Embracing the goddess within

drealove3

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

Sarcasm101

drealove3 said:

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

Cool story bro.

amandac12581

Not to be the grammar police, but I believe you mean "empower".  Inpower isn't a word

https://dictionary.reference.com/browse/empower

cmjenkies

You go girl! I may be the only one, but when I'm pregnant I feel neither beautiful or magical.. more like a beached whale.

blonde_mama

Sarcasm101 said:

drealove3 said:

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

Cool story bro.


@Sarcasm101 feels like you're going out of your way to be unnecessarily rude. Don't like what she's saying? That's fine. But trying to make her feel stupid doesn't make you look cool. Just my opinion bro >-

mollylollie88

@drealove3 totally!! showing off the bump whenever i can it may sound silly to say it, but i literally feel like my body is magic these days!

AEG84

jordanbara said:

drealove3 said:

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

Cool story bro.

@Sarcasm101 feels like you're going out of your way to be unnecessarily rude. Don't like what she's saying? That's fine. But trying to make her feel stupid doesn't make you look cool. Just my opinion bro >-

Eh, I'm with her on this one. What's the point of this post? Is she asking a question? Looking for opinions? If she's just posting her own opinion, that's something that would be better included on the random thread or on an UO thread (if applicable).

Also, I don't think society has taught us that it's improper to show our pregnant bellies...

blonde_mama

AEG84 said:

jordanbara said:

Sarcasm101 said:

drealove3 said:

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

Cool story bro.

@Sarcasm101 feels like you're going out of your way to be unnecessarily rude. Don't like what she's saying? That's fine. But trying to make her feel stupid doesn't make you look cool. Just my opinion bro >-

Eh, I'm with her on this one. What's the point of this post? Is she asking a question? Looking for opinions? If she's just posting her own opinion, that's something that would be better included on the random thread or on an UO thread (if applicable).

Also, I don't think society has taught us that it's improper to show our pregnant bellies...


@AEG84 I'm not saying I love the thread but I have read way more pointless threads than this one just today alone. I don't think it elicited that kind of response especially when other people, who do deserve it, are being treated with respect.

AEG84

@jordanbara, I get what you are saying. But this thread certainly stuck out to me more than any others I've seen as a "wtf" thread. So, agree to disagree

Also, to be fair, we use the phrase "cool story, bro" in our house on a regular basis whenever one of the kids tells a pointless story, so I may be a little desensitized to it.

blonde_mama

@aeg84 no I also get what you're saying. I guess part of me wishes this kind of response was targeted at one of the million symptom threads I've seen lol.

pinottoparenthood

drealove3 said:

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

pinottoparenthood

drealove3 said:

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

AmadorRose

drealove3 said:

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

Beautiful and magical:


Me at 16 weeks pregnant:

Except my boobs are smaller

AmadorRose

pinottoparenthood said:

drealove3 said:

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

This will inspire my maternity photos:

jonesl12

AmadorRose said:

pinottoparenthood said:

drealove3 said:

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

This will inspire my maternity photos:

Please don't copy mine ...

AmadorRose

jonesl12 said:

AmadorRose said:

pinottoparenthood said:

drealove3 said:

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

This will inspire my maternity photos:

Please don't copy mine ...


Omg WHO is your photographer? I'll be catching the next flight to wherever you live because those are fabulous.

jonesl12

AmadorRose said:

jonesl12 said:

AmadorRose said:

pinottoparenthood said:

drealove3 said:

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

This will inspire my maternity photos:

Please don't copy mine ...

Omg WHO is your photographer? I'll be catching the next flight to wherever you live because those are fabulous.

Thanks so much !!!!! Lol

I really wanna start a maternity photo thread now because there are some doozies out there .

sarahufl

cmjenkies said:

You go girl! I may be the only one, but when I'm pregnant I feel neither beautiful or magical.. more like a beached whale.

