Élysée Palace smiling, dressed in a black suit and high heels. Under French law, she would have been entitled to 16 weeks’ maternity leave. President Sarkozy paid tribute to the Ms Dati, according to government spokesman Luc Chatel. “Rachida has said that to be a mother was the greatest of happinesses, but she had important duties she would continue to fulfil,” Mr Chatel said.