Has anyone NOT taken a belly picture?

Shatzegirl · August 2015

I remember being so excited to take pictures of my belly with my first pregnancy but I have no desire to do it this time around. I feel like I look fat and not pregnant so I'd rather not have a picture taken. I just don't feel cute at all. Maybe actually doing my hair and makeup would help. I'll probably regret not taking any later on so I should probably just do it. Is anyone else feeling this way?

VitaLuna · August 2015

I didn't want any early pics last time around (or many pics in general) and I really regret it. This will be our last and I really need to get on it, but I also just feel (and look) fat.

MrsJG3 · August 2015

I haven't. I said I would at 12 weeks but didn't feel good about how I looked. Then I said 16 weeks...that will be Thursday so we will see.

kbedfox · August 2015

I was super excited and started after I graduated from the RE to the OB (11 weeks). I look exactly the same at 11 weeks as I do now at 15 so it's been kind of for nothing. I'm also really terrible at remembering to do it on time, so I have like 11 weeks, 12+1, 13+2, 14+1, and 15+2. But I guess no one else will know or care!

g0lightly8706 · August 2015

Yep.. Plus sized here and it's just my fat still. I still fit in all my clothes and can't see any difference yet so I'm just patiently waiting..

NoelBird · August 2015

I'm waiting til I have a more defined bump. Last time I started around 6 months or so.

AdventureMama · August 2015

I haven't. It doesn't really look round and cute and bump-ish yet and I'll be 16 weeks tomorrow. Meh. I don't think I have a ton of early ones from my last pregnancy but it doesn't bother me. I have the cute round ones that happen after 30 weeks and those are fine.

wisco29 · August 2015

I took a blump bloat picture last week but I won't take any until I feel like I have acute bump

CuriousKiddosMama · August 2015

I haven't yet unless you count out pregnancy announcement in which you can see my belly.

dragonfly321 · August 2015

I took one at 10 weeks and 14 weeks to compare. I can see a little change, but mainly just the same. I haven't gained any weight yet so we'll see again in a couple weeks!

g8trkim · August 2015

No pics here! I may have done one or two with my first pregnancy but not with my second. At least not until later on.

Shatzegirl · August 2015

@AdventureMama I like your take on it. Maybe I should just wait until I have a cute round bump instead of forcing myself.

cantobean · August 2015

None here either. I just have extra fat right now, no "bump" in sight. Hoping it comes soon...14+3 today...

amandabobanda · August 2015

I haven't taken any yet. I've got a bit of a bump going, but I'd like it to be more pronounced before I start bothering with pictures.

minivanmafia · August 2015

I took one at 11 weeks and that was all. I didn't take many during my other pregnancies either. I do regret it but it's just hard and one more thing to try and facilitate and I'm just too damn tired. (And by facilitate I mean finding a decent place in the house, a mirror bc don't have a good one in my house honestly and have my DH, who doesn't take good pics, actually take one.) nope. I'm a Scrooge.

Shatzegirl · August 2015

@ThecoffeeBunch I hear ya! I just feel too tired to do it! My hubby isn't the best picture taker either and he gets annoyed with me when I say I don't like any of the shots lol. So I'm just not in the mood to do it.

SarahS06 · August 2015

@Shatzegirl I've taken them, but I'm right there with you. Even though I'm almost 16 weeks, I've still got a lot of bloat. I had exercise restrictions during the first tri and my loss of muscle tone makes the "I just look fat, not pregnant" feeling worse. I'm taking them because I didn't with any other pregnancy and wish I had.

pettycrocker · August 2015

I haven't yet... I really need to start. I only have like maybe 2 or 3 belly shots from when I was pregnant with my daughter. It's just an afterthought to me.

hlmdeck · August 2015

Haven't really taken any yet either. I have definitely "popped" but I'm not stoked on pictures until there it is clearly a baby and absolutely no mistaking it for lard.

Achae · August 2015

I haven't, like others I haven't "popped" yet. I'm already wearing maternity pants as my normal pants won't fit anymore but it just looks like I ate too much after meals lol.

maureenmce · August 2015

I'm 16 weeks today and I haven't taken any bump pics yet. Partially because the bump is still really small but also because I have had SUCH bad acne with this pregnancy (with no signs of letting up) I don't really feel cute enough to be in any pictures at this point, sadly.

thoughtfulmommy · August 2015

I have not yet but I keep meaning too. Pregnancy flies when you have a toddler around. I am not showing yet at 16 weeks but I wanted to start at 8 weeks like last the just to compare. I have those belly stickers, so we took one every 4 weeks.

Maybe I will remember at 20 weeks.

ohbaby714 · August 2015

I haven't yet. Mainly because I'm not even quite 14 weeks yet and I look like I did when I was 25 weeks pregnant with DD and it's depressing. I have gained about 3 pounds or so but I didn't work on getting any muscle tone back after DD and it just depresses me that I didn't take care of my body. So until the bump stops being fat and starts getting hard like an actual bump, no pictures here.

I think I took like 4 pictures total during my first pregnancy before I was even really showing. I stopped at about 18 weeks and I really regret it. I thought I looked fat and gross then? Ha!

Sillysnick2k16 · August 2015

My husband is insisting on several a week.