Yeah, magic isn't the word I use. Disgusting? Sloppy? Gross?

owlsgrey

yeah i seriously could not feel less beautiful or magical BUT i love this thread because this is exactly how i describe most pregnancy message boards to my non-pregnant friends

ivyvines6

drealove3 said:

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

I completely get where you're coming from, even though I'm dying to not be pregnant anymore already. Tbh I haven't seen anyone bashing someone for wearing a crop top while pregnant, so I'm not sure what it's like where you're from. Just out of curiosity's sake, are you new age/crunchy?

K&Elizabeth

AmadorRose said:

pinottoparenthood said:

drealove3 said:

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

This will inspire my maternity photos:

Now THAT is some magic.

toomuchkalesalad

Knottie9983816 said:

drealove3 said:

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

I completely get where you're coming from, even though I'm dying to not be pregnant anymore already. Tbh I haven't seen anyone bashing someone for wearing a crop top while pregnant, so I'm not sure what it's like where you're from. Just out of curiosity's sake, are you new age/crunchy?

There has been some instances where very pregnant news anchors were getting bashed on the tv station's FB page for being fat and "shouldn't be on tv" because of their bellies:

https://www.people.com/article/pregnant-newscaster-takes-stand-against-haters

https://www.ijreview.com/2015/04/285926-pregnant-tv-reporters-colleagues-pat-response-viewers-attack-appearance/

ivyvines6

toomuchkalesalad said:

Knottie9983816 said:

drealove3 said:

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

I completely get where you're coming from, even though I'm dying to not be pregnant anymore already. Tbh I haven't seen anyone bashing someone for wearing a crop top while pregnant, so I'm not sure what it's like where you're from. Just out of curiosity's sake, are you new age/crunchy?

There has been some instances where very pregnant news anchors were getting bashed on the tv station's FB page for being fat and "shouldn't be on tv" because of their bellies:

https://www.people.com/article/pregnant-newscaster-takes-stand-against-haters

https://www.ijreview.com/2015/04/285926-pregnant-tv-reporters-colleagues-pat-response-viewers-attack-appearance/

Oh that's true. I guess. I haven't had cable since... I think over a decade now? I didn't really remember it with my news feeds...

AmadorRose

toomuchkalesalad said:

Knottie9983816 said:

drealove3 said:

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

I completely get where you're coming from, even though I'm dying to not be pregnant anymore already. Tbh I haven't seen anyone bashing someone for wearing a crop top while pregnant, so I'm not sure what it's like where you're from. Just out of curiosity's sake, are you new age/crunchy?

There has been some instances where very pregnant news anchors were getting bashed on the tv station's FB page for being fat and "shouldn't be on tv" because of their bellies:

https://www.people.com/article/pregnant-newscaster-takes-stand-against-haters

https://www.ijreview.com/2015/04/285926-pregnant-tv-reporters-colleagues-pat-response-viewers-attack-appearance/

Being a woman anywhere, especially a woman in the public eye, means you are exposed to criticism. We live in a society that exploits women and their bodies while ridiculing those women using their bodies to their full potential, like breastfeeding and power lifting. I am judged regularly by the people who know me; I'm either too skinny or too fat for for someone at any particular moment. The only time one of my sisters has complimented me on anything was this past Christmas, when she told me how great I looked. I weighed 98 pounds because I couldn't keep down more than a package of ramen noodles a day and I looked like skeletor.

Being pregnant doesn't make a woman a target, it just makes the criticism change. You can either fight it (but not for long, because spanx are uncomfortable) paint your belly and run naked through town to embrace it, or you can just deal with it knowing that every other woman on the face of the planet lives with similar criticism every day of her life.

Edit for grammar

Sarcasm101

jordanbara said:

jordanbara said:

drealove3 said:

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

Cool story bro.

@Sarcasm101 feels like you're going out of your way to be unnecessarily rude. Don't like what she's saying? That's fine. But trying to make her feel stupid doesn't make you look cool. Just my opinion bro >-

Eh, I'm with her on this one. What's the point of this post? Is she asking a question? Looking for opinions? If she's just posting her own opinion, that's something that would be better included on the random thread or on an UO thread (if applicable).

Also, I don't think society has taught us that it's improper to show our pregnant bellies...

