Pregnancy Weight Gain: An Honest Opinion

The first picture in this post was taken when I was at nine weeks gestation and I just had my first ultrasound. The second picture I was at thirty-four weeks gestation and was on my way to my first baby shower. Needless to say since I was only thirty-four weeks here I got much bigger before I delivered.

Now before I continue, I love my son and I would not change a single thing that I had to go through to get him. With that being said, I had just lost thirty-five pounds before I found out I was pregnant and had finally began to feel good about myself again. While carrying my son I gained all the weight back, and then some extra. It made me feel very self consious and it still does.

I will be fifteen weeks postpartum this Friday. I have lost some of the pregnancy weight but my eating habits are no where near where they were when I got pregnant. Although I know my body did an amazing thing by growing and developing another human being, I am still so hard on myself about the left over weight. I weighed this morning and it looks like I have gained some back instead of lost some and I go to the gym constantly.

My point in telling this story is that I always feel so alone in my weight issues postpartum. Even though I know I am not most women are not honest about their feelings regarding their weight. I feel like if more women would open up about their postpartum weight issues that it would make a lot of other women who are going through it as well feel better and less alone. Therefore, I want you to know, you are NOT alone. Losing the baby weight is hard because you can not devote to it like you could have before the baby came, but it can be done!!

There are days when I feel really good about myself, and days where I do not. A good support system helps, my husband is amazing he always tells me the sweetest things about how I look. I know some people aren't fortunate enough to have that, if you aren't just know that is why I am here. I want you have a place to read honest opinions on things regarding pregnancy and having a baby.

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