Excited and delighted – that’s how I felt when my daughter, Sara, announced her wedding plans for later this year.
It was a far cry from my reaction when my eldest daughter, Sian, told me the same news three years before.
Although I’d been equally happy for her, as a size 24, I’d been filled with dread. I just couldn’t bear to be a fat mother-of-the-bride.
I’d always been chubby. Even at school, I was a size 16, and I got even bigger after I’d fallen pregnant.
I had three children – Sian, now 26, Sara, 25, and Gareth, 22 – in quick succession and, as a busy mum, I’d never managed to regain my figure. Even when the children were teenagers, I’d joke I was still carrying my baby…
