Pattern	Theme
1. Confronting one’s mortality	Coming to terms with a withering body
1. Confronting one’s mortality	Disguising the animal body

2. Defending oneself against a permanent metamorphosis into a stranger	Feeling like a stranger
	Attempting to preserve your body
	Getting your body back

3. Playing with fire and brimstone	Stressing the dangers of overgaining
	Trying to manage a wild, out of control body
	Dealing with morality

4. Slipping under the radar	Downplaying low gestational weight gain
4. Slipping under the radar	Overlooking periods of low gestational weight gain

5. Trying to find peace	Becoming embroiled in a war between beauty ideals and the sanctity of motherhood
	Finding a compromise
	Defending yourself as a “good” mother

6. Riding an emotional roller coaster	Emotional suffering
6. Riding an emotional roller coaster	Coping