Why kate still looks pregnant

Everything she wears is always carefully considered, and the dress was custom-made for her. While her identity is certainly tied to her physical appearance, she has nothing to gain by hiding her maternal features. If only more women felt this way. Already a subscriber? Log in or link your magazine subscription. Whilst back in , Kate was once again pictured sporting a slightly different look when she was pregnant with Charlotte.

But it was when Kate was pregnant with the now 3-year-old Louis that perhaps her most noticeable hairstyle change of recent years was made.

K nown for keeping her hair long, the Duchess instead had her hair cut into a long bob, or lob, a few months before she and William announced the third of her pregnancies. Now proud parents of three, William and Kate have not announced or suggested any potential pregnancy news and interest surrounding her recent hairstyle remains speculation. However, it is understood the family were just enjoying an extended summer holiday, including a trip to France for her younger brother's wedding. To join the conversation, please log in.

Don't have an account? Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout. This also wasn't the first time that the world got to see her postbaby bump on full display. She did the same with her previous two births, and with Prince George in , she even wore a figure-flattering empire-waist dress with her hands tucked neatly under her quite-visible postpartum belly while posing for photos.

Still, I can't chastise the general public for being so gobsmacked at the sight the first time — or why they're still talking about it five years later. Celebrities have long gone into hiding in the aftermath of having a baby, only to emerge a few months later with any shred of physical evidence that they'd been pregnant wiped clean. In those first postpartum weeks, any Instagram shots are notoriously from the neck up, that is, unless it's a beautiful breastfeeding selfie.

In that case, their chest is on display because no one has issues with bigger breasts but their tummies are cropped out. If they do make an appearance, it's strategically orchestrated by a team of professionals, stylists, and a full glam squad to ensure any hint of a belly remains hidden. And who can blame them? For celebrity moms like Kim Kardashian, Pink, and Kate Hudson, they were positively eviscerated for their weight gain during pregnancy — how would their body image fare when they had "no excuse" for their less-than-perfect figure?

In the years since Kate first debuted her postbaby belly, women have turned to their social media platforms to reveal the truth — that stretch marks, cellulite, and sagging skin aren't the exception to the rule at all.

That women gain anywhere from 25 to 50 pounds during pregnancy but only lose 10 to 15 pounds during birth. That their stomachs take weeks, if not months and months and months to deflate as the uterus contracts and water weight drains. Some celebrities, like Kristen Bell, are finding a niche audience in their tell-it-like-it-is approach to pregnancy and parenting, but it's still not mainstream.