Change in body image

I don't know if this has been discussed before but I'm finding it so interesting that I have this complete change of body image now that I'm pregnant.

All of a sudden I'm putting on these really form fitting tops to show off the bump. I'm loving it. I even pulled out this top that I had put aside to give to charity because I didn't like how tight it is and wore it to work. If anything I want to look even bigger!

I'm finding that because I'm having twins, some people think I should be bigger than I am already. I'm certainly very pregnant looking already but I'm wanting to be even bigger! (of course in a couple of months I'll totally retract that statement).

It helps that Jon keeps telling me how gorgeous I'm looking.

Anyone else having a change in their body image?

Oh yeah...it's soooo nice not to feel fat and feel self conscious about every top I wear anymore.  I carry all my weight around my middle section, so once I got a proper 'bump' it was really nice not to worry about fat rolls and muffin-tops anymore.  I mean, I feel HUGE now at almost 39 weeks, but it's a different kind of huge completely...it's a positive, socially-acceptable type of large which makes almost all self-consciousness go away.

The parts that I don't like (and have gotten bigger) like thighs and arms can mostly be hidden, so even they don't bother me.  The only thing is the weight around my face which can't be hidden and isn't so nice.

i can relate 100%!

i usually try to wear loose tops as i'm self-conscious about my big boobs, but when i started showing with the beast, i found myself wearing tops that would show off the bump.

be proud of it! 

Im at the stage at the moment where Im showing just a little bit and not everyone knows I am pregnant, so to some I probably just look like ive put some weight on around my tummy. I've always been quite tall and thin, so im actually getting self conscious about the little tummy i've got at the moment.  I can't WAIT to get a proper bump, so that people don't just think im getting chubby. 

As long as people don't try to touch me, I'm generally happy... though I do look forward to losing the weight once the kiddo is born; being at 127% body mass is not a comfortable thing! 

As for garb... I make a point to dress nicely - fitted tops that look flattering on my figure continue to be the order of the day.  If I have to leave the house, I do so in mary janes, and either nice slacks or a skirt; I don't see the need to slob it!  Though I do admit that I abhor shopping, and not looking forward to assessing the damage post-kid; I've gained half a foot expansion in the hips (and not a bit of it fat), so I'm guessing all those jeans I wore before are probably going right out the door. ><

I didn't get a bump with my first until I was 5.5 months pregnant. 

I was chuffed and showed it off big time!

The other times, it was just like business as usual.  Here is my bump, here is me wearing the same three outfits to work for months on end.

The other times, it was just like business as usual.  Here is my bump, here is me wearing the same three outfits to work for months on end.

Yeah, I haven't invested heavily into clothes as this is the only time that I expect I'll be pregnant. So I am wearing all the same things each and every week but I did have to buy them all earlier, so I am getting my money out of them.

Im at the stage at the moment where Im showing just a little bit and not everyone knows I am pregnant, so to some I probably just look like ive put some weight on around my tummy. I've always been quite tall and thin, so im actually getting self conscious about the little tummy i've got at the moment.  I can't WAIT to get a proper bump, so that people don't just think im getting chubby. 

Yeah, I was self conscious about it when I wasn't showing properly. Even now with my obvious bump I still ask people whether I look like I'm properly pregnant or whether I just look like I've eaten a few pies.

...or whether I just look like I've eaten a few pies.

Maybe some cookies?!    I thought you looked fab! 

Yeah, I haven't invested heavily into clothes as this is the only time that I expect I'll be pregnant. So I am wearing all the same things each and every week but I did have to buy them all earlier, so I am getting my money out of them.

It beats the ol' feeling and looking chubby stage.

Or, worse, the barfing in the middle of the day without a bump as an excuse.

My first Thanksgiving here, I was pregnant with Aillidh and horribly nauseated all day, but determined to inject a little Americana into the day, so I went for lunch at the McDonald's in Prince's Street, Edinburgh.

On the way back to work, though, I just couldn't keep it down, and wound up wretching into the carrier bag I'd taken to putting in a pocket, right next to a bin that I just didn't quiet make it to.

Cue a couple of old biddies tutting under their breath about the state of the world, when grown women were so drunk in the middle of the day they were being sick in the middle of town.

And the worst was that I couldn't answer them back for being sick!

Riding the bus home after work was torture, especially as by the time I got it I usually had to go to the top deck, full of people who were breaking the smoking ban up there.  BOAK! 

I think I did manage to cure one ned after I started to barf right next to him when he lit up.

I was, admittedly, very lucky and didn't gain much weight when I was pregnant.  Unfortunately, when you're not a particularly thin person to begin with, it meant I just looked like I'd been packing on the pounds.  I would have killed to look pregnant instead of like I'd been eating my body weight in brownies every day.

I was, admittedly, very lucky and didn't gain much weight when I was pregnant.  Unfortunately, when you're not a particularly thin person to begin with, it meant I just looked like I'd been packing on the pounds.  I would have killed to look pregnant instead of like I'd been eating my body weight in brownies every day.

I am not a very big person, but I looked like a zepplin due to massive edema I got with each of them.

If anyone in the UK is watching 'The Family', I looked like Kaki when pregnant.

I had so much trouble with swelling people who first met me when I was pregnant were shocked when I went back down to my normal size.

I am not a very big person, but I looked like a zepplin due to massive edema I got with each of them.

If anyone in the UK is watching 'The Family', I looked like Kaki when pregnant.

I had so much trouble with swelling people who first met me when I was pregnant were shocked when I went back down to my normal size.

Yikes.  I had it in my feet and ankles toward the end, and it was awful.  Can't imagine what I would have done had it been worse!

Yikes.  I had it in my feet and ankles toward the end, and it was awful.  Can't imagine what I would have done had it been worse!

It was so bad you could poke a finger in my calf and a white indention would stay there for a wee while.  My calves were like cricket bats and painful.

Being pregnant with Roisin ruined my right hand.

I got dreadful carpal tunnel from the fluid build up.

Then, after having Struan, the pain became awful again.

I have rheumatoid arthritis in that thumb now (didnn't help that my dad's side has arthritis running through it like a blue streak).

I guess I should admit, btw, that I hum the Imperial March to myself as I waddle around.  Because really, I do feel like I'm about as roundabout as the Death Star. 

Plus, my husband may or may not be a big fat fan of Star Wars, so the comparison miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight amuse him slightly.  I know it amuses me.

I guess I should admit, btw, that I hum the Imperial March to myself as I waddle around.  Because really, I do feel like I'm about as roundabout as the Death Star. 

Plus, my husband may or may not be a big fat fan of Star Wars, so the comparison miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight amuse him slightly.  I know it amuses me.

Hee hee.