Body image

[Alicebabe]

Just wondered how you are all feeling about your pregnant tummys at the moment?

I have to confess, I couldn't wait to see my belly getting bigger but now I'm not enjoying it at all - and I'm so paranoid I'm too big even though my midwife reassures me I'm not.

It doesn't help with persistant daily comments from friends, family and work colleagues - even my DH makes it worse. He says he likes my tummy but keeps making comments about my boobs like 'ooo they are getting so big', or 'let me see how big your boobs are today' or making comments about the colour of my nipples! He doesn't mean it in a horrible way but I cant help but take it to heart (damn pregnancy hormones!)

And I have had 2 nasty comments at work this week from the same lady. She bought in chocolates and said to everyone I wasn't allowed them coz I was fat enough already! And she blocked up the door to the shower in the changing room temporarily so you would have to squeeze in through a small gap and said 'no fat people are allowed showers at the moment - that means you Alice'

Its making me so sad that I'm not enjoying my bump as much as I should be

 

[skyraaa]

poor u hun some ppl can b so nasty even if its not ment in that way it can still make u feel down, i think in pregnancy hormones are all over the place.
as 4 ur bump being big hun that is ur beautiful babies home so u shud b proud of it

but in sayin that i walked into the living room naked and said 2 hubby do i look sexy, u shudda seen the look on his face when he just bluntly said no lol cheeky ******* lol

 

[Batie]

I know how you feel - my DH calls me tubby and each morning when I manage to haul myself out of bed I get a 'blimey you're huge!' comment which really helps me start the day on a good note when I have had a bad nights sleep to start with - I'm certainly not a morning person!

But although I am worried I'll never return to the size I once was, I do try and remind myself each day that it's a very special time, and that many woman who perhaps can't have children would give anything to feel like this - and that I should cherish it.

I thnk your colleague at work sounds rather rude - perhaps she's jealous of the admiring attention you may get from others?

Ignore her, and give your belly a stroke and you'll be smiling again inside thinking about your LO !!!

 

[crackers24]

I wouldn't worry too much. I love my bump and it doesn't matter what others think. If people make jokes dont take it to heart, mind you that work collegue is just plain rude. Plus you haven't got long left now and lots of mums say you will miss your bump. So, regardless of what everyone thinks, just enjoy it and if you cant then force yourself

 

[lea m]

Aww that is horrible! Your not fat your pregnant?! You shouldn't let her bother you hun! My sis jokes all the time "come on fatty" etc but I know its meant in jest and Im not fat!
Im actually quite the opposite tbh! I feel and look better with my bump than I do without! I feel slimmer (as odd as it sounds) and less bothered about how I look which although I didn't realise I was bothered before, make a nice relaxing change!

 

[charlotte_]

i feel slimmer with my bump too! it's like a really big bit to distract from my other big bits, haha.

 

[lea m]

i feel slimmer with my bump too! it's like a really big bit to distract from my other big bits, haha.

Haha yeh I think that's what it is! My hips look smaller as my bumps getting bigger! No one notices the hips these days hahaha

EDITED BECAUSE I CANT SPELL LMAO!

 

[Laura_James&Amber]

I get loads of commments about my bump, some nice, some not so nice. Although its hard just try and ignore what people are saying, your carrying around your baby and nothing is more special than that so don't let people get to you. I'm sure you have a lovely bump

 

[bobby1]

alicebabe, that's horrible what that woman is saying! she sounds like a complete cow. you are not fat, your pregnant ffs!!

personally I find people's bumps beautiful. it is just our bodies way of us harbouring life, so how could it not be??

have some of these

 

[rach]

awwww hun what horrible people just remind them with a smile that in a few weeks you will be slim again but they will always be obnoxious xxxxxxxx

 

[Ani]

OMG what a cow!!! Please ignore her, she is probably jealous of you.

As for your hubbie, well he probably doesnt even realise he is making you upset so just ask nicely him to stop.

 

[hennaly]

just say to her, 'well im gonna have a gorgeous baby at the end of being fat and youre still gonna be ugly'.

Take it with a pinch of salt hun...... or punch her on the nose, i will leave it up to you

 

[Naterjack]

Its the other way round for me, i am constantly calling myself fat and Hubby always tells me off saying "You are pregnant, not FAT "

 

[hennaly]

Its the other way round for me, i am constantly calling myself fat and Hubby always tells me off saying "You are pregnant, not FAT "

same here

 

[Noor~ul~Usman]

That lady at work sounds so rude!

I didn't mind about my body until the last 2-3 weeks and now it's really getting me down. I've gone from an 8-10 to a 12 (with bump in the middle) which I think is mostly made up of extra weight on my arse, thighs and chest

So I was staying hopful that it shouldn't be too hard to get back down to a nice comfy size 10 after bumpy's here and to just make sure I tone up my tummy again.....but the last few weeks the extra weight on my thighs and arse has been really getting me down and my 'neat' stretch marks have spirelled into what looks like a marble pattern which is spreading more every day

I just want bumpy out so I can work on getting my body back now. I know it wont be the same and I don't mind but I'm not used to it like this and feel really frumpy and selfconcious

 

[sally12]

OMG what a cow!!! Please ignore her, she is probably jealous of you.

Nail on the head hun! x