Welcome to StillLookPregnant.com. I am starting this blog for all the moms out there that still think they look pregnant and for all the women who are asked if they are pregnant WHEN THEY ARE NOT PREGNANT!
I’ve been there.
Millions of women have been there and I want you to know that if you think you look pregnant or if people are asking you if you are pregnant when you are not pregnant, you are not alone.
I realized the need for this blog based on the amazing number of hits my November 3, 2008 post Top Ten Signs I May Always Look Pregnant has received and continues to receive.
On this blog I will…
- Share the journey I’m on to not look pregnant.
- Build a community of women who are struggling with the same issues of still looking pregnant.
- Review clothes that can help us not look pregnant.
And for those who have never read my original post, the post that started it all, here it is again to kickoff the adventures of StillLookPregnant.com.
Top Ten Signs I May Always Look Pregnant
Still look pregnant? Still feel pregnant? This post is for you!
It’s been 2 years, 5 months, 24 days, 10 hours, and 75 pounds since I delivered my second son. He was healthy and beautiful and ounces away from weighing ten pounds.
And for the last 2 years, 5 months, 24 days, and 10 hours I have continuously been harassed by strangers with questions and comments insinuating that I am still pregnant. To give you some insight, I’m going to start this week with a top ten list.
I’ll continue my belly journey this week as I celebrate reaching my Weight Watchers goal weight and my fears of what’s next (the need to maintain). I’ll also be exploring the realities moms have to face with their post pregnancy bodies. One of my realities is that I still look pregnant after 2+ years and after hitting my goal weight.
Top Ten Signs I May Always Look Pregnant
(To be clear, I am and was NOT pregnant during the following circumstances)
10. During an aerobics class, the instructor walked up to me in the middle of class and asked me (with her loud microphone) if I was expecting my first child.
9. A homeless person on the street asked me how the baby was kicking.
8. When I was assigned an exit row seat on an airplane I was told by a flight attendant “You obviously cannot sit in an exit row because you are pregnant.”
7. The dental hygienists assumed I couldn’t get teeth x-rays because she thought I was pregnant.
6. During a job interview the woman asked me when my baby was due (yes, this is illegal).
5. The first day of my art class, the instructor asked me when I was expecting.
4. While watching my son during his swimming class, another mother asked me when I was expecting.
Note: People never speak to me again once they have implied that I’m pregnant. They stop making eye contact! It’s like I’m stuck in a Seinfeld episode.
3. The nurse at the doctor’s office (just last week) asked me if I was pregnant. At first I thought it was a standard question until she apologized and was embarrassed after I told her I was not pregnant.
2. Walking with my kids at the airport, someone stopped me and asked “How do you do it with two kids and one in the oven?”
1. During a family photo shoot, the professional photographer asked me to suck my stomach in before he snapped a picture. His wife quickly replied ”Dear, you can’t suck in a baby”.
This is your moment!
Am I the only one who gets “accused” of being pregnant? Have you (or your wife) ever experienced this awkward situation? Why don’t these people just think I have a fat stomach and give me a break!?!
Join this community and share your thoughts in the comments section.
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Having met you in real life, I am shocked that you got all of these comments. You don’t look pregnant to me! Still, I’ve often thought in regard to myself, that if I were famous, every couple of months my body and my supposed “bump” would show up on the covers of supermarket tabloids amidst yet another round of pregnancy rumors.
Good luck on your new journey!
Kim – Thanks for being the first mom to comment on my new blog. When moms now Google things like “still look pregnant” I hope they find this blog and share their experiences with others.
Hi Stacey, My daughter Ginger was born 2 years, 8 months ago and I still look pregnant. I have been asked once by a friend if I was pregnant. I know that he did not want to ask, but it is one of those occations that he did. I mean he hadn’t seen me in a while so he thought that I was. The issue that I am having is trying to lose the weight. No matter how many portions I eat, or the walks that I am on I can not lose th e weight, I just need help. I feel like I am literaly trapped in my pregnant clothing and can not find a way out. You know how people stand on the highway with signs that say “will work for food”. Well mine says “I WILL LOSE THIS BABY WIEGHT” ya right! LOL. I look at all these magazines and wish that was me all over again. I wish so much in my heart that I could be attractive again for my husband. But the weight seems to never go away. I suck in my stomach and of course you know that goes. What the heck are women suppose to compete for anyway. Why should we compete. God I hate this. It makes me mad that I can never find clothes that help me to look really good because all I feel is fat in them. I look at my husband and wonder “does he find me beautiful”? Of course we are shopping and there are these tiny girls and women all around me. I feel like I am the good year blimp. I hate shopping now because of my size. I feel all these eyes on me when I walk out of the dressing room to get my husband’s approval. I almost wonder if they make coments about me. “OMG luce! Did you see that lady? Can you say fat”! Fustration sets in really quick when I see my husbands eyes wandering, I then wonder why me. Do you know what I mean. I just don’t know what to do anymore. Everything requires money and when you do not have a whole lot, well lets just say it is a big pain in the tush.
