s/o post baby bodies, Do girls "steal your beauty"

[auberge]

More than one person has said that when you have a girl, "they steal your beauty". What do you think?

[auberge]

I'm telling you people do say this. That having a girl is more difficult i.e weight gain, bouncing back etc. from then a boy.

[cinco]

Not true for me! Looking back at pictures from my pregnancies, I looked much better when I was pregnant with the girls, than with DS. My skin was a wreck with him.

[cinco]

May 17, 2012 13:51:35 GMT -5 chilerellanos said:

People say such weird things lol. For the record, nobody told me this after I had my girls, which is good. I would have been mighty pissed off if they had

Seriously, tell a p/g mom or pp mom that they essentially look like crap. I did start getting gray hair after having my daughter though. Here I thought it was age, but it may have been my daughter stealing my beauty.

[Deleted]

It was harder to bounce back from my son (#3) than it was from my first two (both daughters). I'm going to go with no.

[slug*bug]

Hmm...well, the not bouncing back as quickly, etc., was true for me after DD, but...

...I was two years closer to 40 with her than with DS. And really, I'm sure her brother deserves at least part of the blame for this loose belly skin.

[zeewifeandmama]

Well, while technically I *look* better with this pregnancy ( and I have stayed healthier..ie no pre eclampsia or PIH) I have gained MORE weight. I have no idea how I am going to bounce back but I suspect any quickness in that process will be the result of also chasing a toddler. During my first pregnancy ( girl) I had an old lady tell me that she could tell that I was having a girl because they "steal your beauty" I seriously cried..thats a shitty thing to say to a pregnant lady!

[Deleted]

I've had 3 girls so I must be hideous now if this is true...maybe I am & just in denial--lol. But really I don't think so--Everyone says I still look the same as I did in HS in amazement...HS was 20yrs ago.

[Brie]

I'm having a boy and I look fan-damn-tastic.

Kidding. I had some acne in first tri, and I feel Jessica Simpson huge already. My face feels pregnant. But my hair looks awesome. So, it could go either way.

I feel like the only appropriate way to judge this is to have a PIP bump thread.

[h]

It's just an old wive's tale. Though I will admit that it has proved oddly true among my group of friends (not after, but during pregnancy--the girl mom's have tended to put on more weight and have tended to gain all over as opposed to the basketball belly thing).

[mie]

I've heard this saying before. I have 3 girls and looked the same during my pregnancies. I had no issues losing the weight with the first, but this time around it's been challenging. I chalk that up to me being older and not exercising.

[Deleted]

I don't know but if it does happen it's not permanent. My mom has three daughters and isn't an ugly hag or anything.

[starlily]

I know it's just a OWT, but I seriously did feel ugly my whole pregnancy. And my girl is gorgeous so of course she stole my beauty!

I don't think the theft was permanent though.

[drloretta]

May 17, 2012 13:49:29 GMT -5 auberge said:

I'm telling you people do say this. That having a girl is more difficult i.e weight gain, bouncing back etc. from then a boy.

Not true for my mom. I was her first, and while she gained a lot of weight (mostly water weight), she got her body back very quickly. By her 3rd kid (boy BTW) she was taking quite a while to get back into shape.

[Deleted]

May 17, 2012 14:42:05 GMT -5 chilerellanos said:

May 17, 2012 14:41:07 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

I don't know but if it does happen it's not permanent. My mom has three daughters and isn't an ugly hag or anything.

Your mom is gorgeous!

Thanks! She really did rock that dress. I was slightly jealous.

[lemondrop]

I only have a girl, but my fat face did make me look ugly towards the end of my pregnancy. A friend is noticing her hair and skin are worse during her boy pregnancy than they were during her girl pregnancy, so I say OWT.

[agb2008]

It was true for me. With my sons I didn't gain as much and wasn't as puffy as I was with my daughter. I had it bad with her mostly in my face.

[hannamarin]

People guessed constantly that I must be having a boy because I looked so good (AW) during my pregnancy. To the point that some crazies assumed that someone got it wrong and that it wasnt a girl. That I might be the small percent that would be surprised at birth
I had to tell them "amnio, 100%"

[Brie]

May 17, 2012 15:10:00 GMT -5 @msstarry said:

Brie - I saw your HDBD (I lurk on September every now and then since I'm due 10/1). You look good. My bump is pathetic mainly because my ginormous boobs overwhelm the appearance of everything else.

Thanks, dude. I feel generally huge, but I guess that's kind of the point right now.

A CW remarked today, "you're really blossoming nicely, aren't you?" and I was like . I felt like she was going to start talking to me about getting my period for the first time or something.

[tardyfortheparty]

May 17, 2012 13:51:09 GMT -5 cinco said:

Not true for me! Looking back at pictures from my pregnancies, I looked much better when I was pregnant with the girls, than with DS. My skin was a wreck with him.

This for me as well...tons of acne w/DS, clear skin w/ DD. I also gained less weight w/DD.

[aspentosh]

My skin was horrible during pregnancy with my DD but is much better now. And I had no issue with weight gain during or loss after pregnancy. So partially true maybe?

[brit1017]

I looked better during my girl pregnancy- I gained less weight overall and had less health issues (had pre-e with DS that made me swell really bad). I have a feeling that the "stealing the beauty" part will come in her teenage years- I can see myself losing a lot of sleep over this one... Bring on the gray hairs!

[protozoa]

NQB you have such a pretty family!!

::Child free weirdo ducks back out of moms' board::

[Deleted]

May 18, 2012 9:20:29 GMT -5 protozoa said:

NQB you have such a pretty family!!

::Child free weirdo ducks back out of moms' board::

Thanks!

[badtzmaru22]

My skin has always been blah, but aside from that, I never felt so pretty and confident about my looks as when I was pregnant, and I had a girl.

[rootbeerfloat]

I've heard this OWT, moreso during my first pregnancy, which was a boy. I was more attractive when I was pregnant with DD.

[vegas]

I look dreadful right now. Last pregnant I gained 22 pounds, I'm almost up that at 26 weeks.

I think this is true, or at least that's what I keep telling myself!

[bunch]

Im pretty sure that I look better than predd. We'll see what happens when my boobs deflate.

[wanderlustmom]

Well it may be an old wives tale but it was true for me, granted I was two years younger.

With DS, I gained 40 pounds, but all in my stomach and the rest of me stayed cute. I had a huge basketball out front, my skin was glowing, I still exercised a lot, no real fatigue or morning sickness.

With DD, I also gained the same but I gained a lot of it in my arse. I looked like a watermelon, my skin was dry and dull with age spots and I was tired.