Seeing your belly grow

ErnieZippy

Anyone else constantly weirded out by their growing belly? Don't get me wrong, I'm happy & excited to be pregnant, but seeing myself change in the mirror is just so strange! Husband calling me 'barrel' isn't helping either

shevaCC

It is kind of strange. My first pregnancy I ran into things a lot with my belly. For whatever reason that doesn't seem to be happening as much this time around.

dogperson11

Elbug said:

I've never really felt weirded out. I love it. Everyone feels differently though and that's ok

I'm not weirded out by it either, but I do catch myself thinking "how can I grow MORE for 14 MORE weeks?!" I think this more and more these days...

herecomesthesun

I don't think I'm weirded out but it's surreal to watch it grow and change so much. It's incredible to me that I can tell when my body is gearing up for a growth spurt with ligament pains and sleepiness (both the baby and I) then *pop!* it sticks out a bit more. 

SoSayWeAll

My belly looks kind of alien-like. That's the best way I can describe it. The skin is a weird color and you can see all these veins. I am surprised at how big it already is and concerned with how much more it is going to grow.

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chase16

I get surprised when I bump into stuff. I hate it tho. I'm constantly wondering how big i'm going to get with 3 more months left.. And to be honest I haven't felt pretty since I got pregnant

pmpkn219

Definitely strange, but so far positive. I remember how huge I was with J and can't imagine I'll get there in the next 14-15 weeks, but time will tell! I've started lightly bumping into things recently! My body size is already off!

belle785

I am scared how much more I will grow in the 11 weeks I have. But I love looking at it in the mirror... It is a beautiful thing!

kiley820

I love it, most of the time! I'm excited to finally be showing but do think I may not feel the same as I get bigger and bigger. I've had it pretty good so far and am so grateful. Plus, the good hair and skin is a bonus so I'm enjoying that while I can!

BabyM82714

My only worry is how much bigger I'll get. I love the bump. Something about being able to carry life, when I was told it may never happen for me, is amazing. And I've felt very much like a woman and beautiful. But everyone is different and when I'm huge I might feel different too.

kcm3

I have been going back and forth this pregnancy. One day I feel small and then the next day I feel huge.

Jules_Shamblin

I guess you could say I'm weirded out... but truthfully, it's more like grossed out. I know this is probably not what you're supposed to think (let alone say) but I think my stomach looks ugly. My belly button is gross, I don't like the linea nigra, my skin is stretched to the limit - overall, it's just not a great look.

Don't get me wrong, I'm super happy to be having the twins and I'm really glad they are growing bigger and bigger each week... but still, that doesn't mean I love my enormous belly. I do love feeling them kick though!

schnookee

I love my belly for the most part. Not excited to see how it looks once the baby is born though lol. One weird thing for me with it is when I discovered I can't really stand behind a shopping cart while turning it around in the isle. There's just not enough room for my belly and the cart

Jentech84

I'm not so much weirded out by the belly, but rather when I can feel the baby through my abdomen - like, the contours of his/her head or bum or whatever is jutting into my side!

BeachM

I've started bumping mine on things.  It annoyed me last time and it annoys me this time. 

mmsweeney1

ThoseThreeWords said:

I'm a little weirded out.  It is strange to have my body change so quickly.

I keep pushing my belly into the kitchen counter when I'm doing dishes or cooking and I'm like, "how the heck did that get in the way?"

 When I'm cooking and have to reach something from the cabinets above the oven, I burn my belly as it smashes into the oven door!

forevermyfenix

Honestly I go back and forth with loving the bump and being dissatisfied with it. 

Really my main issue are the stretch marks, which are really prominent and seem to cover the whole thing already, and I've still got 100 days left of growing to go. Even being religious about the Palmers concentrated lotion and the belly butter at least twice a day, new ones pop up or elongate seemingly daily. I knew there wasn't anything I could do to avoid them (genetically speaking, every woman in my family on both sides have really prominent stretch marks), but I at least thought I'd be able to minimize them. 

I also worry about how wide my hips are going to be at the end up this. I naturally have wide hips even before pregnancy (at my smallest weight I still more a size 12, and I was healthy, not overweight). I do have the advantage of having a naturally small waist (10-12 inch difference naturally between the wait and hip measurements). I worry that at the end of this I'm going to end up like some overdrawn cartoon character with a giant ba-donkadonk and a relatively teeny waist.

But I love the way my bump looks when its clothed. Finally rounding out and not looking like I've just got a beer gut. And I love feeling him move My favorite time of the day is when I wake up and turn over, and he moves to readjust himself and gives practice kicks. Nothing like it  

kdaugherty4

Honestly, the bump doesn't weird me out at all. I love it. What does weird me out still are her kicks. I don't think I will ever get used to them. It's so surreal to have an arm or leg poking around my body!!!! I still jump if my hand is on my belly and she kicks it. I love it, but it's weird!

herecomesthesun

scarfbandit said:

I love it! I always get so excited when I start to show! Every time I get ready for a shower or a bath I examine it in the mirror and I think it's perfect it's so round and just neat looking. I like to turn at all different angles and look at it. It makes me feel kind of beautiful and I forget for a second all the aches and pains I'm going through.

I definitely do this. I love that someone else does too!