The last 7 months of growing baby Bennett 💙🦋🩵➡️
I started this pregnancy underweight due to being in competition prep and I certainly have used this time to honor and listen to my body in new ways.

Each day I’m grateful for the lifestyle I live and how equipped I’ve been to be healthy and nourish myself well.

I’m also so thankful for all the mental work I’ve put in over the years to address my relationship with food and my body image.

This inner work along with the spiritual work done in me through God, I have had such a positive experience even in seeing my body change and have had an easier time navigating food choices or days where I couldn’t work out or change to the demands I place on my body because of all of this leg work.

I believe if I had neglected my mental health, this would have been so much harder.

I’m grateful for the changes because they showcase the incredible nature of the body and how God designed us.

I keep repeating to myself that I am built for this. God knew Bennett as he made me and so I find peace knowing God has his hand on all of this, and I can face anything pregnancy and birth and motherhood have of I keep leaning on the fact that He knows better.

I hope this brings peace to other moms in their pregnancy journey or contemplating starting a family. The meh changes or weight gain or stretch marks don’t compare to the joy of seeing your baby growing in you or feeling him move. It’s the best🙏🏻