Anyone else having problems accepting body changes?

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I know I know.. I'm growing a baby.. and I truly love it. I'm so amazed by my body and what it's capable of. Yet when I found stretch marks on my stomach today I felt so disappointed. It's just hard to accept that these will be on me forever now.. ya know?

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Yessss. And it's totally normal. I know I am blessed to carry a baby, I know there are women who would love to be pregnant, I know this is a gift, etc etc etc.... BUT it doesn't mean we have to or should have to pretend that it's all rainbows and hearts and unicorns. Pregnancy is TOUGH. Accepting your body changes can be a huge hurdle and call me vane, but it's been the toughest part of this pregnancy for me. I am a really active person and I loved my body before this pregnancy, so the weight gain and expanding has been hard to accept. And it drives me crazy when people say "well, you're growing a baby".... as though I didnt already know 🙄😒 but anyways, let me get off my soap box lol... I am right there with you, it's hard to accept body changes. Hugs to you!!

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Yes these past 2 weeks I've discovered more and more stretch marks and I'm really upset by it ... I just want my body back 😩

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Sadly I was mentally preparing for stretch marks since it’s genetics that controls that and my mother had a ton with my sister and I. Mental preparation still didn’t help too much when I saw em the first time 😑 I accept them and am proud of my “tiger stripes” but still ya know? Too many things at once going on haha 🤣 if I could take in one symptom at a time I think they’d be a lot easier to cope with. All of em at once-it’s a wonder we are all still sane! (Mostly) 😜

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I just can't accept how wide I've gotten. And all my cellulite is just ridiculous lol. I have stretch marks that I got with my last pregnancy that I couldn't care less about but I have a baby stretch mark in my lower stomach and I'm soo sad and hope within these next 6 weeks I don't get any more.

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Yesss! And I’m in baby 3 and it still get me sometimes

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I lotioned, lotioned, lotioned. I've only gained 10 pounds and I'm 34 weeks. I woke up the other day and my lower belly was covered. Like literally overnight. I would be lying if I said I wasn't a bit sad about it

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Trust me I understand. My husband will come home and be like " what a belly!! " and I know he me

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I just found a couple today too. I didn't think I would get any since I'm almost 35 weeks but I guess I was wrong :-/ I can relate with the feeling of disappointment

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cocoa butter and vaseline after every bath should keep them away

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I really wish my boobs would stop growing. They're really ridiculous at this point and I'm running out of letters at the specialty bra store. Less the 7 more weeks to go. Please please shrink after birth.

Anyone else having problems accepting body changes?

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