"getting fat" during pregnancy

[mimosas]

I feel the same and was thinking exactly the same when I read that. I think it's different to say you aren't looking forward to getting so big, but calling it fat rubs me terribly the wrong way.

[sunflower22]

Yeah, and a lot of women just have a lot of fluid retention while pregnant, not fat. I'm short and have a small torso so I anticipate blowing up like a balloon lol!!

[Deleted]

You know those stupid ads on facebook, to the right of your news feed? Over the last few weeks mine has has a picture of a pregnant lady doing stretches, and the caption says "Banish belly fat!" I'm sure it's a glitch, but it drives me crazy.

I'm nervous about weight gain during pregnancy. I'm at the upper end of my healthy range now (and trying to get back down), but I worry a little bit about pregnancy gain putting me way above my healthy range and not being able to get back down after....probably irrational, but still makes me nervous.

[winecheery]

I can only presume you're referring to my comment in the previous thread? I feel like explaining.

I hear you guys, but to me, I know I will feel like I'm fat even tho it's normal and healthy to gain a certain amount of baby weight while there's, you know, A BABY inside you! But it's just my way of talking.

I don't think pregnant women are fat. I think I will look and feel fat in my own body, and that's why I refer to it as "getting fat."

[winecheery]

Sept 15, 2012 9:17:35 GMT -5 AutumnRose25 said:

Winecheery- I wasn't trying to *single* you out, I promise

Your comment did spur my post, but it's not because of your comment, does that make sense?

As I have been talking with girlfriend/ internet peeps I have noticed that a lot of women talk like this and it saddens me

Don't get me wrong, I DO worry about my weight/apparance after pregnancy but I would hope that pregnancy is the one time that a woman can embrace her body without worrying about appearance

Gotcha. Thanks.

As to the bolded, I really wish that were true of me. My personality is not as such, and I don't anticipate being that way tho. I wish I was less concerned sometimes, but I think that for me, spending a good chunk of my life in skin fitting dance attire makes me overly obsessed with how my body looks and feels...and I unfortunately don't think it'll change when I'm pregnant.

I know it IS a little sad

[thoseareradishes]

I have been trying to gain weight since TTC, since I'm a little underweight, and I'm pretty happy with the few pounds I've been able to put on. I wonder how I will feel about gaining significantly more, since I have always been thin.

[imoan]

Coming from someone who has a friend who is currently taking the whole "eating for two (grown size adults, apparently)" thing super literally... It's not always just the baby. Sometimes it is "getting fat" because some people use pregnancy as an eating and lazy free-for-all. We end up with people like Jessica Simpson who thought 80 lbs of water weight was literally going to come out when her water broke if we're not a litttttle more honest about sometimes it being plain old fat.

[iamgrace]

When I was pg with Henry, my BIL made a comment around 25weeks. He said. Wow, you sure are starting to get fat. I almost ripped his head off.