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‘When I was pregnant first time around I weighed myself every morning. I avoided chocolate and anything fattening. I weighed out portions of food according to my pregnancy book’s instructions. I panicked if I had put on more than I “should”. I felt like I was on a radical diet. Once she was born, I lost the 6lb of ‘baby fat’ within a month. But I was exhausted all the time. With the other two I didn’t care (too busy to care). I ate what I wanted, when I wanted – tried to make it healthy but didn’t obsess. It was SO much more relaxing just to throw out all that weight worry for nine months. I was a stone heavier for a few months after the other two births, but it came off. And I had more energy with the second two babies. All my babies were healthy – and similar sizes – at birth. Looking back on it, that first time weight obsession was a ridiculous waste of time and energy.’ Jules (40), mother of Chloe (7), Madeleine (4) and Daniel (1)