09/11/2026
In all honesty, if you were to ask me what I feared most about being pregnant, I probably would have told you it was my body changing and having no control over it (and labor but duh 😅)
I remember even at like 7 weeks, putting on leggings and feeling guilty for thinking ‘I hate this already’ (it was probably just bloat at that point).
At 13 weeks, I start taking weekly progress photos, (not because I’m obsessed with taking pictures of my body) but because it created a different kind of control for me.
Not control over the changes themselves, but the ability to witness them intentionally.
I got to pause each week and say, ‘this is where we are right now’…
My 7 week thoughts gradually became ‘I got every version of this, I can’t wait to see my belly next week’ 😆
And something that did not register to me until after pregnancy: we can become so focused on getting through each stage that we don’t realize how temporary it all is. Then the baby is born, and that version of you, suddenly exists only in pictures 📸
Control does not always mean preventing change. Sometimes it means learning that you can allow change to happen, while staying present through it all 🤝
Anyways, long story short, even if they are never posted or make it past your camera roll, TAKE THOSE PROGRESS PICS 🤰— they have more meaning than you’d think….
What are your thoughts seeing your body change during pregnancy ??
