Today's new issue of New York examines the constant pressure women feel to stay svelte and how it affects pregnant New Yorkers, many of whom count calories to make sure they gain as little weight as possible during pregnancy:

The truly chic aim to avoid maternity clothes - even Liz Lange - for as long as possible. A fashion-marketer lady-who-lunches who asked me not to use her name led me from floor to floor of Barneys on a tour of what s in her pregnant-waif s wardrobe: clingy Missoni halter dresses, anything Diane Von Furstenberg, Pucci hot pants teamed with Hanes T-shirts, and terry-cloth Juicy dresses. At five months pregnant, she was wearing size-27 Seven jeans.

This is awesome news. If by starving ourselves and our unborn babies we can stay clad in Pucci hot pants, then we've won the war on nature. Let's all binge and purge to celebrate!
The Perfect Little Bump [NY Mag]