Struggling HARD with clothing and my body 😔
I am a FTM, 23 weeks and am having SUCH a hard time with my body. I wish I wasn’t and I understand that this is temporary, our bodies are doing amazing things, etc. At the beginning of the pregnancy I said I would never talk badly about my body because I was so amazed with my body and growing tummy and think women are just INCREDIBLE literally 3D printing entire human beings.
BUT I have always had a “curvy” but athletic build with bigger legs and a big butt, but little to no tummy or boobs. So the transition to suddenly having not just big legs and butt, but a huge tummy and ginormous boobs also has been really hard. Not even naked though - that’s fine! I can appreciate my body when naked, but the second I attempt to get dressed to leave the house, I break down.
It’s impossible for me to find ANY clothing that fits or looks semi normal on my body. I don’t feel like all of the *cute* pregnant girls that just have their belly and get to dress normal otherwise. I grew out of every shirt almost immediately. Forget about pants options, those were too tight by week 5.
I decided to go shopping and try to have a positive attitude and find pieces that would be flowy and comfortable for the summer and ended up having an absolute breakdown because there were no options anywhere and absolutely nothing that fits me or made me feel like myself.
I’m not really a sundress type of girl but I guess that is my only option for what to wear every day that isn’t activewear?????
I guess I am looking for others going through similar feelings because I am crying almost every day trying to get dressed and feel pretty and *glowy* during what’s supposed to be the good part of pregnancy.
If anyone has advice on maternity wear that isn’t freaking ugly and isn’t activewear (bc I’ve already bought all of that), that would be amazing too.
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