Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit model Emily DiDonato is expecting her first baby

The 30-year-old told the outlet she wasn’t "feeling quite like myself" when she decided to take a pregnancy test.

"I felt a little tired," said DiDonato. "I was a little bloated. I actually just had a test in my drawer and I was like, ‘I’m just going to take this. I have a weird feeling that this is potentially going to be positive.'"

When the test did come back positive, the star "ran to CVS and bought 20 different kinds of pregnancy tests. I took all of them," she said. "I was like, ‘OK, I really, really am pregnant."

The model, who has been open about her past struggles with body image acceptance, told that pregnancy has been "really positive" for her.

"I feel a whole new neutrality towards my body and food in a way," she explained. "In terms of my body, I think this is the first time in my life that I’ve had to be like my body is about to change and a lot of it is not under my control and that’s OK. And also reminding myself that stressing about it and getting upset about it isn’t going to change what’s about to happen in the next nine months."

"My body is going on a journey," she shared. "It knows what it needs. I know what I need. And I just need to make sure I’m being the healthiest version of myself as much as I can when I can."

According to Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, DiDonato made her debut in 2013 and returned to shoot for the magazine in 2020.

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