The Office’s Jenna Fischer gave birth September last year, soon after which she went on a rant about how it’s not fair that breastfeeding is like free Weight Watchers for some mothers but not for others when they’re all under the same pressure to be thin. Fischer just gave an interview to Celebuzz.com, to whom she bemoaned it’s ‘unnatural’ to be bikini-ready weeks after giving birth because she’s still struggling to lose weight gained while carrying her son: ‘There’s so much pressure on you as a new mom that the last thing you need to have hanging over your head is some expectation of what your body is supposed to look like. I actually think that the scrutiny of new mothers bodies has gotten out of control. Every new mother just gets a free pass. I’m actually angered by the ‘posing in a bikini six weeks after having my baby’ [trend]… Who cares if our boobs are hanging low and we have a little more junk in the trunk? We created a human being, everybody. Let’s celebrate!’ In January, Fischer basically said the same thing while seemingly resigning herself to never losing the weight but not being bothered by it: ‘Let me please stand in solidarity with all of the women who are not a size 2 six weeks after leaving the hospital. I thought, you read all of the stuff in magazines like, ‘Oh, I breastfed my baby and I am so skinny now.’ I am breastfeeding my baby and I am not getting any skinnier! I think I’m just going to be a little bit bigger for a little bit longer and that’s fine with me.’
