Anonymous wrote:I have three and, believe me, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and big, fat waddling pregnant women are not beautiful.

Yeah nice internalized misogyny. Lemme guess the only woman you think is beautiful is a skinny one like Gwyneth. I hope you don't have any daughters.

I'm 5'8" and I looked like a goddess while pregnant. I had super firm DDs that didn't need a bra and my belly was so beautiful.

I felt amazing during my first pregnancy, I couldn't wait to start showing and I felt beautiful. It was only for the excruciating 10 days post due-date until he was born that I was truly over it and just wanted it to be over. Second pregnancy I got big much faster and had a 17MO to chase around, so I felt much less beautiful by about 30 weeks. But now I get those pangs of, "awww I wish I was pregnant again so I could be the cute pregnant lady!".

Enjoy every second of it that you possibly can! Take lots of pictures (I only have 2 "belly" pics from my second pregnancy) and relish in all of the attention!

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Anonymous wrote:I have three and, believe me, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and big, fat waddling pregnant women are not beautiful.

The whole point is that OP is neither fat NOR waddling! Sorry if that was your experience, it's clear you don't relate to this post and that's fine. But take your ugliness elsewhere

I LOVE seeing hugely pregnant women. I think the whole process is amazing and beautiful. I had so many wonderful women stop me to tell me how wonderful I looked - I'll always remember that and return the favour. Because of it, I felt amazing.

With my first I felt really great until the end, just tired as I got closer. With my second I felt a bit more like a large barge needing to mow through the day and I was CRANKY. 2nd baby was 10 lbs, so yeah, that sucked.

But yes, it's the one time in my life I had a hard belly. Otherwise it's pretty soft and squishy, even more so now. So yeah, having a nice hard belly I wasn't trying to hide was awesome.

Anonymous wrote:I have three and, believe me, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and big, fat waddling pregnant women are not beautiful.

The whole point is that OP is neither fat NOR waddling! Sorry if that was your experience, it's clear you don't relate to this post and that's fine. But take your ugliness elsewhere

I felt fantastic and looked adorable. DH didn't really think so though as much as he tried.

Anonymous wrote:Loved it! Now the after...sigh

This.

I loved being pregnant... but at 41, the fallout is ugly, LOL. (But totally worth it!)

Anonymous wrote:I have three and, believe me, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and big, fat waddling pregnant women are not beautiful.

This seems so unnecessarily harsh.

Yes, I felt beautiful during both of my pregnancies. Not so much with post-baby belly + lack of sleep.

Anonymous wrote:I have three and, believe me, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and big, fat waddling pregnant women are not beautiful.

I dunno, everyone keeps telling me I look great, and I don't look pregnant from behind.

I loved it (after 1st tri and before the last two weeks) with both mine.

I have three and, believe me, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and big, fat waddling pregnant women are not beautiful.

I delivered my first at 42 yo and felt the same at 35 weeks. I loved, loved, loved being pregnant. But my body did all it could, and at 36 weeks my placenta just quit. My doctor said I was flying an old airplane, and systems can fail, haha. Anyway, my little guy was born just fine and has been healthy. I stayed cute until about 3 months post partum when the lack of sleep finally got me down. At four month pp, I am trying to pull it back together. Enjoy these days, OP. It is a special time!

I love it too. Felt most beautiful in my second pregnancy.

Loved it! Now the after...sigh