Big Fat Whale?

[M155Chelsea]

Hey everybody... It must be hormones but latley i have been getting really upset about not fitting into any clothes, before falling pregnant i was a lingire model and was happy with the way i looked, all throughout my pregnancy my belly has been really tiny and i havent put on much weight but just this week (25 weeks) i feel like my bum and legs have doubled in size and my belly has popped out big time. i almost cry looking in the mirror. i love my big preg belly and my bubi inside - wouldnt change being pregnant for anything- but hate the fact everything else is huge and i look gross in my clothes, does anyone else feel the same way? and will i go back to my pre-preg weight after bubi or am i dreaming?

[workin'mumof2]

I went back to my prepreg weight but i never lost my baby belly. hoping to work on that after this baby is born. You should be proud of the way you look for its for ur baby. Cheer up

[allie1]

hi big you'll be ok, you do put on the weight but after my 1st my tummy went flat again straight away..it took me a bit longer to lose the weight with my other 2 after her though. you probably just think you look heaps bigger cos your used to seeing yourself slender but too other people i bet you look really healthy and beautifull right now.
try not too stress you'll be fine xxxx

[brollysgirl]

hi there I know exactly how you feel!! I was always super slim before falling preggrs and find it very hard, even now to adapt to the extra weight. This is my second pregnancy and I never lost all my preg weight from the first, so went into the pregnancy feeling not exactly confident with myself. Anyway, I hate looking in the mirror and hate going anywhere where i need to dress up. I have only put on 6 kilos in 34 weeks, and get told by everyone i look really good, and its all baby, but I dont feel it. I am constantly seeking Dh's attention to make myself feel better, although he tells me everyday he thinks i look great!! I am very worried how i will look after bub is born, spesh being summer...
I have even taken photos of myself from behind to see how big my butt is!!!!!
But then again i have to think it could be worse... least bub is healthy ad happy!!!!! And my body is doing its job perfectly!!!!!

[OM]

I was really tiny pre pg and then gained 40+kgs with my first I lost all but 5kgs after he was born.

With my 2nd I gained 30 or so kgs and have about 7kgs to go.

You can lose the weight, it's not impossible

[lukaelmo]

Aww, you poor thing... look, some people do just bounce back after a bubba, without doing anything. I weigh less now than I did before my two bubbas...

But I do have to say, my body isn't the same... stretchy tummy, I look wrinkly because of the lack of sleep... and my butt has disappeared, you could quite easily mistake me for a 12 year old boy from behind .

Do you know what though? I don't really mind. I have two lovely bubbbas and an okay body... and the beauty I see in my children more than makes up for any lacking in me... that's the way I feel anyway.

[bianca19]

awww i know how u feel iv always been skinny but had big thighs that i was alwasy super concious bt n i stayed really small thru my pregnancy up 2 bt 30 wks n then i started no bein able 2 do up ne of my jackets n i just sat down n cryed 4 good 20 mins i hated bein so fat and now those thighs i always worried bt havent grown bt now have strech marks 2 top eveyfin off... its not nice but u just gotta think after the whole thing is ova we will have a gorjus little bub in our arms n it will all dissapear.. good luck with it all xx

[M155Chelsea]

Thanks everyone I feel much better!