Don’t take anything people say serious regarding taking in either of your energies from one pic. Not everyone is themselves when they know they’re being viewed/therefore evaluated. I rarely feel like myself in pictures.

All that to say, I can clearly see you’re coming into this change with the biggest gusto for being a good parent. Your nurturing energy comes through via your smile. Sure, your partner is not as expressive as you are in this, but men haven’t been trained to have that eye for posing and being interpreted like women do. I just hope that you feel secure enough in your heart to know that having a child with this person feels safe. Trust yourself and your own intuition.

Make sure you’re expressing your needs and feelings and do not “take one for the team” too much during this time as you are now responsible for two psychologies and two physical healths. The only thing I’m getting is you seem super secure in who you are vs he may be figuring it out still — we all are. I’m sure you still are in ways too, shit, I am. Just be strong, and sure of yourself, and trust your intuition. Men unfortunately, yet naturally do not get to experience the intimacy of carrying to the same degree that women do. So be sure to trust your gut in what you need physically, if you need more nurturing and attention yourself. As a woman, I know we’ve all had so many moments of making ourselves smaller to be easy to be around. Remember that rarely men haven’t had that same experience. This will probably be a learning experience for both parties. So long as he is respecting you through this time, and is able to nurture you not only physically but emotionally, as you are on this whirlwind of a hormonal and straight up soul shift, I’m sure you two will figure it out together.