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Ashley Tisdaleis opening up about accepting the changes in her body during her pregnancy.
TheHigh School Musicalactress, 35, recently did a maternity photo shoot and discussed how she’s getting used to the differences in her appearance in a blog post for her lifestyle website Frenshe.
“I have to be honest, I haven’t gotten the whole warm and fuzzy feeling about my pregnant body being beautiful,” sheadmitted.
Tisdale – who isexpecting her first childwith husbandChristoper French– continued, “Don’t get me wrong, I am so proud of my body and I’m so grateful to be able to create a home and grow my little one. However, seeing my body look so different is still a little startling to me.”
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“It’s like I don’t fully recognize myself and almost like an out-of-body experience,” she wrote.
TheMasked Dancerjudge added that she believes her relationship with her pregnancy body is a clash between body acceptance and body love. “I think that you can love your body, no matter what shape or form, but it’s the acceptance part that trips me up a little.”
It wasn’t helpful to Tisdale’s confidence that she “popped pretty early” and people began to say “very invasive things” such as “I think you’re farther along than you think” and “Are you having twins?” she revealed.
“I wanted to share this because I’m sure that like a lot of other people, I felt ashamed that I was uncomfortable at first,” she explained. “Yet, it’s important to honor how you feel and understand that everyone has a different experience with pregnancy.”
Tisdale has been very candid about some of the difficulties she’s experienced during pregnancy.
“I know there could be worse things but for someone who is constantly on their feet it can be pretty unbearable,” Tisdale added.
The pregnant actress went on to say, “I think she’s seven pounds right now and I’ve never carried that around before and I’m very short, I’m 5'3'', so yeah it’s definitely been painful. I’m really hoping it goes away eventually or when she’s outside of me.”
“But I am also someone who goes with the flow on a lot of stuff. I try to not have expectations in moments like that and just allow what is meant to be. I was very excited,” she added.
source: people.com
