Body Image During Pregnancy and After Birth
Pregnancy Podcast
Vanessa Merten
4.5 • 970 Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Your body goes through a greater physical transformation during pregnancy than at any other time in your life. While growing a baby is an incredible feat, not everyone feels positive about the changes that come with it. Research shows that body dissatisfaction is common during and after pregnancy, and it can range from occasional negative thoughts to more serious struggles with body dysmorphia or disordered eating. This episode explores the research on body image during pregnancy and postpartum, what shapes it, and evidence-based strategies to help you build a healthier relationship with your body as it grows, changes, and recovers.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton. |
| 0:10.6 | Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. |
| 0:15.5 | In today's episode, we're talking about body image during pregnancy and after birth. Your body goes through a greater |
| 0:23.9 | physical transformation during pregnancy than at any other time in your life. While growing a baby is |
| 0:30.8 | incredible, not everyone feels positive about the changes that come with it. Research shows that body dissatisfaction is common |
| 0:39.9 | during pregnancy and after. It can range from occasional negative thoughts to more serious |
| 0:46.8 | struggles with body dysmorphia or disordered eating. This episode explores the research on |
| 0:53.2 | body image during pregnancy and postpartum, |
| 0:56.6 | what shapes it, and evidence-based strategies to help you build a healthier relationship with your body |
| 1:02.6 | as it grows, changes, and recovers. |
| 1:05.7 | You can see the full article and all of the resources for this episode at Pregnancypodcast.com |
| 1:14.2 | slash body image. You are on the public feed of the podcast. That means ads and access to the |
| 1:22.6 | last year of episodes. For the full pregnancy podcast experience, check out pregnancy podcast premium. |
| 1:31.1 | Premium members get instant access to the entire catalog. That's hundreds of episodes. |
| 1:37.9 | And everything, including new episodes each week, is completely ad-free in your favorite podcast app. Check it out at |
| 1:47.2 | Pregnancypodcast.com slash premium. Zoller goes above and beyond in formulating their |
| 1:56.0 | prenatal plus DHA. It's made with high quality ingredients like the active form of folate, bioavailable iron, |
| 2:04.1 | and essential nutrients like omega-3s. In March of 2026, save 30% on Amazon with the code |
| 2:13.5 | pre-pod HA 30. Plus, if you email your order number and mailing address to Vanessa at |
| 2:21.8 | Pregnancypodcast.com, Zaller will send you a free silicone baby bib. |
| 2:27.7 | You can always check for the current promo code at Pregnancypodcast.com slash vitamin. |
| 2:37.1 | As the number one baby monitor branded North America, VTech is trusted by millions of families. |
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