All her life Jessica had been pressured–by her friends, by society, by herself–t
All her life Jessica had been pressured–by her friends, by society, by herself–to keep lean. Years of strictly regimented eating and constant exercise left her looking like what she thought was the ideal woman, and yet she felt profoundly unhappy. That all changed the night she took a guy home from the bar, and she decided to peel off his condom moments before he entered her. Even at the time she knew that this was a terrible idea, that even if she weren’t right in the middle of her ovulation window that this was risky, life-changing behavior. But there was another part of her that guided her in that moment, a deeply maternal aspect of her subconscious that no amount of salads or hours on a spin bike could ever fully silence. That part of her, which yearned to be soft and round and heavy as she constantly carried new life within her, had finally taken control.8 months later, as she began her now daily ritual of admiring her changing (improved, she thought) body in the mirror, Pregnant Jessica once again thanked herself for having the courage to embrace her natural state. -- source link
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