Dealing with comments on my growing belly

mreneeb85

Hi everyone, I just wanted to share some of my experiences as this is my first pregnancy and I don't have any mom friends atm. I definitely was not prepared for all the comments I would receive from strangers in public about my body and I wonder how other people deal with the rudeness.
I didn't really show for the first 4-5 months, but afterwards my belly grew rapidly. I'm tall and lean so I guess I show more than others because everywhere I went people would point out how pregnant I look and then start asking a lot of personal questions...like "Is this your first?" "Are you having twins (no) are you sure?" "Is it a boy/girl?" "When are you due, are you sure that's the right date?" I was really taken aback as I'm a private person and wasn't ready for all the intrusive questions. If that wasn't enough then the comments started...it got to the point where I would cry when I got home because someone would tell me how big I was. I know I'm sensitive so I try to understand that people don't know what to say but I feel at that point saying nothing is best.
I'm now 38 weeks and when I was at the grocery store someone yelled out to me that I was very pregnant, well ya. I laughed and walked away. I guess it's getting easier to deal with but as someone with pre-existing body image issues some days it's hard. Can anyone else relate?

knottiec45abda6fbf90dba

Yeah I totally get you, mama! While I’ve loved my pregnancy so far and will always feel blessed, there are times when I get a little insecure about it and wonder if I’m getting “fat” due to other people’s comments. I’m almost 6 months along and my bump has been really starting to show lately. I haven’t gotten a whole lot of negative comments about it but I did get someone tell me that “he is gonna be a big baby,” which threw me off a bit.

sjzn

I have found if I wear loose clothing I am alot less likely to get comments. I am short so i tend to feel huge, and getting pregnant less then a year after i delivered a full term stillborn, even more so this time. But at 33 weeks pregnant I only had 1 comment so far!🤞