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Body Image Issues

knras628knras628 member
in April 2024 Moms
Anyone having body image issues as they are growing/changing? I’m 15 weeks along in my first pregnancy. For my short height, I feel large - chest has grown and I think I’ve already popped. I’m struggling to feel good in clothes and in my skin, generally. How/what are you doing to feel better?

I keep trying to recenter my thoughts on the beautiful life growing inside and how it is a blessing. But it doesn’t erase my feelings / lack of body confidence. Welcome advice ❤️ 
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  • mom2be_againmom2be_again member
    Just reaching out to say I know how you feel. I think that this in between time can be tough because there’s a lot of expanding and bloating happening but not necessarily the cute, defined bump we envisioned. I wear a lot of baggy clothes right now because nothing fits or is comfortable and I don’t actually look pregnant, just look fat and it isn’t cute lol. Definitely don’t feel confident in the way I look, but I try to be kind and remind myself that I’m growing a person! 
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  • practicallypiersonpracticallypierson member
    I do pretty well early in pregnancy, but I can't think too much about how much I weighed when I went into labor with my first, or what that number's going to be at the end of this one. (It feels so silly, and I know women who got excited to see the gain because it meant baby was growing, but man, do I hate it.) 

    Some things that helped me:
    I actually loved doing my bump pictures. They've been harder this time around because we have a toddler, but I find size comparisons that are something other than fruits/vegetables and take pictures with those things. It helps to focus on the baby and to emphasize that the bump is a bump. (And later on, it reminds me that I'm excited and not just uncomfortable.)

    Buying maternity clothes makes such a difference. Things that are designed to fit a pregnant woman fit so much better than things that are just big, and they feel less like you're walking around in a tent. I was definitely noticing the bump, and my coworkers that knew noticed it a while ago, but I'm definitely still in the stage of "is that a bump, or are you just gaining weight?" and having some things that are designed to go with a bump makes it feel a lot more... bumpy? 

    One other thing that has been nice this time around is that my husband is interacting more with the baby than he did this early with our son. Having someone else address the bump and talk to the baby makes it feel a bit more like "hey, there's a baby in there" and a bit less like I'm just the wrong shape. 
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