Until you become pregnant for the first time, your body has always been only your own. Every decision you have made for your body has been motivated by your own needs and desires (possibly as influenced by societal expectations, media images, and peer pressure—still, the only person directly affected by your decisions was you). When you learn that you’re pregnant, suddenly you are motivated in two different (and sometimes opposing) directions as you begin to consider, “What’s best for me and what’s best for my baby?” It can take time to find balance in your mind—which may be the only part that
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