i will no longer stuff my over-heated pregnant butt into oversized t-shirts in order to keep uptight women from glaring at my boobs (you know the ones, there's a few everywhere). your average north american male is going to check out breasts no matter what size they are or what's covering them, i've discerned no difference in their behavior when i'm wearing a decent tank top. most women are just fine with it. don't even notice it anymore. but i usually try to be proper or polite and not disturb that small percentage of women who are uncomfortable with such things. fuck it. i'm too uncomfortable to care. and if anyone has a problem with it, they can take it up with their psychiatrist. they're just mammaries. it's not like i'm wearing pasties and rubbing my tits on your man. he's problably looking at every set of boobs that walk by anyway. just because you notice mine more doesn't mean he does, too. quit telling me to put on something more appropriate. i'm already pregnant, i don't wanto have sex with your man. lol. my self-righteous rant is done.
I wore a two-peice to water country when I was about 7 months pregnant People stared and made comments (oh my God, that's disgusting). I just igged them. I wasn't fat anywhere, I just had a basketball for a stomach wanna see a pic?
When I was pregnant, I had no problem showcasing my boobs. For me, it was awesome because I don't have a whole lot on top normally (34 C) and, like Miss Fontella, I had basketball bellies during my pregnancies. My boobs became especially engorged when I was pregnant with my twins, and I had a few cute little long-sleezed apron-like tops that I wore that were a little lower cut, and gave a nice peek at my new friends. I was proud to show off my boobs. I felt sexy. I also loved the roundness of my belly. It was so amazing to me, I was so full of life, and I wanted everyone to know it! I don't think I once wore a maternity shirt that DIDN'T show off my belly. The heck with huge tents, I wanted slim, more form-fitting tops that drew attention to my pregnant belly. I was so proud! In this kind of weather, especially when you're pregnant, only comfort matters! I'm all for showing off the pregnant body, why hide it? It's absolutely beautiful!
I don't like the idea, how pregnant women are expected to wear things that are, well, made to hide everything. I saw a pregnant women in a bikini, and yes, I thought she was so pretty, showing her belly to everyone. And another thing: I read once, that women are in a way more attracted to pregnant women, then to men, and that a (pregnant) belly symbolizes to men: "this women is already "occupied", thus they have no interrest. So these weird women probably just don't understand nature.
They're the same ones who get offended by breastfeeding in public, and I have a theory that they perhaps weren't breastfed themselves OR they, in the back of their minds in a sort of freudian-way, are still upset at their mothers for weaning them too soon. More women need to disregard public opinion and do whats best for themselves and for their baby. The more exposure to something, the more comfortable we as humans tend to get with it. Perhaps these uptight, judgmental women just need a big, motherly, breasts-suffocating-your-face sort of hug.
i'd love to see a picture, missfontella! i think pregnant women rock... someday, i hope to have a whole bunch of babies!
i think in a lot of cases where these women get shitty it's because they have self esteem or jealousy issues. pregnant bellies are much beloved in in this part of colorado. i love it. i see women all aver the place in their belly showcasing clothes and i love it. lots of beautiful hippie clothes here. my husband positively drools when he sees a healthy pregnant woman. he can't get enough of looking at my body. however, silly things like breasts just give people fits. i'm not a real lover of huge boobs, having a pair that have been the bane of my existance for so long, so i don't put them on display much. and yes, missf, i would ADORE seeing pictures. i need to get some pics of this pregnancy. it's doing really neat things to my body.
RIGHT! They're just boobs, you are a grown womyn, no reason you have to be uncomfortable because some people are hung up. I think pregnant ladies are beautiful. During my first and second pregnancies (in the 80s) it was nearly impossible to find decent clothing that didn't make you look like a child. Big white collars, bunnies and puppies, HUGE amounts of material ect. I kept thinking "I am having a child, I am not a child. Why do they want me to dress like one?" And I got so big, and the rest of my body was so small that wearing anything but maternity clothes, like men's clothing and stuff, was out of the question, most of the time. KC, I loved the changes in my body, too. I LOVED the way my belly and breasts looked while I was pregnant. I just looked so.....ripe! I loved it. I wore a two piece a few times, too. Didn't get any pics, though. It was around the time that Princess Diana had her picture taken preg in a two piece and it cause quite a stir. In fact, in those days, the OBs still called your due date your "estimated date of confinement" like it was the Victorian Age or something. I think pregnant womyn make some people SO uncomfortable because YOU KNOW WHAT SHE DID!!!! ROTFLOL! Wear what YOU feel nice and comfortable in. Miss F, I'd love to see your pretty brown belly all preggy. Please post away, honey!
KC, just flaunt your stuff becuse we are either wet or steaming hot out here! Where in Colo are you? I'm Littleton/ Arapahoe County. Land of misspelling white people! One of the most fabulous mamas I ever saw had this great, detailed mehendi on her belly.
I want to see some pictures! i think pregger bellys are awesome. When my best friend was 7 mo along i did henna on her belly so she would have a good excuse to wear a halter top (in was july.........in North carolina....ugh)
