What is it about childbirth that makes women get fat? One of my coworkers at Domino's recently came back from maternal leave. She had her baby finally(from of course getting knocked up from a father no longer in the picture it seems) and when I saw her, literally nothing had changed. I mean her belly was a bit smaller, but it was still a potbelly and she was still overweight overall. And then there's my mother... Oh my god, did she fall from grace. Awhile back when me and my sister were looking through old pics, we found one of our mom laying in a bikini before I was born. From the looks of it you could tell she was thin and even kinda thicc(real thicc, not the bastardized fat useage of the word). But now she is the total opposite. Large cottage cheese thighs, a rounder face, big ass and a large gut that hangs like a deflated balloon over her pants that she has to tuck in. She may have dealt with alot of shit with my dad throughout my life and is dealing with my sister going crazy but for as long as I can remember she's been pretty much obese.  Hell pretty much most mothers I've seen are nowadays. From soccer moms watching their kids do karate classes or sports to my mom's family friends, it always seems to be the standard that you bloat up once you have kids. Guys do better, but we stil got too many dad bods. Really shows one reason marriage and the birth rate is in decline...