@AEG84 I'm not saying I love the thread but I have read way more pointless threads than this one just today alone. I don't think it elicited that kind of response especially when other people, who do deserve it, are being treated with respect.

OK. You are entitled to your opinion. Just like I am entitled to post any way I see fit, as long as it does violate TOU. I am not here for rainbows and sunshine. This is an internet forum, having tough sick can be a plus

Have you notice my screen name? I am sarcastic. This was the OP first ever post, and it had absolutely no point. If the OP was hoping for a better reception, it might have been wise to lurk for a day or two.

Sarcasm101

AEG84 said:

@jordanbara, I get what you are saying. But this thread certainly stuck out to me more than any others I've seen as a "wtf" thread. So, agree to disagree

Also, to be fair, we use the phrase "cool story, bro" in our house on a regular basis whenever one of the kids tells a pointless story, so I may be a little desensitized to it.

Thank you. It is a phrase used all the time.

ivyvines6

Sarcasm101 said:

jordanbara said:

AEG84 said:

jordanbara said:

Sarcasm101 said:

drealove3 said:

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

Cool story bro.

@Sarcasm101 feels like you're going out of your way to be unnecessarily rude. Don't like what she's saying? That's fine. But trying to make her feel stupid doesn't make you look cool. Just my opinion bro >-

Eh, I'm with her on this one. What's the point of this post? Is she asking a question? Looking for opinions? If she's just posting her own opinion, that's something that would be better included on the random thread or on an UO thread (if applicable).

Also, I don't think society has taught us that it's improper to show our pregnant bellies...

@AEG84 I'm not saying I love the thread but I have read way more pointless threads than this one just today alone. I don't think it elicited that kind of response especially when other people, who do deserve it, are being treated with respect.

OK. You are entitled to your opinion. Just like I am entitled to post any way I see fit, as long as it does violate TOU. I am not here for rainbows and sunshine. This is an internet forum, having tough sick can be a plus

Have you notice my screen name? I am sarcastic. This was the OP first ever post, and it had absolutely no point. If the OP was hoping for a better reception, it might have been wise to lurk for a day or two.

And this reception is why I almost didn't continue posting on these boards. Lighten up dude. Have you noticed she hasn't posted ANYTHING since this on any thread?

AEG84

Knottie9983816 said:

jordanbara said:

jordanbara said:

drealove3 said:

I love how women are embracing their baby bumps! Society has taught us it's improper to show our pregnant bellies but okay to expose them when they are flat. I think it's time to inpower each mother especially when we are at our most beautiful and magical.

Cool story bro.

@Sarcasm101 feels like you're going out of your way to be unnecessarily rude. Don't like what she's saying? That's fine. But trying to make her feel stupid doesn't make you look cool. Just my opinion bro >-

Eh, I'm with her on this one. What's the point of this post? Is she asking a question? Looking for opinions? If she's just posting her own opinion, that's something that would be better included on the random thread or on an UO thread (if applicable).

Also, I don't think society has taught us that it's improper to show our pregnant bellies...

@AEG84 I'm not saying I love the thread but I have read way more pointless threads than this one just today alone. I don't think it elicited that kind of response especially when other people, who do deserve it, are being treated with respect.

OK. You are entitled to your opinion. Just like I am entitled to post any way I see fit, as long as it does violate TOU. I am not here for rainbows and sunshine. This is an internet forum, having tough sick can be a plus

Have you notice my screen name? I am sarcastic. This was the OP first ever post, and it had absolutely no point. If the OP was hoping for a better reception, it might have been wise to lurk for a day or two.

And this reception is why I almost didn't continue posting on these boards. Lighten up dude. Have you noticed she hasn't posted ANYTHING since this on any thread?

It doesn't even look like she's logged in since yesterday, so I'm more inclined to believe it was just a drive-by. Maybe we should just turn this thread into more amazing pregnant belly pics instead...that was more fun.

ivyvines6

Or be respectful and start a new one?

kcbarbo78

I'm most definitely not at my most beautiful, but if other ladies want to show their shape then they should have at it.  There's certainly nothing offensive about it.