easier for people who have never been pregnant to say "embrace your body"
I wanted to share this cause i have definitely been feeling down about myself and the way my body looks lately. I'm 39 weeks pregnant. I feel huge. I've gained about 50 lbs. I have stretch marks on my thighs, butt, boobs, stomach. I'm extremely pale in the summer because I can't tan or self tan while I'm pregnant. My body while I've been pregnant has been a bittersweet thing that's the best way I can describe it. I have loved and felt so honored to be able to carry my baby. My baby is my world and every mark on it has been made for him to grow. But at the same time I also find myself not loving what I might be left with after I have my baby. I'm 19 and a lot of my friends graduated this year they are now at senior week and partying and having fun. I love that I'm going to be a mom but I still feel like I'm missing out. When I was at the beach I felt huge, pale, and all my stretch marks were out; I felt kind of embarrassed of myself and I felt jealous of all the girls around me with their tanned skin, toned bodies, and smooth skin. Anyways today my sister was trying to get me to paint my belly and I just didn't want to I said "I have all stretch marks right now I don't feel like it", she just replied with "embrace those" and other stuff. My sister has never been pregnant and got to experience high school and everything so she really doesn't understand what I'm going through right now. I think it's easy for people to say embrace it when they don't know what it feels like to have your body change so rapidly and to feel alone about it. I am trying to embrace my body but i won't deny I don't have my insecurities. Anyone else feeling similar.
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