Adapting to my pregnancy body and what's to come...

[loveashleigh]

My first thread!

So I am 25 years old and currently 38 weeks pregnant with my first child! I am so excited to meet my son in a few weeks.

Unfortunately I have struggled massively throughout my pregnancy with the increasing physical changes to my body, especially the stretch marks.

A few years ago I was at my heaviest and I worked very hard to lose the weight, but I did it, and my body was at an okay place. But now I struggle to look at my body, particularly my stomach, in the mirror. I am in tears every time I think about my postpartum body.

I have always been very conscious of my body, to the point where I believe I have body dysmorphia. I know this is going to get worse once I give birth and I am looking for ways help with this.

How do I work on this? What did everyone else do? How can I prevent such a negative thought process at such a positive time?

Any thoughts/advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks everyone,

Ash. 💖

Honestly, the whole postpartum body thing is nowhere near as bad as they say. I have no idea why people live scaring women like this but I remember seeing so-called "realistic" postpartum pictures when I was pregnant and was terrified! In reality, with putting on the recommended amount of weight and breastfeeding, I was back to normal within a few months. My friends had a similar experience. You're younger so I imagine it will be easier for you! The worst part by far was a lot of my long hair falling off and having to cut it shorter because it was so thin, but it all grew back! (That took two years though...)