too scared to show the public my baby bump

[joanneNbabyx]

hey girlies!!
im not sure exctly why but im too scared when ever i go out in public to show my baby bump:/ , i always wear clothing to hide it.does anyone else feel this way?
im not sure why, im not embarrassed by being pregnant, im proud and exited of it, and everyone i know knows it. It could be coz im scared of older people criticizing me, but im not exactly sure.
just wana know if this is normal, and if anyone else feels like this.
thanks

 

[Burchy314]

I am not like that because I am proud of my bump I love it haha, but at frist I was a little embaressed because it looked more like I was fat then pregnant and I hated that. So until I really looked pregnant I would wear baggy clothes. I can completly understand feeling embaressed because you are afraid of being critized though. I love showing off my bump but I hate being critized so it is like half of me wants to cover it up and half of me doesn't. I think it is completly normal.

I don't really know if that helped, I kinda just rambled sorry.

 

[joanneNbabyx]

haha thanks it did help, glad its normal

 

[lauram_92]

i used to wear baggy clothes cause i thought it just looked like i had been eating a few too many pies! yesterday was the first day i really showed bump off, i was an open shirt and a tight strappy t-shirt on and woah, got a lot of attention.. a few people touched it, some stared, some asked where it had appeared from and most were just saying i looked massive. felt like turning around and saying that doesn't seem like a compliment..
i don't mind people seeing my bump as long as i have clothes on (sounds weird..) but a lot of my friends ask me to pull my top up and stuff, and i am just like no.. to me it still feels like i have piled on the pounds sometimes. and plus since being pregnant my belly is well hairy. who wants to see that? no one.

 

[holly2234]

Im not embarrassed but i dont really like people staring at me. Thats probably more because i dont like to be the centre of attention and never have really. The only time i make a point to show it off is when i have to get the bus at busy times so someone gives me a seat!

 

[amygwen]

It's totally normal. I was the same exact way, especially around 20 weeks because I just felt like everyone would think I was fat and not pregnant. AND because I was nervous about people criticizing me. Trust me though, enjoy it - because your bump will just get bigger and bigger & you won't be able to hide it anymore! You've just got to appreciate what you have. I was ashamed about my bump up until I was really far on in my pregnancy and I really regret not enjoying it more.

 

[Brionybaby]

I'm the same tbh, people look at my bump and i don't know how to feel.. Whether there looking down on me for being pregnant or just looking at my bump coz its good? Its confusing, i do use bump as an advantage on buses tho to get a seat

 

[~RedLily~]

I was exactly the same for ages. By the end though I was quite proud of it.

 

[Youngling]

I loved showing my bump off. Earlier on i was scared of people not knowing i was pregnant and accidently banging into me or something.
I would always wear clothes to show it off
x

 

[aafscsweetie]

If it helps, no one has really criticized me at all. I'm very noticeably pregnant, but I can probably only count on one hand the number of times strangers have talked to me about it. And every time people have asked how far along or what the gender is, they are all really nice and excited for me.

 

[rainbows_x]

I was the same around 20 weeks, but only because I didn't really have a proper bump yet, and I thought people would think I was chubby
Once you get a little futher on and it's harder to hide you become proud of it

 

[Sophiiie]

I wore baggy clothes for a while, didn't want to show it off, but by about 30 weeks I loved showing it off. it was getting too big to hide anyway x

 

[Srrme]

I love my mini-bump, but I do tend to hide it in public too. I'm 20 years old, but I feel like I'm still going to get criticized by other people. :shrugs:

 

[hunnyb]

hey girlies!!
im not sure exctly why but im too scared when ever i go out in public to show my baby bump:/ , i always wear clothing to hide it.does anyone else feel this way?
im not sure why, im not embarrassed by being pregnant, im proud and exited of it, and everyone i know knows it. It could be coz im scared of older people criticizing me, but im not exactly sure.
just wana know if this is normal, and if anyone else feels like this.
thanks

am 21 and i understand how you feel..even tho we shouldnt be like that...do you have supportive family and friends? x

 

[rockys-mumma]

It's totally normal. I was the same exact way, especially around 20 weeks because I just felt like everyone would think I was fat and not pregnant. AND because I was nervous about people criticizing me. Trust me though, enjoy it - because your bump will just get bigger and bigger & you won't be able to hide it anymore! You've just got to appreciate what you have. I was ashamed about my bump up until I was really far on in my pregnancy and I really regret not enjoying it more.

I could have written that myself! I really regret i wasn't proud of my bump for longer! I only appreciated and enjoyed my bump from about 32 weeks until about 38 when i became uncomfortable lol!!!

 

[2011mummy]

I felt exactly the same whilst carrying my first. Although I was 20, I looked alot younger, and felt as though everybody was judging me. And whilst you may think people are staring because of how old you are, it really won't be the case, everybody loves baby bumps! I never once recieved a negative comment, and once I felt comfortable to talk openly about my pregnancy and show off 'bump', everybody was lovely! By the end I really enjoyed the attention from strangers, and loved answering all of their questions!

This time around I'm fast approaching 22 (and still wishing I was a teen again!) and really enjoying my bump. I still have days where I feel paranoid, but really, who cares what anybody else thinks! I'm going to have another gorgeous baby at the end of it

Enjoy it whilst you can, once my daughter was born I missed my bump!

 

[joanneNbabyx]

I'm the same tbh, people look at my bump and i don't know how to feel.. Whether there looking down on me for being pregnant or just looking at my bump coz its good? Its confusing, i do use bump as an advantage on buses tho to get a seat

hahah thats a good one lol!

 

[joanneNbabyx]

hey girlies!!
im not sure exctly why but im too scared when ever i go out in public to show my baby bump:/ , i always wear clothing to hide it.does anyone else feel this way?
im not sure why, im not embarrassed by being pregnant, im proud and exited of it, and everyone i know knows it. It could be coz im scared of older people criticizing me, but im not exactly sure.
just wana know if this is normal, and if anyone else feels like this.
thanks

am 21 and i understand how you feel..even tho we shouldnt be like that...do you have supportive family and friends? x

yeah my friends are , but only like half of my family supports me, and lots of them said they didnt wanna come to my baby shower i had on saturday, was really sad:/

 

[Emma17]

be proud of ur bump i say ! x

 

[lizardbreath]

im just starting to show and i hide it because I have a 17 month old I dont like showing I dont like people looking at my bump and baby and age. I dont know why it bothers me I think Its becuase I am Young but I look A LOT younger then I am