They would have marveled at her rapid-fire post-baby weight loss and nominated her for Mother of the Year.
The findings underscore how important it is for women to lose their baby weight and keep postpartum weight gain to a minimum, the researchers say.
In addition, many women do not lose all their baby weight, which increases the risk of obesity and obesity-related complications such as heart disease and diabetes.
After all, both are what made her, just as Giselle Bundchen, a Forbes No. 72 Power Woman who reportedly lost her baby weight in all of six weeks.
Staring at the photos of male stars caught with pot bellies, or female stars without makeup, in bikinis when they should be in a one-piece, with baby weight gains, experiencing the inevitable ravages aging, or the grotesque effects of having been fully Botoxed, I felt I would be supporting tabloid-ism in its basest form.
She stuck with formula, her baby gained weight, and today, "she's happy, healthy and fine, " Kelly says.
The report found that older women and teenagers were most likely to have a low birth weight baby.
Women with both disease also had a higher risk of developing anaemia, miscarrying, having a low birth weight baby and delivering prematurely.
Experts hope to reduce this figure to 15% by 2010 as women who smoke while pregnant are three times more likely to have a low birth weight baby.
Alternatively, a depressed mother may be more likely to produce a child who is prone to depression - and to have a low birth weight baby because they may be more likely to smoke and drink during pregnancy.
The findings highlight the importance of monitoring a baby's weight and height gain during the first few weeks and months, but not creating anxiety with parents of slow-growing babies, said study leader Prof Alan Emond from the University of Bristol.
"She's not absorbing your milk, " he told Colleen Kelly in the days after he daughter was born, as the baby lost too much weight and cried constantly.
Her spine begins to curve due to the weight of the baby and her colon moves up into her rib cage.
Dr Wang is seeking to identify specific genetic traits that make women more likely to give birth to a low birth weight or premature baby.
Government advice is that pregnant women should be careful about their caffeine intake from all sources because it may effect the birth weight of their baby.
The first 12 weeks can be pretty rough, what with the feeling of sickness and lethargy, and towards the end it can be tough just because of the weight of the baby.
While adequate weight gain during pregnancy is important for proper development of your baby, we now know that gaining too much weight is not good, as it can cause problems such as gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, increased risk of Caesarean section and infection, and more difficulty during labor.
"If you feed formula to your child, and a healthy loving home, and your baby was full term and healthy weight, then there are going to be minimal differences in the outcome of child, " she says.
The infection can stop a baby breathing or lead to pneumonia, brain damage, weight loss and death.
Diabetes diagnosed during pregnancy, known as gestational diabetes, is influenced by hormonal changes and normal weight gain and usually goes away after the baby is born.
It might not be the first word to come to mind, but he defended Hilary Swank's right to punch her weight in the Academy Award-winning "Million Dollar Baby, " and he has regularly cast strong, smart actresses in his films, women like Marcia Gay Harden, Frances Fisher, Diane Venora, Sondra Locke and Laura Linney.
But spotting those mothers whose bumps are due to fat as well as baby is difficult, not least because there are no UK guidelines on how much weight women should gain during pregnancy.
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