(Jennifer Raccuglia) wrote in message . com...
their stomachs! I didn't think I was an overly vain person before,
but I am finding myself being more sensitive about my appearance than
I have been since high school. Oh well.


I am insecure about how I look also. When I look in the mirror, I
don't recognize myself. I can't fit into my maternity clothes I
bought. They are medium pants. In the next few months I'm sure I won't
fit in the larges either. It doesn't make sense. They say that your
maternity size is your size before you got pregnant! They don't take
into account that not only your stomach will enlarge but your legs,
stomach, etc. I look at those 'fit' pregnant women too. I don't think
the majority of pregnant women look like that. I don't think it's so
bad if you gain a lot of weight in pregnancy, even if it's from
overindulging. People can kiss my big fat you know what.

JR

I think those size charts lie, lie, lie. According to my
pre-pregnancy size, I should be wearing mediums to larges (depending
on the brand). I don't think there's a single item of maternity
clothing that I own (or have on loan) in a medium that still fits.
Many of the larges are getting tight, and I have my doubts that some
of the extra-larges will make it to September! I still can't believe
my bra size--I'm barely a 38B normally. My most comfortable bra right
now is a 40D (the cups are a little big, but it's a nursing bra, so
unless I keep growing, it might have enough room for nursing pads).

Now that my belly has caught up to my b**bs and my face (which is
looking MUCH rounder than normal), I am starting to feel a bit better
about how I look. At least you can tell that I'm pregnant and not
just fat now. I did have one guy at work tell me that if he didn't
know I was pregnant, he would never have guessed--that hurt worse than
anyone telling me that I'm huge, since it means that he just thinks I
could have just gained 20 pounds under ordinary circumstances.

The sad thing is that I do know a couple of people who looked like
those pregnant people in magazines, right up until birth. One of them
had a list on the fridge of what all she was supposed to eat every day
to ensure she was gaining enough weight (and she wasn't vomiting at
all...just a very light eater normally). *sigh* I think I'm eating
better than I normally do--more fruit and healthy snacks and less junk
food and soda, and I'm up 25 pounds at 26 weeks...

--Elit.
#1 due 9/20/2004