PaniaO · August 2015

Sillysnick2k16 said:
My husband is insisting on several a week.

My mother has been insisting and it makes me crazy. I've put her off until now, as I realized there won't really be a change for weeks still, but I finally gave in when I hit 14 weeks. Glad I didn't waste my time before now, but still think it's too soon. I think I'm going to do every other week for awhile, just to make her happy. Glad to know others didn't regret skipping the beginning; that's what my argument has been to my mom.

nrstumpf · August 2015

I'm very over weight so I don't expect a visible bump anytime soon. I carry my weight very well but there's still a lot of fat to get through before an obvious bump will appear. Which I'm okay with bc I'll be 21 weeks when I get married.

FunnyGal18 · August 2015

I feel fat and mostly tired. We tried one evening but the lighting was poor, I was in my pjs, and my dh takes crap photos.

Its too much work bc I want to look crute.
I did my makeup and hair yesterday for a family member's one yr old bday. I was so spent after getting ready. I said out loud, " I can't believe that I used to do this everyday!" Lol

brushesnbrunch · August 2015

I've taken several, but I'm not very consistent with it..I've "popped" in the last week I guess, but I don't think I'm going to take anymore until it's definitely more pronounced because I'm still pretty small in the beginning of the day and huge (for me) after eating all my meals, etc. so it still feels pretty much like all bloat

acuteangles · August 2015

I've taken some pics for sure. I started getting my bloat baby 2-3 weeks ago, which steadily grows throughout the day. Regardless of whether it's baby or bloat, it's definitely pregnancy related. I've NEVER seen my stomach extend this far out, even after big meals, until I got pregnant.

MrzMorales629 · August 2015

I'm 12 weeks with my second, haven't taken any because I'm not showing and I feel so damn horrible!!

sophiawhite700 · August 2015

I am 15 weeks and I have grown and this is my first so I was exited but know I wish I took one when I found out at 4 weeks and did not

jillnj · August 2015

Same boat. No pics yet. Feeling bla. I figured that when I have a nice round obvious bump then maybe I'll want to...but I might also just feel huge and bla then so who knows?!

SoSweetTea1124 · August 2015

I have nothing to take pictures of... unless you count the fact that my boobs are a cup size bigger than before I got pregnant?

inomniaparatus · August 2015

I don't really see the need. I'd never show them to anyone.

AdventureMama · August 2015

I feel like this era of Pinterest and professional stop motion videos of pregnancy progression is not helping people, you know? I hate that people feel like they're doing something wrong if they don't take a weekly picture at exactly the same time every week in front of a cute background with the same shirt on and then superimpose an adorable chalkboard font telling all of their symptoms and cravings and a drawing of what fruit they are...you get my drift. It's ok not to document it to death. It's ok TO do that kind of thing if you like it but I hate the pressure and the feelings of failure when you don't, you know?

minivanmafia · August 2015

Pinterest is wicked. We all love it, but it can make the best mamas feel crappy.

dragonfly321 · August 2015

@AdventureMama THIS. And @ThecoffeeBunch I felt miserable enough from weeks 6-13 and I didn't need a damn well dressed happy go lucky momma to be parading around in cute outfits on Pinterest! I wanted to find her and Punch her.

Wurrkingurrl · August 2015

I have not taken a single one..... I don't look pregnant... jut fat.... And who wants pictures of that?!

AlmJlcBaby1 · August 2015

I could imagine feeling that way. I have't done my hair or makeup in weeks. Messy bun and underwear around the house or a tank top and yoga pants. I was the opposite. I lost weight first trimester because I was so sick, but my stomach looked fat and bloated a lot. I decided to take pictures anyway and I am already thankful I have because at 13 weeks now my belly is getting harder and I'm really starting to show (since I can finally eat! Thank you for the last week of 1st trimester!). As bad as you think you look in those pictures now, you, and your family will be happy you took them some day. I keep picturing when my daughter goes through this someday, or when my son does with his SO. It will be great to see pictures and have as much advice as they want (or can stand).

I would've loved to see pictures of my mom when she was pregnant, but she was sick before she was pregnant with me and sick the whole time she was pregnant too. She never even knew she was pregnant until she was going into early labor.

Even though she didn't know for the first 6 months with me, I still ask her questions about when she was pregnant. You and your children will appreciate even your worst looking pictures someday. And more than likely you won't look back at how "fat" you felt or that your makeup wasn't done. You'll look back on the progress you made being pregnant.

Since week 5 to now week 13, my whole body has changed it feels like. Dry skin and super thick, and all of the sudden, curly hair... And growing like crazy. Pants don't fit at all. Shirts fit a little more snug. Peeing every half hour it feels like. All of it though, is amazing. You'll appreciate those pictures someday if you don't now.

rainbowminion · August 2015

I don't think anyone is 'doing it wrong' if they don't take bump pictures. You know yourself best.

That said. I'm forcing myself to do it (ok, it's kinda fun once I got into it) once a month starting at 8 weeks. I didn't do it at all with my last pregnancy and I ended up regretting it.

CountryAir13 · August 2015

I think I took 2 pictures during my entire pregnancy with DS. Just not my thing.

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