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Episode 150 Content and Overview

Body image during pregnancy and after having a baby is not something that just affects someone who was previously anorexic or struggled with their weight. Body image applies to anyone who is pregnant. I have yet to meet anyone who was confident about all of the physical changes going on during pregnancy. That doesn’t mean those people do not exist, but that definitely isn’t the majority. The many physical and emotional changes that come with carrying a baby puts your body through a major transformation. These changes are necessary to have a healthy baby. It is impossible to create a new life without going through a major transformation. This episode prepares you for what body changes to expect during pregnancy, what influences our body image, the research on body image, and evidence based interventions to improve it.

Included in This Episode

• What influences your body image
• Pre-pregnancy
• How your body changes during pregnancy
• Common Skin Issues During Pregnancy
• Gaining Weight During Pregnancy
• Postpartum Hair Loss
• A breakdown of pregnancy weight gain
• Unwanted comments
• Photos
• Exercise
• Women’s experiences of their pregnancy and postpartum body image: a systematic review and meta-synthesis
• Postpartum
• Losing the baby weight
• The role of body image in prenatal and postpartum depression: a critical review of the literature
• Trans pregnancy
• The Longest Shortest Time, Accidental Gay Parents Series
• A Meta-Analytic Review of Stand-Alone Interventions to Improve Body Image
• Body dysmorphic disorder
• Anorexia nervosa
• Bulimia nervosa
• Binge-Eating disorder
• Genetic predispositions & biological changes
• Diagnosis & treatment
• Stigma
• Barriers to identifying eating disorders in pregnancy and in the postnatal period: a qualitative approach
• Eating disorders and fertility
• Eating Disorders, Pregnancy, and the Postpartum Period: Findings from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)
• Talking to your doctor or midwife
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