I just need to vent...

[Singin4Him]

I love being pregnant don't get me wrong but I feel like a big beach ball right now. I feel huge! My husband keeps telling me I don't look like I've gained a lot of extra weight and of course his husbandly words "I think you're beautiful pregnant!" However it's just hard to feel beautiful when I just feel swollen, I'm waddling everywhere, my legs are huge, I'm uncomfortable...basically I just feel like icky . I've already gained a few more pounds than I should have and I didn't start out overweight at all. Now eating has become this horrible guilt trigger for me, I eat healthy but if I let myself have a dessert or something I shouldn't I feel so guilty about it. I mean guilt to the point that I can't stop thinking about the fact that I shouldn't have eaten whatever it was and how I hope it didn't cause me to gain anymore weight.

Does anyone else feel this way? Am I the only one?

 

[katelyn]

Yeah, I kinda feel this way at times. I'm 33.5 weeks pregnant and have gained 50 lbs. already, which is how much I gained total last time. I think I am actually eating healthier this time around, but I do often wonder if I am doing something "wrong" that is causing me to gain so much weight. I'll admit I have been craving sweets with this pregnancy, but I try to eat them only after I've eaten something healthy and am still hungry (which seems to be often ).

 

[JulySheMustFly]

With my first I felt like that. It was hard going from being fit and thin to being huge. I didn't feel beautiful pregnant. I felt fat. I also gained more weight than they would have liked. By the time I was full term I was over 200lbs. I started at 135.

There was virtually nothing I could do about it, but I had one doctor in the practice that kept harping on it. I watched what I ate, excersized and it still clung on. My two other pregnancies weren't like that but I was probably way too focused on weight gain those times because of how much I gained and how I felt the first time around.

 

[faithingrace]

I always take comfort in the fact that after I deliver there will be plenty of time to lose the weight. Right now its most important that you and baby are healthy. Worrying is not healthy! So enjoy your occasional treats and remember that God doesn't look at the outside but at the heart. And you are one beautiful child! On the outside and the inside!!! And don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

 

[GolfingMom]

I always take comfort in the fact that after I deliver there will be plenty of time to lose the weight. Right now its most important that you and baby are healthy. Worrying is not healthy! So enjoy your occasional treats and remember that God doesn't look at the outside but at the heart. And you are one beautiful child! On the outside and the inside!!! And don't let anyone tell you otherwise!