What is this weird obsession with "humbling" pregnant women???
When I came out as pregnant I noticed people got excited by the aspect of me being humbled, getting pregnancy nose, gaining weight, being insecure. It was almost like they literally wished all the negative body dysmorphic symptoms on me. 🤣 it was like they were excited to see me depressed.
They would tell me how I'm going to get no sleep, how its going to take a toll on my relationship, how much weight in going to gain, saggy skin as if they were looking forward to it? Like why? What is this obsession with humbling women or wanting to see women fall. And when I didn't get all these symptoms they seemed disappointed. I did get some pretty harsh HG but it was like, not enough for them.
Even when I've said things like "I can't wait to get back the gym" a woman laughed at me at the TOP of her lungs and said I won't have time for that. Its like some people just want to discourage you from anything and all things positive and literally pretend like you've got a death sentence now you have children and that your life is over.
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It’s horrible, I think when other women didn’t get sleep, got the saggy skin, the stretch marks, etc. they kind of hope you will too 🙄
Of course our bodies change, it’s what happens.
It was the sleep one that really got to me. It has its bad moments but it’s honestly not as bad as people make out, not for me anyway.
I did gain weight, managed to lose it now almost 7 months pp.
my stomach skin is saggy but it grew my LB, of course it’s saggy 😂😂
There’s time for the gym in time, not immediately but it depends on your routines and support system.
Everyone’s different, don’t let other peoples experiences affect yours ❤️
This is so true but I’ve never heard it worded so eloquently before. Someone once said to me they can’t wait for me to get pregnant so that my ass would go flat (because I have a peachy bum). Jokes on them because my body sprung back after pregnancy and exercising (yes, there’s still time to do that!) has made me feel even more confident. Don’t listen to the haters, they’re probably just jealous!
My mom has forever said she can't wait for me to lose everything (by being pregnant) like she did when she was pregnant with me. Of course all of her physical issues were my fault, couldn't be the fact she'd been a drug addict since the age of 9 and that she did drugs her entire pregnancy with me 🥴. I'm pregnant now so I've haven't told her shit lol
Because some other woman are miserable, bitter, and sometimes jealous. And they want you to feel the same way they feel. I hate to say it so bluntly but it is what it is. Don’t let them feed you lies though, yes your body will change but it’ll change the way it’s meant to change for you. Yes your time will change but it will make you more managed. Ignore it and move on 🤷🏾♀️💓
Cos they’re unhappy with themselves and they want you on their level, doing everything easy when they struggled would make them feel bad
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