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Does anyone just feel ugly?

malcivarmalcivar member
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I'm super happy to be expecting.  And *knock wood* my m/s has not been really bad at all.  I have some iffy mornings but I haven't actually thrown up - yet.  BUT I don't know what it is.  I look in the mirror and I just think I look terrible.  My hair's not bouncy.  My skin looks kinda sallow.  Unless I'm super made-up I think I just look terrible.  DH says this isn't the case but is anyone else feeling this way?

I guess it also doesn't help that I'm so bloated all the time most of my clothes don't fit and since I'm not ready to tell anyone at work, I end up wearing my frumpiest of clothes just to hide my bloat.  *sigh*

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  • ashleyb0604ashleyb0604
    YES!!! I feel like I just look absolutely horrendous. I am pale and yellowish-white looking and by the end of the day I look like I've been sick for a week or something. I need a tan!!!
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  • icybubbles85icybubbles85
    yes! i feel gross unless i wear makeup and dont want to wear any of my usual tight fitting tops because i feel like a cow!
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  • taciboo25taciboo25
    agreed...feel like a cow and I was stupid and weighed myself this morning. not a good idea! I almost cried because I know you're not supposed to gain very much weight in 1st tri. I'm totally fine with gaining the weight I need to but I feel like I've just been eating all the time!
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  • Melissa LeighMelissa Leigh
    I have been breaking out like a teenager - can't even cover it up with makeup. I hope this ends at the end of the first trimester when hormones begin to balance out. I was so hoping for that pregnancy glow...
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  • jdiaz79jdiaz79
    ::Raises Hand::
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  • EMTXEMTX member

    Yes! I have felt ugly for the past 2 weeks - breaking out like no other :(

    Gross. I look like I'm 16 already, didn't need to add zits for more realism.

    Meanwhile, I'm not only breaking out (i.e. oily), but at the same time I have spots of SUPER-dry skin, so much so that it's flaky. Ew. Just feel like I look awful!

    More than happy to experience all of this if it's truly just symptoms. I want nothing more to have plenty of symptoms. Just want to know that everything's ok in there!


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  • CassRWCassRW member

    I understand!!!  My face is breaking out...and it hardly ever does this!  Plus I need a severe tan...I'm not used to being this pale!   My clothes are getting tight.  I seriously walk around with my pants unbuttoned at work...good thing I only have 1st graders, anyone else would probably notice!  Plus I'm really tired only two days after Spring Break...the end of May seems like an eternity! 

     Thanks for giving me a chance to vent...I feel better now.  Oh wait, I'm hungry!  Big Smile

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  • rcollier_17rcollier_17
    I don't feel like my skin looks bad, but I do feel hugely bloated and uncomfortable. I seriously think I look like I'm 6 months along. My stomach will not go in and I know I'm not showing yet, so I just kind of feel really fat right now.
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  • Lil'MisaLil'Misa

    I had that feeling this morning. I almost don't want to go into work because I feel like I look that horrible.

    My skin is breaking out badly and I can barely cover it up. Then my skin is super oily and so I am shiny and breaking out.  I get severe bloat after lunch and I feel like a big fat mess. I sadly weighed myself last week and gained 6 lbs because I must eat every 2 hours (I fainted the one day I tried to watch what I ate and not eat too much).  So, I am right there with you.

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  • snsgurl728snsgurl728
    Yah, I know the feeling. My skin and hair have actually really improved since pregnancy+PNVs, but I would FEEL as if I was very unattractive. Like you, DH would constantly reassure me that's not the case.  With me, it only lasted a few days and I've been feeling great, so I hope that feeling is contagious to you :)
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  • mrskissesmrskisses member
    I'm in the same boat as all of you.  The bloat is making me feel blah and my skin is super pale.....everyone keeps asking me if I am feeling ok and a few ppl asked me if I am sleeping at night....I look bad!
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  • PrettyPrincess5PrettyPrincess5

    ::Raises Hand High!::

     

    Yesss! I feel gross and lazy. I've felt sick the past THREE weeks but like the OP I have not yet thrown up either. I don't feel like wearing jeans because they aren't comfy! lol...and I don't know the last time I wore make up! :( DH likes it though because he always complains about makeup. But I definitely don't feel pretty lately!

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  • i*heart*himi*heart*him

    I feel like a tub of lard.  I am so bloated.  I wake up in the morning and feel great after a shower, but as the day goes on, the bloat gets worse and worse and I feel like I weigh 300 pounds.  I feel flabby all over.

    When does this feeling go away?

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  • chloephoebecalichloephoebecali member
    Me, me! Ugh.. I feel so guilty for feeling so miserable because I look and feel like garbage, but I can't help it!  I am so bloated and definitely gained more than I'd like (no thanks for m/s and my need for carbs too often).  My clothes don't fit, but I refuse to do maternity clothes yet.  My boobs are two huge monsters (I'm in a 38 DD these days and just feel gross).  I break out EVERYWHERE.   My scalp is oily yet dry right at my hair line.  I never go to the bathroom these days and the list goes on... 
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  • bandwifebandwife

    When will this hangover be done? That is all I can think about. And if I feel like puking most hours of the day why can I not put my head over the toilet and have something happen? I keep thinking I would feel so much better if I just threw up.

    Doesn't help that every time my sister sees me she says, "ooh, you don't look good". She is concerned and that is nice, but yes, I know I look like I've been on a drinking binge for a week.

    The DH of course says I look beautiful and pregnancy agrees with me. He's sweet. I really scored marrying that guy.

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  • malcivarmalcivar member

    WOW.  Well at least I'm not alone.  Seriously!  I have been waiting for 'the glow' but no.  Sad

    I was talking to my hubby tonight about it and the only thing he did acknowledge is that my hair is droopy these days, but he insists I'm still beautiful.  He's such a sweetie, but yep, I've got the bloated pale thing going on.  Today, someone at work just said "are you ok?  you just look so tired lately."  I swear I think people are starting to become suspicious but feel weird outright asking me.

    *sigh*

     My mom swears this will pass.  Let's hope she's right.

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