Category Archives: Loving HOW YOU LOOK during pregnancy

Discovering your pregnancy image

As an expectant mom you have the opportunity discover your pregnancy image and to feel just as fashionable, professional, sexy, hot, punk-ish, athletic, and/or well-put-together as any other time in your life. However, it can seem like there are only certain images that are possible for pregnant women, images like matronly, cute, girl next door,…

Your changing body for all to see

During pregnancy, your boobs, belly, and other areas are getting bigger. Your changing body is there for all to see. I’ve heard people talking about how so-and-sos hips widened. Yes, it’s true her hips were widening, and there’s nothing wrong with widening hips. It’s an occurrence most pregnant women experience. Yet, there are people talking about her hips!…

Let yourself feel what you feel

Often in pregnancy we experience heightened emotions. It’s normal. It’s natural. However, when it’s happening, we often don’t feel like it’s normal and natural. It can feel wrong, overwhelming, vulnerable. In her first pregnancy, Melinda experienced a physical characteristic that felt so vulnerable to her: her belly button pop out. It was just so out…

“Hey There, Career Girl!” How to be a Mommy AND a Career Girl, How to tackle a big project like writing a book, How to love your changing body, and more

Mommies with a career, I want to make sure you know about Career Girl Network (CGN). CGN provides a TON of resources to give women clear paths to career success and a large network of women to nurture, mentor, and support their goals. And, CGN has a special feature called “Hey There, Career Girl!” in…

Being pregnant AND sexy: sometimes you must explore to discover what works

Weight gain and body shape changes are something every expectant mom deals with. The physical shifts can be uncomfortable, dismaying… and even panic producing. How does a woman deal with this in an empowering way? She wants to find and focus on what works for her. She wants to take on an exploratory mindset. That’s…

How to be sexy while pregnant

As LuAnn moved into her second trimester, her body changed quickly and she suddenly felt sloppy and fat. To her it seemed that from her boobs to her belly she was just a series of fat rolls. She’d never been a thin girl. She’d always been more curvy and voluptuous, but this was just too…

A pregnant body CAN be an athletic body

Anita had always been an athlete. She was known in all her different circles as a fit, athletic person. Even people she’d meet for the first time would comment that she looked like she was in great shape or really strong. She’d get an occasional, “Wow, I think you could take my husband!” Anita enjoyed…

A “legitimate reason” to have a big belly

Colette was looking forward to gaining a new image during her pregnancy. She had been overweight for a number of years and being pregnant meant having what she called a “legitimate reason” to have a big belly. She would now be pregnant not fat. She looked forward to shaking her previous body image issues and…

What, physically, do I like about being pregnant?

When Andrea was thinking about getting pregnant the first time, she dreaded the changes her body would go through. She hated the idea of gaining weight in ways she couldn’t predict. She worried about feeling out of control. Also, she was generally concerned about fitting into what she called a “traditional” pregnancy image. She didn’t…

Prime Time to Get in the BEST Shape of Your Life

Shortly after moving to London to establish herself as a successful personal trainer, Nisha found out she was pregnant. It had taken something to pack up, venture out to London on her own, take on the additional cost of living. She had gone for it and she was going to “make it” professionally. She wasn’t…