did anyone lose a large amount of weight before becoming pregnant?

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I was obese my whole childhood and when ive lost most of the weight (was 200lbs, got down to 130 by not eating and now 150 by eating healthy) I have so much extra skin on my stomach and im just wondering if that effected anyones baby bump appearence? Im not necessarily worried about how it looks I just dont want to look fat lol. Im 9 weeks 2 days now. Just curious to hear people's stories on the subject

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I lost over 100 pounds before I got pregnant.  And yes, it affects the appearance of my bump.  I have excess skin over it, and it's definitely not a perfect classic bump.  But I honestly don't care, I'm just glad to finally be pregnant.

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Started at 170 last year. Over the course of about 8 months I got down to 120, was eating vegan and no processed foods. Got pregnant. Changed my diet completely, mainly out of fear that having such a restricted diet would be very hard to maintain while pregnant. I now have no restrictions. I'm up to 160 now at 36 weeks. These most recent 5-10 pounds are so are really what made it hard honestly. I looked like I was 120 with a big baby belly the whole time and then once the 5-10 pounds hit I feel like I'm back where I started. I don't just feel big in my belly I feel like I've gained weight all over. My husband has been very sweet and reassuring that my body has to and is going to change, but for the better of the baby. He also assures me that it'll work out in the end, that the breastfeeding will help assist in the weight loss and once I go back to a more limited diet and go back to counting calories and macros that I'll be okay. Just with new mommy muscles I didn't have before haha

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I was heavy, lost weight, got pregnant, and have yet to post any "bump" pics bc I feel like I just look like I'm back to my old fat self 😂😂😂
For the most part I'm too excited to meet my baby in September to care what I look like to other people!

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And by the way, I understand not wanting to look fat, but that's how I feel like I look. I worked so hard to not look fat, and here I am, 29 weeks, and I look fat, instead of pregnant.  It took me a while to be okay with it.  Now I'm just waiting to have my baby so I can be skinny and small again.

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I was 190 for a while and started losing weight around 1-5 weeks (I didn't find out until 6 weeks) I lost 15 pounds before morning sickness, and with morning sickness I lost another 15, I'm now 207(ish) at 32 weeks and the bump is very recognizable as a baby bump. I'm hoping to lose it all after I have my baby girl.

did anyone lose a large amount of weight before becoming pregnant?

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