More body confident

[lozbeth]

Has anyone else become more confident within there body since becoming pregnant?

Not really but I do sometimes catch sight of my naked bump and feel really proud of what my body is achieving.

I think I have - it's not necessarily that I think my pregnant body is a thing of beauty, but I feel like it can't be seen as my fault, if that makes sense?! Before I always felt like I was just a bit big, whereas now of course I'm big - I'm pregnant. And I also assume (perhaps delusional!) that people are noticing my bump, not my bigger arse or legs or whatever. I've never been massively self-conscious about my body though - I've never had a perfect figure, and that's never been something I've thought too much about. I think that's helped a lot with not having body issues around pregnancy - you see a lot of women really struggling with getting bigger or 'losing' their figures and I find it quite hard to relate, partially because I'm so grateful to be pregnant but I think also because I've never seen what my body looks like as a huge part of my self-esteem or self-image so it doesn't feel like I've got so much to lose?

Absolutely not! I miss my body already! I do find it fascinating how it is changing though. But I might feel more confident with it when I'm ready to show the bump - I'm a teacher and at 16 weeks I'm still tryinf to hide it. Hard to feel body confident in those circumstances :)

For some reason I'm more confident in myself love the changes and actually love the way I look now

I'm not there yet in this pregnancy but it was one thing I loved being pregnant before, I never wear tight clothing but was happy showing off my bump.

No, I really wish I was because I get that my body is doing really impressive things and I'm grateful for having a healthy baby. But I can't stand the way I look with a bump and i think pregnancy just looks weird!

I did! I was always self conscious of my “child bearing hips” and then came into my own when I became pregnant lol! My boobs got bigger and I balanced out. I think I looked better pregnant than before or after!