Chat with My High School Best Friend: Healing Our Disordered Eating & Diet Culture During Pregnancy

Today I'm sharing my chat with Annie, one of my very best friends from all the way back in High School. We talk about our disordered eating that started in high school, and how we got out of the diet cycle in our twenties. Annie also just had a baby and has things to say about toxic diet culture during pregnancy.

Content Warning: Talk about disordered habits, disordered thoughts, and pregnancy weight gain amounts.

Annie's current favorite pregnancy & post-partum accounts:

@Drsterlingobgyn

@drcassidy

@mypelvicfloormuscles

@ourmamavillage

@prenatalyogacenter

@karrie_locher

@drnicolerankins

@onestrongmamaprenatal

Annie also mentioned that if anyone has questions for her about pregnancy/post-partum, they can follow her private instagram @anniebmccarthy and DM her :-)

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