Hum.
Randomness from me today.
I keep reading all these posts from pregnant women lately who are brought to tears by their husband/boyfriend jokingly calling them 'tubby' or referring to their big baby bellies in any way shape or form with a word that means 'large'. I keep reading so many women talking about how horrible, huge, cowish and ugly they feel. Talking about how horrible their stretch marks are and how much they hate them, many already talking about having cosmetic surgery sometime post pregnancy to get rid of them.
I really really really just don't get it. Maybe because I wasn't skinny pre-pregnancy (and never really have ever been particularly thin). I'm as likely as anyone else to make comments about my size, so when my husband/mother/friends/family say something about my size I just laugh and agree that my stomach and butt are freaking HUGE, often proceeding to joke about wonder if there's another baby hiding in there or if I'm giving birth to a toddler. My belly flap annoys me in the summer, but mostly because it gets all hot and sweaty, not because it is 'ugly'. My glasses do too for the record and I'm sure not letting anyone do surgery on my eyes to stop that.
I mean really. I'm pregnant, growing another whole human being in there. You have to expect to pack on a few pounds. You aren't going to look how you looked pre-pregnancy, certainly not at 7-9 months along. It doesn't make you a shitty person. Even if you NEVER get back to your pre-pregnancy size you aren't a pile o' crap because of it. For heaven's sake you lugged around another person stuffed into you rather small considering the size of what's stuffed in there abdomen. Things tend to change shape a little and depending on your age & body type they might not be cooperative in going back the way they were. You should KNOW this before you get pregnant. Really. If you can't handle the body changes maybe you should have considered them before doing all those fun things you did to GET pregnant in the first place. Real life doesn't = Hollywood movie pregnancy.
I not only accept my stretch marks & floppy belly bit, ginormous boobs which have become not so perky as they used to be, I like them. I got them by doing something I think is rather amazing. Women should be proud of those things, they are like battle scars. They've done something absolutely wonderful and they should be proud of themselves.
I really wish more women loved themselves enough to accept reallistic changes to their bodies that are GOING to happen over the years. They need to accept that they aren't ALWAYS going to look like they are 19, sleek & slender. Their bodies are going to change. Especially during something as big as pregnancy. What is wrong with not being a size zero anyway? ESPECIALLY when you are carrying around a baby in your belly???? So your feet & face have swollen some. Who cares so long as you and the baby are healthy? Post baby, don't you think you'll have better things to do than fret over your jelly belly & pudgy hips??? Lose the extra weight, but jeez, don't be ashamed of yourself for having a post pregnancy body.
I keep reading all these posts from pregnant women lately who are brought to tears by their husband/boyfriend jokingly calling them 'tubby' or referring to their big baby bellies in any way shape or form with a word that means 'large'. I keep reading so many women talking about how horrible, huge, cowish and ugly they feel. Talking about how horrible their stretch marks are and how much they hate them, many already talking about having cosmetic surgery sometime post pregnancy to get rid of them.
I really really really just don't get it. Maybe because I wasn't skinny pre-pregnancy (and never really have ever been particularly thin). I'm as likely as anyone else to make comments about my size, so when my husband/mother/friends/family say something about my size I just laugh and agree that my stomach and butt are freaking HUGE, often proceeding to joke about wonder if there's another baby hiding in there or if I'm giving birth to a toddler. My belly flap annoys me in the summer, but mostly because it gets all hot and sweaty, not because it is 'ugly'. My glasses do too for the record and I'm sure not letting anyone do surgery on my eyes to stop that.
I mean really. I'm pregnant, growing another whole human being in there. You have to expect to pack on a few pounds. You aren't going to look how you looked pre-pregnancy, certainly not at 7-9 months along. It doesn't make you a shitty person. Even if you NEVER get back to your pre-pregnancy size you aren't a pile o' crap because of it. For heaven's sake you lugged around another person stuffed into you rather small considering the size of what's stuffed in there abdomen. Things tend to change shape a little and depending on your age & body type they might not be cooperative in going back the way they were. You should KNOW this before you get pregnant. Really. If you can't handle the body changes maybe you should have considered them before doing all those fun things you did to GET pregnant in the first place. Real life doesn't = Hollywood movie pregnancy.
I not only accept my stretch marks & floppy belly bit, ginormous boobs which have become not so perky as they used to be, I like them. I got them by doing something I think is rather amazing. Women should be proud of those things, they are like battle scars. They've done something absolutely wonderful and they should be proud of themselves.
I really wish more women loved themselves enough to accept reallistic changes to their bodies that are GOING to happen over the years. They need to accept that they aren't ALWAYS going to look like they are 19, sleek & slender. Their bodies are going to change. Especially during something as big as pregnancy. What is wrong with not being a size zero anyway? ESPECIALLY when you are carrying around a baby in your belly???? So your feet & face have swollen some. Who cares so long as you and the baby are healthy? Post baby, don't you think you'll have better things to do than fret over your jelly belly & pudgy hips??? Lose the extra weight, but jeez, don't be ashamed of yourself for having a post pregnancy body.