I don’t recognise myself

Awww it's really hard watching our bodies change,... As long as you are eating a balanced diet and not eating for 2 and still getting your steps in, then it's all down to physiology unfortunately...
The weight gain isn't pure fat, it's a whole combination of extra blood, placenta, amniotic fluid, baby and more.... Not simply fat.
I would try and treat yourself to some stretchy clothes like coords that you can grow into and you feel flattering and good in and just know that in most cases woman do lose their baby weight and get back to somewhere normal but sometimes looking a bit different in shape ...but it is hard I totally heat it !
With my first I had lose 2 stone before I conceived....this time round (24 weeks) I started nearly 2 stone heavier, so I'm really on the back foot and also worry about what I will look like but I did lose the baby weight after my daughter and hope to again after this little one. Xx

I feel totally the same. I feel like I should have tried harder to eat better in the first trimester but I was so bloody hungry and I couldn’t exercise at all, I was in total survival mode. Social media makes unrealistic standards and while it’s been so useful it’s also been so detrimental to my body image. I haven’t got the answers but I just wanted to say, I feel that too. I’m so grateful to be pregnant and maybe when my bump is more defined I will feel different but right now I’m trying to up my steps and snack a little less.