Cheers
Perri
I can so relate to this. I am having one of those days where i feel fat and ugly.
I am even at a point of wondering if I am pregnant again.
My daughter is 6.5months old, and i seem to have started looking pregnant again in the last two months. Winter cooking didn’t help much either, i think.
I really hate feeling this way.
I have started with exercising, but my motivation is pretty low, because there is just so much to be done, and obviously the results are slow to show as well.
I am ‘childless by choice’ and struggle with my weight and appearance. I have been asked more than once about being ‘due’ – all the usual questions, and now those ‘are you/aren’t you’ looks. My confidence levels are SOO low right now, even though i am a positive person in every other respect. I’m still wearing black leggings and boots and it’s now june. I need styling help. I’ve ordered and returned 6 maxi dresses, summer legging, wide legged pants, several long line tops. ARGHHHH – please help. (I’m a larger UK size 14)
Thx.
Hi,
My 2nd daughter was born 4 years ago and I have never stopped looking pregnant it is a very sad and lonely life I lead because I hate the way I look. I don’t go to see old friends anymore because I was always so skinny my entire life until I had my 2nd child. The funny thing is that I used to get comments all the time on how sexy my stomach was and how do I have such great abs, I was like known for my stomach and the irony of this is that I’m still known for my stomach but not how sexy it is, instead I get asked when r u due?? I hate my stomach. I still have to wear maternity clothes because my belly is to big and the rest of my body is normal. It just sucks!! I found out that I have a very large fibroid in my uterus. Which is causing my stomach to be enlarged to about the 6month mark of pregnancy. I’m trying to get this operation approved to get the tumor removed but its not easy. Maybe some of you other women on here should get an ultrasound of your belly to see if you have fibroids because they are so common in women who have gone thru pregnancy. Mine is the size of a football. Pretty crazy huh.
Well if anyone comes up with a cure or has any good ideas to help me or make me feel better please email me. I wish you all the luck in this world. I know how hard it is to live with this problem.
Thanks
Leigh Ann
Wow! My son almost 2 yrs old, I still look pregnant. You know how men stare at women’s breasts. People at work talk to my tummy! I avoid certain people, because the whole time they talk to me they stare at my belly. I want to scream “I am fat get over it!” I been trying to workout it just made it worse I am thinner very where else but my tummy! I hate it so so much !!!
I still look pregnant too. My kids are 4 and 2. I’ve lost 75 lbs since my don was born 2 years ago but I still have a round belly. So annoying! I had my daughter 8 months before my wedding day. I had lost 51lbs at that point and a relative had the nerve to ask me if I was expecting…. ON MY WEDDING DAY!!!! Wtf?!?!! Who does that? Seriously? I’ve been asked a hundred times. It really makes me hate my body. I just can’t get rid of it. Thank you all for sharing your stories, at least I’m not the only one
So I guess I’m not the only one out there who feels like this. I just googled this topic and found this website for women just like me to vent. I too have 4 kids 2 girls and 2 boys. my whole life has been a size 2 but after the kids im at a 16 size and controlling what i eat keeping busy and try my best to walk a bit but where is the time to excerise you tell me with 4 kids I would rather shave my legs which i havent done in 2 months or watch a movie without falling asleep. I’m sure many have been there and done that however my body looks ok everywhere thank goodness I’m tall but my belly is high and round and big so I look about 6 to 7.5 months pregnant. i get asked all the time. I have tried everything drastic except the knife which i think im eventually gonna have to do, even though it stand for everything wrong for me but I feel like if I dont I’m going to be in this depressed state for the rest of my life. My husband says he loves me regardless, but we all know what men love and want wheather we have their hearts or not. Not to mention how we feel when shopping or even trying on anything you end up leaving the store more depressed. I cry so much about my state its dismal and tiering . I have never done a sono again no medical will cover it and you want to know what is funny, i really tried to work out for 3 months straight 2 hours a day at the gym four day out of the week and started to get abbs defined over my belly just great I looked like a bulked up pregnant lady. I have given up on so many thing i stoped caring about many things that i used to be passionate about. I dont know how the rest of you moms feel but even my sex drive is not well not there . I try my best to keep up but well what can I say. Does anyone have any answers at all? so help me i dont want to go under the knife or eventually go crazy over this
Yeah I found you on google. I still look pregnant after 2.5 yrs, 30lbs weight loss and back at my ideal weight. Sigh… I workout 3-4 times a week and eat healthy about 70% of the time… Sigh…. At least I’m not alone I guess
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