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Anyone else worried about their post baby body???!
Hi everyone
I can't wait to start TTC and I am really looking forward to being pregnant and starting a family with my lovely husband.
but..... I can't help but really worry about what my body will be like after having children! I know that having a baby is way more important but I still worry, alot!!
Does anyone else feel the same???
Mrs Cake xx
I can't wait to start TTC and I am really looking forward to being pregnant and starting a family with my lovely husband.
but..... I can't help but really worry about what my body will be like after having children! I know that having a baby is way more important but I still worry, alot!!
Does anyone else feel the same???
Mrs Cake xx
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Thanks for your replies!
You have made me feel a little better littlerose and it is good to know that other people feel the same!
I just worried that I was worrying about it too much and I know that having a baby will be so much more important!
I'm still really scared though! I guess it's the unknown that is scary\
xxx
Sadly, having a baby will mean we no longer look exactly like a lithe bodied adolescent. It would be very easy to therefore 'wag a knowing finger' at people worried about how their bodies will change and tell them it's not as important as having a child, but we are fed opposing messages throughout our lives and that will make a difference.
I wish I could say I wasn't worried about how it will change my outward appearance (and if honest, my inward 'shape' if you catch my unsubtle drift) however, I can do things to make sure that the difference is lessened. There are lots of women who have had multiple children who are in much better shape then I am who have had none.
My plan is to keep up gentle exercise for as long as I can, breastfeed (as it's good for the baby) and eat a healthful diet throughout my planned pregnancy. I currently do toning exercises on my PC muscles already as it's good to get them toned and limber before one becomes pregnant. Hopefully this will help me stop getting too out of control with my shape/tone/etc
Anyway, I'm waffling.... nope, you aren't alone. It's scary, but that's because we don't know what will happen. It's not petty or shallow to be afraid or concerned about things like this when we are bought up with the idea our primary goal is to be pretty, sexy and slender.
At the end of the day.... your body will sag and change if you have kids or not, it just hastens things on a bit.
Adelicia i totally agree with you and I am so mad that I feel worried about it. I 'm not somone that gets really worried about being super slim or any of that but I guess we are all taking it in bit by bit.
Beauty junkie thanks for being so honest, it really does help to hear it from woment who have been through pregnenacy. I know that it will all be fine in the end and it will never stop me wanting to have kids!
I am noting down the tips!!!
xx
Adelicia i totally agree with you and I am so mad that I feel worried about it. I 'm not somone that gets really worried about being super slim or any of that but I guess we are all taking it in bit by bit.
Beauty junkie thanks for being so honest, it really does help to hear it from woment who have been through pregnenacy. I know that it will all be fine in the end and it will never stop me wanting to have kids!
I am noting down the tips!!!
xx