Weight gain, ladies, weight gain....

So with my precious Natalie I gained 70lbs. Can you believe that? I did NOT have GD or anything, and I craved fresh pineapple and salads. How I gained that much I have no idea. I have always been skinny (see pics below) When I got preggo I was about 145lbs and I delivered at 213 (WOW!) and now Im down to about 140ish, I had no problem loosing the weight, no diet nothing. The difference is that I didnt work with Natalie and now I work at the hospital and I walk walk walk all the time. Now Im preggo again and I am terriefied. I know that our bodies change after babies, duh! but always being the skinny girl and then gaining that much weight really messed with my self esteem. Now Im preggo again (and couldnt be happier) but I hope this doesnt happen again, I just started feeling really good about how I looked, and coming to terms with my different shape. Has this happened to anyone? I mean the whole self esteem thing? I was always super confident and then I was like a hermit and never wanted to go out... My husband is super supportive and LOVES my body, preggo, fat, skinny or not..... heres some pics...



Pre baby (okay not the best pic, but you get the point)


Okay, so I know that steak and shake cup (an enormous shake) didnt help, but look at me!!! I blew up, IM HUGE!


And now.....

what cha think?

You look beautiful! How could you have low self esteem with that beautiful body??!!

Right now I'm going through the I don't wanna gain so much stage. But my hubby always reassures me that the weight is for a good reason & that he'd love me the same pre-preggo, preggo, & post preggo. This is my first pregnancy so I don't know what to expect yet. I'm due on December 23rd. I'm only 17 weeks now & I've gained 14 pounds already. I don't look very much pregnant yet, I just look fat now.

Oh, well! Don't forget that you are beautiful & I hope to be putting up some similiar pics of myself after I have my baby.

Lisa 

My poor husband couldnt keep his hands off me when I was preggo! I felt fat and frumpy and he LOVED my curves... he said lastnight hes waiting for those curves to come back....lol....
Thanks for the vote of confidence, but you know how it is when its you criticizing yourself....

personally i got lucky and gained 15 pounds with both of my kids... now i am 29 weeks and gained 20..... so everyone is different... My friend was way tiny 5'4 and 110 pouns and at the end of her pregnancy she waighed 200 pounds and lost it all... she also had 2 mare kids after that and lost all that weight also.... so i wouldnt worry to much about it..

it really sucks when nothing fits... so i am there with you... especially when you notice it iss harder to move around and need help sometimes..you almost loose your independence.... but men love it... plus i was told there is nothing sexier to men than a pregnant woman... men are attracted to that

I would get mad at my hubby cause he couldnt keep his PAWS OFF!