She explained that not only did she feel “tons” of anxiety about even being able to carry a pregnancy, but that she feared being body-shamed at the doctors due to past experiences.
As for how she navigated her feelings about her changing body during pregnancy, she shared, “I had to meet myself again during pregnancy. My body was providing for someone else. I appreciated my body in a different way. Maybe it’s because of the way society treats pregnant women. All of a sudden, people say you’re glowing and fabulous. And then postpartum happens, and everyone asks when you’re going to lose weight — there’s that whole bounce-back culture.
Hopefully McGrady’s words of wisdom will help others feel less alone in the complicated feelings they, too, might have about their bodies during and after pregnancy — all of which is compounded by attitudes of stigma and shame by purportedly well-meaning medical professionals and loved ones under the guise of “health.
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