Kim Raver is on the cover of next month's Cookie Magazine and WOW does she look beautiful with her babies!  I love her on Lipstick Jungle. That show has really grown on me, so I was excited to read her interview.  The poor woman talks about her struggles with weight and body image after having a baby.

On returning to work to the set of Lipstick Jungle after having her second son Leo just weeks after giving birth… "It was important to me to experience both nursing Leo and recovering from having him. I'd be in a fitting trying to squeeze into clothes, and I'd think, I'm not doing this. There's going to be more milk, and healthier milk, if I'm eating well, and I'm already stressed out because of my work level."  

On her body image after having a baby: "I remember crying at one photo shoot because I couldn't get into the dresses I'd normally fit into.  Brooke [Shields, her costar] was so lovely. She reminded me that [this period is just] a short window."

Raver's message to other new moms: "Remember to love the body you're in after having a baby. You're not sleeping. You're juggling one, two, or three kids. If it's emotionally satisfying at three or four in the morning, when the baby won't go back to sleep, have a piece of chocolate! While you nurture your baby, it's important to nurture yourself."

It's so sad that actresses and women in general feel so much pain over the way we look.  The media has fooled us into thinking that just having a baby isn't good enough, we need to be a size zero after giving birth too.