Hope22
Mom of 1 beautiful boy
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I'm incredibly frustrated (okay, hormonal). I'm 26 +4, and while most women at this stage look VERY pregnant, for some reason, to other people, I don't. My boobs are a bit bigger than they were, but I'm still in my regular bras. I've still got a waist when viewed from the front or back, and my belly is big, but it's a funny squarish (flattish on front) shape -- not the gorgeous round basketball I was hoping for. To me I look pregnant; while the rest of me is pretty much the same, my middle has put on 15lbs -- what else on earth would cause this?
Even so, it seems everywhere I go if I run into someone who hasn't seen me in a while they either ask me if I'm pregnant, or (most of the time) whisper something about it to whoever is nearby. I'm getting SO sick of telling people 'yes, I'm pregnant, not just swollen in the middle'. I've had looks of frank disbelief, and EVERYONE says 'oh, but you're so small for being so far along!' Yes, it's great that I'm not gaining heaps of weight, but the downside is that any time I dare to utter a complaint about how large I feel or how horrid acid reflux can be, or how I haven't slept in weeks, all I hear is that I'm small and it can't be that bad -- it's as though they're saying 'because your belly isn't gigantic, you have no right to feel so uncomfortable.'
I don't know what it is that makes a woman look distinctly pregnant (sometimes before she's even really showing), but it appears I haven't got it. It's stupid I know, but I want to look it -- I want people to offer me their seat, or ask me how I'm feeling, or understand why I look so tired. I'd like to experience that special treatment that pregnant women seem to get, but most of the time all I get is strange looks and I know people are wondering what on earth is wrong with me that I've gone such a weird shape (and become so short-tempered!)
I'm having an internal tantrum right now; it's silly, but this is really bugging me. Thanks for listening girls
Even so, it seems everywhere I go if I run into someone who hasn't seen me in a while they either ask me if I'm pregnant, or (most of the time) whisper something about it to whoever is nearby. I'm getting SO sick of telling people 'yes, I'm pregnant, not just swollen in the middle'. I've had looks of frank disbelief, and EVERYONE says 'oh, but you're so small for being so far along!' Yes, it's great that I'm not gaining heaps of weight, but the downside is that any time I dare to utter a complaint about how large I feel or how horrid acid reflux can be, or how I haven't slept in weeks, all I hear is that I'm small and it can't be that bad -- it's as though they're saying 'because your belly isn't gigantic, you have no right to feel so uncomfortable.'
I don't know what it is that makes a woman look distinctly pregnant (sometimes before she's even really showing), but it appears I haven't got it. It's stupid I know, but I want to look it -- I want people to offer me their seat, or ask me how I'm feeling, or understand why I look so tired. I'd like to experience that special treatment that pregnant women seem to get, but most of the time all I get is strange looks and I know people are wondering what on earth is wrong with me that I've gone such a weird shape (and become so short-tempered!)
I'm having an internal tantrum right now; it's silly, but this is really bugging me. Thanks for listening girls