Pregnancy Blog

Body Image Blues

I have never really had body image issues. In fact, I’ve been quite lucky to be the same weight and size for the past 10 or so years, regardless of what I ate or how much exercise I did (hereditary, thanks Dad!). But body image is a constant theme in Cosmo Pregnancy, with more readers writing in about this topic than any other. I have heard countless stories about women feeling like they’re losing control of their rapidly changing bodies. And to be honest (pre-pregnancy), I used to think, ‘But you are so beautiful. You are carrying a miracle baby inside your body – why do you even care if you put on weight?’ But then I would hear tales of strangers patting their pregnant bellies, asking if they’re carrying triplets or being told they’re “huge” or “tiny”.