Analysis of A mother's changing body

A woman preparing for motherhood

As she stands in the mirror looking at her growing stomach, she feels pride.

Pride in knowing that her wonderful body has been created so carefully and beautifully to bear children.

It is a blessing.

Giving life to a whole new (small) human being.

For 9 months, she gets to experience the bliss feeling of a tiny human being forming inside her.

But also in these months her body changes.

She gets bigger and rounder

Swollen feet and hands.

She tries to take these changes with positivity because “women's body ought to change during pregnancy", they say.

She tries to surpass those feelings of feeling down

She eats up the guilty feelings because she's blessed to be able to bear children.

So today, as she looks into the mirror again, she only looks at her bulging bump and avoid looking further up or down.