THERE is a definite baby boom in Hollywood at the moment. While Jennifer
Lopez and Christina Aguilera are still refusing to confirm that they
are expecting, Halle Berry and Helena Bonham Carter are proud to be
pregnant and new celebrity mums include Salma Hayek, Isla Fisher and
Julia Roberts. Then, once baby is born, they will doubtless all soon
be parading their knockout post-bump bodies. Indeed, Naomi Watts has
already appeared looking amazingly svelte just weeks after giving birth.
The pressure and desire to look good as soon as the bump becomes baby
are not confined to celebrities though. A survey by online bank Egg
last week revealed that new British mothers are spending an average
of £1,062 on making themselves look and feel good. While they may treat
themselves to new hairstyles, clothes and beauty treatments, they are
still unlikely to match the astounding transformations effected by their
famous counterparts. So, how do they do it? Most Hollywood A-listers
diet and put in the hours with personal trainers, torturing those stretched
abs back into shape - but it seems that many of them also have a little
bit of extra help. A lot of new mothers are now going from flab to fab
as a result of the Mummy Makeover, a body-sculpting service offered
by plastic surgeons, specifically geared to the post-baby body.