Ok, I don't have kids, but all of the women in my immediate family are apples, and one of my older sisters who does have kids (4 now) has gotten more hips since she had children. You could really tell after her first two, but since her last two she is almost a large as me, and carries her weight like the rest of us apples--big belly overwhelming! It's crazy, though, 'cause both of my older sisters were a size 3-7 all through highschool and into their early adult years, and I've always been huge compared to everyone else in my family (I am taller and have been larger than my brother since like 6th or 7th grade even), and while neither of my parents is thin anymore, my mom used to be so small she wore a little boys size 14 slim at 19 when she first met my dad! Sorry for the rant--I'm just the monster in my family =-). (and I mean that with endearment, not malice). Anyway, I was really inspired by some of the pictures that started this group, and endeavor to be a thin, fit looking apple and be proud of my hip-less figure =-).

I have a question for you Becca (and other apple mamas). How did getting pregnant/giving birth affect your hips? Did it make them more proportionate to your chest measurement? I'm banking on bigger hips when I have babies but maybe I shouldn't.

I never had an issue with being over-weight, etc., until after I got pregnant with my third. Once that pregnancy was over, everything went downhill with my weight. My stomach still looks 6 months pregnant (and my third child is 7), whereas before, even with my first two children, I had a pretty flat stomach. As far as hips go, no change there either, except for some extra weight in that area. I think the only thing that changed shaped was my boobs...went from "at attention" to droopy LOL.