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“The hardest part [of pregnancy] for me has been social mediaand a little bit of body shaming,” said Rossi, 41. “People are telling me, ‘You need to eat, you look unhealthy, you’re hiding.’ ”
“Somebody said I’m wearing Spanx in all my pictures. Somebody said I’m faking the pregnancy and that I have a surrogate,” she continued. “Like, crazy s— that people have come up with.”
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“Remember to please be kind and accept every women’s [sic] journey as their own! I am sure I will start to really show and get a big ass bump soon enough — and then I will start to hear I am too big now #cantwin,” she added.
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“But I’m not hardcore in the gym at all,” she emphasized. “This is a high-risk pregnancy because I’m older and because it took me so long to get to this point, so I’m just kind of taking it easy.”
As for whether she and longtime partnerSlade Smileyhave decided on a name for their daughter on the way yet, Rossi teased that they have but are “not telling anybody yet.”
“We totally agreed [on it],” she shared. “I’ve had a name that I’ve wanted since I was a little girl and then the only part that wehad a hard time with was themiddle name. But the middle name, we just picked last week, and we’re very excited about it.”
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In the meantime, the mom-to-be is satisfying her pregnancy cravings (sweets,In-N-Out Burger andthe “cliché” pickles and ice cream) and putting together the nursery for her little one with Smiley, 45.
“It’s just so special when you love your partner so much and see this little life that you both created together and see a part of you and a part of him in this little life,” Rossi told PEOPLE of what she’s most looking forward to in becoming a parent for the first time. “I just think there’s going tobe no feeling in the world like that.”
“I think that’s what I’m most excited about, is to see her personality come out and see this little life that [Slade] and I created out of love,” she added.
source: people.com
