Should today’s celebs really bare their baby bumps?
As Laura Whitmore flaunts her pregnancy in a magazine shoot... YES
WHY must all pregnant women behave like the Virgin Mary just because they are with child? unlike Mary, the majority of us enjoyed sex in order to conceive, so it’s weird to be told we can’t be sexy now there’s a baby on board.
When I saw the magazine photos of TV presenter Laura Whitmore (pictured) posing, bump and all, in skimpy black lingerie and a denim jacket, I thought, ‘Good for you!’
If anything, she looked even more gorgeous than usual, thanks to that hormone-infused glow.
Why should her changing figure be taboo, or embarrassing?
I was 23 when Vanity Fair ran annie Leibovitz’s famous front cover image of a naked, heavily pregnant Demi Moore. It proved a game-changer.
Before then, Hollywood stars (and women in general) were encouraged to hide their pregnancies, or stay out of the public eye. But the Demi Moore shoot changed all that.
alluring and ripe as a peach, rarely has one woman owned her pregnancy so fully. afterwards, others in the public eye felt empowered to show off their bumps, too, and soon we all followed suit. It is an acknowledgement that some women feel at their most radiant when pregnant.
For every friend who’s been sick as a dog, I’ve known another who bloomed and felt desirable. Many mums-to-be experience a strong increase in libido and enjoy the display of their fertility.
I must confess I wasn’t one of them — nine months of morning sickness will deplete your va-va-voom — but, even so, I did relish my dramatically enhanced bosom, which made me feel like anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita. So when veteran fashion photographer Barry Lategan asked if he could take my naked portrait at nearly eight months pregnant, I thought, ‘ Why not?’ Lategan believed women looked their best when pregnant.
I’m hardly alone. Nowadays, many proud mothers- to- be pay for a memento photoshoot, or make a cast of their growing belly.
We know this is a temporary metamorphosis, but it’s a joyful one, and we want to celebrate it.
of course, some women will prefer to hide their bumps in a cosy cocoon, and good for them. But if a woman’s day job involves posing in revealing undies for magazines, why shouldn’t she do the same when expecting?
I, for one, applaud Laura for showing that the female body can be just as luscious when brimming with new life and happiness.
Why is a blooming figure so taboo?