Real Talk.
Adjusting and accepting this pregnancy body is really, really, really hard for me. I feel like I gained a lot of weight right away and everything just expanded - my chest, hips, everything. Even though my body has been both extremely ripped and also a little curvy through the years, I have, for the most part, had a positive and healthy body image.
But these past few years trying to conceive have been very difficult and I have HATED the hormones I've had to be on. And then the moment I became pregnant and additional hormones surged through my body, I immediately felt LARGE and totally out of its control. And I'm only at the beginning.
People say "it's beautiful," and "your body is doing a miraculous thing," and "you should love your body," and "F*** social customs of what a woman's body should look like."
I know it’s incredible. And I know its temporary. But I honestly can't get there and I am having a really hard time loving this. I often feel embarrassed and uncomfortable and depressed. And I am legit terrified at how far I have to go and what the post-partum body will look like. Can anyone relate????