I’ve been feeling some pretty heavy guilt recently • with all this body change I’ve been using the F word far too often •
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“I’m in the fat phase” “I’m not sure if I look fat or pregnant” these are things I’ve said off the cuff multiple times over the past month • ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I long ago accepted & embraced my body pre-pregnancy, knowing that if I wanted to be athletic, I would LOOK athletic • & even though these pregnancy changes are still very new to me, I still accept my body, because I find it’s sole current purpose is to warrant a healthy babe • ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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But I don’t remember ever having used that word to describe myself • & even though there is no deep rooted stress around it personally, I 100% understand it could be triggering for others & just have an overall negative connotation • it’s not right for me to throw around so casually • ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I find this word has otherwise almost gone extinct, at least with the group I’m around • & I think that’s exactly how it should be! I don’t need to be using it in the future 🙏🏻