But honestly, I'm having a hard time with being a "skinny" pregnant chick. I knew I had a lot to "lose" in the first place. I carried most of it around my waste. Which, generally made me look pregnant most of the time anyway. Which is why I tried to avoid shirts that made me look pregnant.
Now, I wear those shirts because I can actually tell that I am rounding out in the middle. I am losing weight from most areas and it's turning into a basketball around my waste.
However, being 7 months along, 5'10" with very German roots, my belly is not protruding out like some of my friends who are 5' and carrying tiny babies (even though our body mass index or whatever was probably the same). I wish my belly would poke out like that, but my body is just not going to let it happen. I still have about 2 months left for it to do something, but otherwise, I still look like I'm only 4-5 months pregnant.
It's probably just my hormones talking, and being sensitive, but when I walk into work and a co-worker asks if I've lost weight, it's everything I can do to keep calm so I don't tell her, "Yes, I'm just starving my baby so he will have a low birth weight and I can have easy labor."
I am right there with you! I am carrying twins, and 34 weeks along and my body just doesn't look all that pregnant. Granted, I'm grateful that I can still see my feet pretty well, but I hate the comments of "you don't look like you're pregnant/carrying twins". I feel like a horrible mother because my body distributes weight differently than most. It can be very frustrating. Hang in there, though!!! We'll make it!
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