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Being told I’m fat/ big after giving birth

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NoMoreMeanTalkPls · 09/06/2023 07:58

Feel hurt and wanting to rant a bit:

Both my mum and husband keep telling me I’m now bigger than before.

My mum is much harsher and up front tells me I looked slimmer while pregnant. I was lucky and didn’t gain much weight on my limbs. I know I have a thicker waist line and a tummy now. I still fit most of my pre-pregnancy clothes but not the ones I bought more than 5 years ago. She keeps telling me I need to exercise more and loose weight just 1 month after birth and has not stopped since then. For reference, my baby is not even a year old yet. I started work and need to juggle all the new demands on me. I don’t need all this criticism right now. My mum helps a lot with taking care of my baby all
the time. But still, I could do without the shaming.

My husband keeps making jokes about me being larger now and that he can’t pick me up with one arm anymore. He’s got a big gut and I never poke fun at him like that. I carried and gave birth to a human being. That’s a lot better reason than him just liking food. Why can’t we just all being kinder to one another?!?!

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OP posts:
ButterCrackers · 04/12/2023 20:54

How horrid of your mum and partner. Nasty - tell them to back off.

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