This post is for the other mamas who have been discouraged about body image at any point during your pregnancy. I'm sure you all can relate: I've been trying to stay positive about all my weight gain, but when I found stretch marks just today at 40 + 3 and looked at my before and after pic (41 lbs of weight gain!) I got extremely emotional. A few hours have passed, and I'm doing some bouncing and feeling my son's little feet and hands moving around, and an intense feeling of love just washed over me. Husband also had noticed how I was feeling, reminded me that my self worth should not be in my body and did a bunch of chores for us. So all of that has helped me snap out of it, so to speak, and gain back some perspective. The love my family does and will share is worth any "sacrifice" my body is making, and I am going to celebrate it!!!