Anyone having a hard time with being so big/body image

[girlinyork]

Yup. Major body image issues here. Not surprising really when I've gone from the pic on the left to the now pic on the right

You're looking really good for the extra weight! It really suits you

 

[suffolksazzle]

Aw thank you

 

[embeth]

yep me too!and its mostly my fault as i'm such a pig!!! Was just about to post saying anyone finding themselves eating constantly!! I can't even bring myself to write down what I have eaten today!!
Pre pregnancy I was 119 pounds (8.5 stone) at my last weigh in just over 4 weeks ago I had already gone up to 10 stone! reckon would be alot worse now..too scared to weigh myself tho, feel like a whale!!xxx

 

[TatorMom]

I don't have the best pregnancy photo, but hopefully it'll make you ladies feel better if I post a pic of myself when I was pregnant with DS2 and then what I looked like by several months after. Granted I never gained a TON of weight, but started at 125lbs with DS2 and was 151 at delivery. First photo was 5 days before he was born. Second photo is when DS2 was about 18mos and his brother exactly a yr older, but it's the only bikini photo I have that close to his birth. It's what I was back to about 3-4 months after he was born though and was the same after DS1 right when I got pregnant with DS2. Best shape of my life, even after 2 kids in 2 years! I had gotten WAY too skinny shortly after the 2nd photo was taken and ended up having to gain weight to get pregnant with baby #3. Needless to say I've struggled a bit with the body image thing too, as I think most women do. I know I bounce back well though, so I don't worry like I did when I was pregnant with DS1. It's all how you manage your diet and staying active after they're born. I didn't see the inside of a gym until this past yr when DS1 was just 4 and DS2 3yrs old due to DS2's Autism issues. I just stayed very active with my kids and ate healthy.

 

[CordeliaJ]

I don't have the best pregnancy photo, but hopefully it'll make you ladies feel better if I post a pic of myself when I was pregnant with DS2 and then what I looked like by several months after. Granted I never gained a TON of weight, but started at 125lbs with DS2 and was 151 at delivery. First photo was 5 days before he was born. Second photo is when DS2 was about 18mos and his brother exactly a yr older, but it's the only bikini photo I have that close to his birth. It's what I was back to about 3-4 months after he was born though and was the same after DS1 right when I got pregnant with DS2. Best shape of my life, even after 2 kids in 2 years! I had gotten WAY too skinny shortly after the 2nd photo was taken and ended up having to gain weight to get pregnant with baby #3. Needless to say I've struggled a bit with the body image thing too, as I think most women do. I know I bounce back well though, so I don't worry like I did when I was pregnant with DS1. It's all how you manage your diet and staying active after they're born. I didn't see the inside of a gym until this past yr when DS1 was just 4 and DS2 3yrs old due to DS2's Autism issues. I just stayed very active with my kids and ate healthy.

Wow...you have no stretch marks either! Lucky woman!