[CMccoy]

HI all,
I'll have to post a pic later so you can help me judge this. I'm 19+ weeks pregnant and people keep telling me, "you don't even look pregnant," "you don't have a belly yet?" and the complimentary one "you wear it well, lucky." Now I know every body's different and I wasn't a skinny mini when I got pregnant (I'm 5'6" I was 155 in a size 10-12 depending on the brand.) but I can tell I have a belly. I mean my pants don't fit anymore and there's a very firm round thing in the middle of my belly! When people say these things to me it makes me feel like either I've always looked this fat or I just plain lok fat! UGH! So i did some research online and saw a lot of images of women 19 weeks pregnant and yes, they were mostly a lot larger than I am. I'm not concerned about the health of the baby (are check ups have all been great and I'm getting better at the eating) I think I'm just frustrated by all these comments and it makes it difficult to enjoy being pregnant. Any ideas? (for anything, how to repond or why I might not be showing as much?)

Thanks for listening to the rant!
Christi

[Jooly]

I'm 24 weeks and I just started to show.
I feel your pain. For a while I was concerned that something was wrong.
But then my doctor told me that I should be happy because the less of a belly means the less weight I have to lose after the baby is born.
Don't let peoples comments bother you. You know your pregnant and in a matter a weeks or days you will pop.