, June 18 -- Pregnancy can be a deeply challenging time for women with eating disorders, with experts warning that the physical and emotional changes can sometimes trigger relapse or new symptoms that often go unnoticed.

When Elizabeth Claydon became pregnant at 27, she noticed rapid changes in her body that she found difficult to accept. Like many pregnant women, she experienced hormonal shifts, weight gain and physical transformation. But for her, it also triggered distressing thoughts about body image.

"Some days I was okay with the changes and other days it would be really difficult," she said. "I would look in the mirror and I wouldn't see myself."

Claydon had previously suffered from anorexia nervosa in her teenage years and late...