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