do you worry about how you will look?

[ewoklets]

lol i know this might sound really stupid but i worry that when i am beginning to show, i will just look like a big blob. i've seen some women who are pregnant and it's hard to tell they are pregnant because they just look, um, big. gosh that sounds really mean. i know that probably sounds so shallow but i'm worried i won't feel sexy or good about my body when i'm showing.

does anyone else feel a bit nervous about their ever swelling baby body?

 

[Samo]

I think baby bumps ARE sexy! Pregnant ladies glow i love it!

 

[Mervs Mum]

I know what you mean. I'm owrried because I put on too much weight with my first. I ate and ate and I really regretted it after because it took me years to get it off and I've never fully won the battle.
This time I'm going to do things differently - I'm 14 yrs old and a bit more sensible (only a bit mind...) so I'm not going to see it as an excuse to stuff my face!!

 

[Sarah88]

I'm petrified of how i'll look too! I'm only a slim person, so it's going to be a shock. Even now i'm self concious coz of the bloating, I hate my bf touching me belly when im on my side coz it balloons, he thinks it's the baby though, lol.

 

[codiontour]

im bloating big time too, not really eating any different at all, just so gusgy in my abdomen... will it go away?

 

[xJG30]

I'm "Biggish" anyway so really self conscious as it is.. terrfied my bloke'll run off when I get bigger.

 

[charlie07]

I think I'm more worried about after. I have been quite chuffed that at my age my boobs are quite pert, yes, they sit very nicely. Will they loose their pertness?? My orange peel bum, thighs, etc, will they get worse?? Varicaose veins, I have a couple but nothing too bad, will I look like a veiny plum?? My belly, will it remain so that I can't see my lower half ever again??

I've already had someone say, as I told them a couple of times I could only manage chips and gravy and only ate them cause I needed food, that if I only eat chips then I will put too much weight on and regret it, eat only vegetables, salad, healthy food. Don't these people get it, I feel like crap, I want all food I just can't eat.

I'm looking forward to my hair and nails being in the best shape ever!! Well, I hope it happens

 

[Tilly]

It never bothered me at all, only afterwards when I was left feeling like Mr Blobby. Same with stretch marks, Im not overly fond of mine.. but they're my little Bethanie marks so I love them too.

 

[Ann-Marie]

I love having a bump. It's the only time in my life that I want to emphasise my figure, and not hide it away.
It helps to be proud of it, and make that effort to look nice. Makes you feel confident, and kind of 'show offy' about what you, and only you, can do by growing your child inside of you... quite magical really.. I think thats what gives that 'glow'... comes from within, a secret knowing that you are performing the biggest miracle of them all.
Creating life !!!

 

[Ann-Marie]

I think I might cry now..............

 

[anita665]

I know what you mean. I'm slim so I wasn't really worried about getting a bump because I knew I'd look pregnant but I'm really worried how I'll look after. I feel guilty for thinking about it and being so shallow but its human nature.

 

[buffycat]

i'm freaking out about it, not the bump, but my boobs!

i'm already a 34GG (though size 12/14), which is difficult to tame at the best of times!

 

[leeanne]

Well, the boobs, after two children, they decreased. Right now, I am happy to have some cleavage.

I've always been weight conscious and have weighed the same since I was 14 except for during my pregnancies. It was very hard on me to gain all that weight, and because of that I didn't enjoy my pregnancies as much as I should have. I had people commenting that you won't lose the weight after, etc. Well, I most certainly did but at that time when the comments came I was big in my pregnancies and most definitely worried that my figure would never come back after.

I finally decided yesterday that I wasn't going to worry about it and I was going to enjoy this pregnancy and show off my bump. I know I can lose it after

My hubby helped too the other night. Usually he bugs me about getting fat etc. But the other night he was so sweet. He said he loved it when my tummy got really big. HUH? So I thought if he loves it, then I am too

It also helps that this time around I bought some maternity clothes that will perhaps at least make me feel less frumpy as I start to gain more weight.

 

[salmynka]

i'm much more worried about the post birth belly and weight than my baby bump, that being said though the bump is only smallish right now

 

[cparks1]

My bump is clearly showing now and I'm getting comments on it all the time. I have always been really insecure about my weight. I have worked my butt off pre-pregnancy to stay healthy and fit, but a year before I got pregnant I gained about 15-20 pounds so I was barely overweight. I tried on maternity shirts last night and they made me feel like the good year blimp and It just made me really miss my regular clothes and my figure. I'm very excited that we are having a baby, it's just hard accepting that my body is getting bigger and bigger by the day. I pray that the next 4 months fly by so I can meet our little angel and get to working on getting my body back in shape. I think it's just human nature. Come on July!!!

 

[lifeguard]

I worry my boobs will get a lot bigger - they're already out of control (DDD) for me. But I plan to get a reduction one day so I don't worry too much about the stretching & what not of them (I think I may have been perky one day when I was 12)

I worry a lot about the amount of weight I'll put on. I just lost 70lbs & I still have some more to go. The doc said I can safely gain 10 or less but I still worry I will get huge, again. sigh.

 

[Ann-Marie]

I worry my boobs will get a lot bigger - they're already out of control (DDD) for me. But I plan to get a reduction one day so I don't worry too much about the stretching & what not of them (I think I may have been perky one day when I was 12)

I worry a lot about the amount of weight I'll put on. I just lost 70lbs & I still have some more to go. The doc said I can safely gain 10 or less but I still worry I will get huge, again. sigh.

Congratultions on your weight loss, that's incredible, and shows great deal of commitment. Just focus on being commited to having a healthy pregnancy at the moment, try not to worry so much about weight gain. Nine months on, Nine Months off......

(well that's the theory...... my youngest is 2, and I still haven't really got rid )

 

[nikky0907]

I'm more afraid how my body will look after the birth.The strechmarks and weight gain,floppiness...and I have a pretty fast metabolism,and I don't gain weight easily.But I've always given much thought to my looks so I'm afraid that my body will change after...