Dirty looks from other pregnant women??

[littlemiss83]

Has anyone experienced this?

Twice today it happened to me. I have a bump but its not massive but by what I was wearing you could tell I was pregnant lets put it that way, and first time it was just a girl that was passing in the street looked at my stomach and gave me a dirty look and looked away.

Then later I was in Mcdonalds with my little girl and her wee pal and sitting at the table next to me was a pregnant girl, i'd say she was early 20's (not that it matters) and she kept giving me dirty looks too, a few times. It was really getting on my nerves.

So now i'm thinking is there such a thing as bump envy even if the person is pregnant and bigger than you (the girl in mcdonalds had the same sized if not slightly bigger bump than me) what reason would she have to dislike me enough to give me those looks.

 

[Froslass]

Some women are just bitches..

I'd just ignore them They're probably just jealous of your lovely bump x

 

[knopk@]

I have noticed dirty looks as well, from both pg and not pg people, not sure if its just my imagination? I did use to get id'd but i dont look that young!

 

[HeppiBean]

yehh deffo get the odd evil look from the odd person... be it male/female/pg/not pg!!

 

[nadine]

Haha what mcDS were u in, I had the same thing this morning

After dropping of my Lil boy me n my mum went in n there was a gal In there with her son, bump Lil smaller then me I did look n smile over but just got greeted with a frown, just put it down to it being early morning

I don't no really if I see s pregger lady I just wonder how far along she is n if she's feeling a craps as me pmsl x x

 

[Bella2]

It's awful how people can be like that isn't it? If I see a fellow pregnant lady I want to do the opposite and smile - I think because I know how they're probably feeling and you feel a bit special like some sort of pregnant aliance lol! x x

 

[Constantstar]

I do notice people staring ! Preg or not and it does make u uncomfortable sometimes! I don't think people mean to give a bad impression with their facial expressions I just think Preg people facinate peeps and that glance we see is them registering ' cor she's big or she preg' maybe? Or am I being too nice lol x

 

[Maria1977]

They might have bump envy hun but don't worry about it. They might also just have their thinking faces on, I know I look a right miserable mare when I'm deep in thought lol

I remember studying other ppls bumps when I was preggo, not being nasty or anything at all just comparing and wondering n that. It wasn't til I was pregnant that I realised how many pregnant women there are and they really stand out. Now I have my baby i notice how many prams there are and I'm always comparing prams, they're like an obsession for me now lol

xxxxxx

 

[Maria1977]

I do notice people staring ! Preg or not and it does make u uncomfortable sometimes! I don't think people mean to give a bad impression with their facial expressions I just think Preg people facinate peeps and that glance we see is them registering ' cor she's big or she preg' maybe? Or am I being too nice lol x

Exactly WSS^^ I'm so guilty of that!! I am a naturally nosey person lol

 

[HeppiBean]

It's awful how people can be like that isn't it? If I see a fellow pregnant lady I want to do the opposite and smile - I think because I know how they're probably feeling and you feel a bit special like some sort of pregnant aliance lol! x x

That's exactly how I feel lol... xx

 

[Sarah13]

I always smile at other pregnant women, like we're in a little club together! They probably think I'm so mad women as I don't really look pregnant at first glance! I always wonder how far along they are and how long it will be till my bump shows as much as theirs! Not had any dirty looks from anyone yet but like I said most people probably just think I ate all the pies!

 

[Amy_J]

i got that all the time and it annoyed me!!!!! i have to admit though, that since becoming a mummy (and actually a bit broody right now) i always look at pregnant women & their lovely bumps!

 

[ChrissieCool]

So glad you posted this, I have noticed the same thing and I seriously thought I might be going crazy, I mean why would they do that anyway I kept asking myself? glad to know now that's it not just me, it's so weird, I never noticed that with my others so thought I was being a bit paranoid lol

 

[littlemiss83]

Thanks everyone

It cant be because the girl was jealous of my bump as i'd say hers was bigger, plus I had my jacket on the whole time. I know some people just like having a look at bumps, I have no problem with that at all as i'm the same, but this wasn't just a look, she was looking at my bump then looking at my face and giving me a bad look. I work in an office full of guys and they all have a nosey at my stomach, this was different, it was like she disliked me because of it. I am the same as a couple of people have mentioned, I feel bad when I see other pregnant women, as I know what its like.

I dont know if im maybe just getting fed up in general of people taking such an interest in whats going on with my body - as some of you may know, the size of my bump is a bit of a sore spot - im worried baby will be too small, as with my first and even though i've got an ok sized bump (if i do say so myself) i am still bombared with comments from ppl saying...ooh your so small ect I wish ppl would mind their own goddam business. Getting fed up with it all

 

[hopefulmummy]

A girl I worked with when I had a shop job at school had a baby fairly young and got a few nasty looks and comments, mainly about her age and the fact she isn't have a wedding ring on.

I have to say, I've never experienced any dirty looks... People generally smile at me. And I live in London, not the capital of smiles! Lol...

 

[HeppiBean]

Had some rude girls walk past me earlier proper staring at me then burst out singing who ate all the pies can they not tell its a baby bump!! every other bloody person was starin at me bump as well.... gahhhh.... guna start starin at their stomachs and see how they like it! xx

 

[littlemiss83]

Had some rude girls walk past me earlier proper staring at me then burst out singing who ate all the pies can they not tell its a baby bump!! every other bloody person was starin at me bump as well.... gahhhh.... guna start starin at their stomachs and see how they like it! xx

Thats absolutely disgusting. I would have had to say something back like omg what a dumbass you are...i'm pregnant, my god your thick. lool

idiots

 

[mustard]

Thank goodness you are pregnant HeppiBean. That must have been horrible for you for them to be so rude but imagine how much worse it would have been if you were just overweight!

 

[Taassh_0x]

I noticed this, a lady I know who is the same amount of weeks, she like refuses to have a convo with me or anything when she's around me because my bump is bigger than hers, because at first she was showing and I wasn't and then over a week I just shot out like father christmas :L:L and she wouldn't speak to me when I was been commented on when people were saying 'aww look how big you are' and then she would try and be-little me when talking to other people but I just ignore her, end of the day... they need to seriously mature if they are giving other pregnant women dirty looks and trying to be-little them then god help them when their LO comes along, just ignore em... or just smile when they look at ya, a big cheesy grin to politely say 'piss off' lol! xx

 

[littlemiss83]

Taassh_0x i've had something similar happen to me. One of the mums at my daughters school (she's actually the kids gran but has full custody) she's a total b*tch and gossip merchant, she's in her 60s. She has a known dislike for me and i've never known why, anyway, about 2 wks ago she didn't say hi how are you or anything, first time she's spoke to me in months and she said "omg you're not even showing at all" I was 21 weeks at this point with an obvious bump, she then starts talking about another mum who has just found out she's pg and is 10 weeks gone and she said "lyn is massive" I seen lyn the woman in question and she doesn't even have a slight bump. She was obviously just trying to hit a sore spot with me or something. I asked a few ppl after that if they thought i was showing and they all said defo yes, so i have absolutely no idea why she said omg your not showing looool

People are strange.