On Monday, Son Yeon Jae shared her pregnancy story in a heartfelt new video on her YouTube channel titled, “Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me? Son Yeon Jae’s Real Pregnancy and Birth Story Revealed.”
In the video, Son Yeon Jae explained her motivation for opening up: “There were so many things I had no idea about until I went through it myself. I kept thinking, Why didn’t anyone tell me this? I wish I had known ahead of time so I could’ve been better prepared, and that’s why I wanted to share my experience today.”
Son Yeon Jae welcomed her first son, Jun Yeon, last February, two years after getting married. She shared that she and her husband had different timelines for starting a family. “My husband wanted to have a baby right away, but I told him we should wait at least a year. But suddenly, our newlywed phase flew by, and when the time we had talked about actually arrived, I burst into tears. I thought, I can’t give up my life like this, and I cried.”
She continued, “When I told my husband I wasn’t ready to get pregnant, he was disappointed but very understanding. He said, ‘It’s completely normal for you to feel that way. Your body is going to go through a lot.” After that talk, the couple began planning more intentionally. “We decided to aim for April or May, but choosing an exact date felt strange. So instead, we took a month-long trip to Europe, and when we returned, I found out I was pregnant.”
Son Yeon Jae also shared touching moments from her pregnancy, highlighting her husband’s support: “He came with me to every OB-GYN appointment. I didn’t cry when we found out the baby’s gender, but he did.”
Son Yeon Jae was also candid about the physical changes pregnancy brought.
“I was already worried about how my body might change, and then during our prenatal trip, I started gaining weight quickly,” she said. “I gained 4 kg (about 9 pounds) in just one month. Pregnancy weight gain felt different, and it was richer, more intense.”
She went on to describe other unexpected changes: “Your body does some strange things. Hair grows in odd places, like my belly, and as my chest got bigger, nothing I wore felt right. I looked and felt enormous. I also experienced skin discoloration. All of it made me feel like I was drifting away from my identity as a woman.”
