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Finding Peace Before Pregnancy

I have always wanted to be a mom!  I’ve dreamed about it for years, thinking of baby names well before Neal entered my life.  Getting married made motherhood a little bit more of a reality, as I had found the love of my life and knew that some day we’d want to start a family.  What I didn’t anticipate is how I’d feel when the time came to start having children.  I didn’t anticipate the fear that would reside in me and how desperate I’d feel to be at my goal weight before getting pregnant.

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Although I completely agree that there may never be a “right time” to have children, I couldn’t help but feel like my body was not in the shape I wanted it to be in before having children.  I just couldn’t imagine getting pregnant at a weight I was unhappy with.

I struggled with finding peace before pregnancy.  I feared that I hadn’t done enough with my months leading up to trying to get pregnant.  In an ideal world I would have loved to have gotten pregnant with 20 pounds less on me but I reached a point where I had to stop putting off my life in hopes of being a smaller woman.

I realized that I weighed what I weighed and what mattered most was being as healthy as possible for my baby through diet and exercise.  I may not have lost weight prior to getting pregnant but I knew I had created fitness consistency through my 365 Day Fitness Challenge and was eating cleaner foods.  I had to realize that I had the power to have a happy and healthy pregnancy, which gave me the peace I needed.

The moment I found out I was pregnant everything changed.  What I ate had a completely different meaning.  Food became less about the taste and enjoyment and more about the nutrients it would provide my growing baby.  No longer did I think about weight loss, instead I focused on being the best mom I could be!

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Finding peace before pregnancy can be really difficult if you’re overweight or unhappy with your health, but I think it’s important to reach a place where you realize you’ve done what you can and it’s now time to trust your body.

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