some of you requested an update on how the belly was growing. so much to my chagrin, here it is at 28 weeks. i’ve got the fat face and everything now. ugh. ignore the frizzy hair, this was after a day trip to the outdoor mall.
i had a oh-so-sweet lady tell me i was big and my baby was big, recently. it was exactly what i wanted to hear…. NOT. seems like you always have to have one person open their trap and say something stupid when you’re preggers. last time someone asked me if the doctor had mentioned anything about twins. really? did ya have to say that?
ok, i’ll ranting. i would love to hear your stories of what people said to you when you were preggers. it might make me feel a little better….
*and for your blogging safety, i would highly recommend NOT telling me how big or fat i am. these hormones are in full swing.*
Hi! I'm Linda, the craft addict behind Craftaholics Anonymous®, a craft blog. Crafting is cheaper than therapy, right? When I'm not DIYing something, I can be found taxiing around our 4 crazy kids or working out. Or shoe shopping... because you can never have too many shoes! Happy crafting! ♥
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yeah ok. i hope l look like that at 28 weeks. i was the biggest newborn ever. i am for sure my baby will get me back for what i did to its grandmother. you look great.
Well even if you hadn't threatened my safety, I would tell you that you look adorable – because you do! That shirt is too cute also! And tell those rude people that it's only a season, and that you're growing a wonderful little human in there so to BACK OFF! :) It really blows my mind what comes out of people's mouths sometimes!
you look adorable! People said the same to me too. Some idiot said to me once, "Do you have a basketball under there!" Yeah, he made my day!
You look great! My mother-in-law would tell me every month that I looked HUGE (yup..over and over) and then would proceed to say that I looked 2 months larger than I really was. Ex. if I was 5 months along she would remark that I looked like I was 7 months along. Needless to say…it caused some issues :)
My family took a trip to Disneyland in early December and my sister was pregnant. Many people asked her if she was trying to walk that baby out in the park. She wasn't due till the middle of March. Needless to say she was a little ticked off. I think you look great!!
I look more pregnant than you (and my "fetus" is 20 months old and no longer residing in my belly.)
You look great!
Uh… are you SURE you're 28 weeks pregnant? Cuz this is me at 23… http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii204/wamber_site/bellypic03.jpg
Seriously, I think your bump was the same size as mine when I was 16 weeks pregnant. There's hardly anything there!
At my baby shower on my due date and after I'd been in labor all day, several people told me I was still too small to have the baby. I also gained something like 50 pounds during my pregnancy. I went in that night and had a baby who was 9 pounds 2 ounces.
With my second daughter, people would ask me if I thought she would have red hair like the first one. Um, I ordered that, but who knows?!
Or it's always nice when people act like you have a baby every year, when you carefully space them out 2 1/2 years or more apart. One lady from church told me that every time she sees me it seems like I have a new baby. Maybe she didn't come enough then?
You look great. Just relax and know that most people don't think of insulting pregnant women.
I should add that I'm not currently 23 weeks pregnant.. that was from my last pregnancy, taken sometime in late fall in 2007.
I think you look great.. I'll be 28 weeks on Thursday and I feel big…. but you look awesome!! Don't listen to those who tell you otherwise!
Whatever, girl! I think you look absolutely adorable! And I don't know much about pregnancy, but I think you look really small for 28 weeks!
You look so small! I'm 22 weeks and look quite a bit bigger!
I carry all out front and have large babies for only being 5'1" so I got allll kinds of rude comments. I often got the, "are you having twins?" or "you must be due any day!" when I still had a month or two to go. My favorite though was my hands got too swollen to wear my wedding ring and since I'm so short people assume I'm younger than 24. One day a lady came up to me and told me I had to business having a baby "at my age," and that I should've been responsible and gotten married and finished high school first. I was surprised I didn't punch her.
Just after I had my first baby… my mother-in-law (whom I don't like anyways…) came to visit and to see our new baby. When I told her how much he weighed (7 lbs. 5 oz) she told me I looked like I was going to have a MUCH bigger baby then that! Gee thanks!! I now hate her even more!! I just had baby #3 10 months ago, and he really was a big baby (over 9lbs and 2 weeks early!) and everyone told me I looked like I was about to pop from about 7 months on. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I never looked as cute as you do at 28 weeks!!
You look awesome! Hope you are feeling well. I looked pregnant for months AFTER my last baby. Ick! XOXO
Ugh! I was working while I was pregnant and every day the mail man would walk in and EVERY day asked if I was pregnant with TRIPLETS. I eventually had to just leave the room when I saw him coming.
You look fabulous! Now I'm not a skinny girl by any means, but ON my wedding day… IN my wedding gown (in a public venue, aka the BEACH) I had a nice lady kindly ask me when I was due. This was BEFORE the ceremony. I looked at her and in my "I better not cry and ruin my make up" attitude, I kindly replied, I'm not pregnant, I'm just fat, but thanks for asking!
Sorry, I seriously do NOT see the fat face that you mentioned! Crazy girl! But I always hated when you would see a co worker or family member – someone you literally see daily and they would say "you are STILL pregnant" or "you have not had that baby yet"…what do you say to that? Ummm, nope I still have 2 months to go, THANKS! :)
You look happy!! I had people say 'are you sure you're just having one'? – I got that quite a bit. My first was over 9lbs so I was HUGE. My second was also over 9lbs..but I guess everyone was already used to seeing me as big as a house!!
Best of luck!!
lol Geeze! some people are soooo rude! As if being pregnant gives them license to comment abt your appearance!And then u get the "touchers"; the ones who don't know you but feel it's ok to touch a perfect stranger on the stomach! YOU LOOK FINE!
i've been following your blog for awhile, but haven't said anything yet – now i've got to! I'M 28 weeks too, and i am AT LEAST three times bigger than you. and it's my 2nd child, too. so really! don't let people telling you that you're big get you down, because you're SO NOT! can we trade, please?
I can totally relate. Last time I was pregnant I had someone (who shall remain nameless) going on about how she hated how everyone was always telling her to eat and how she was too skinny and why did everyone think they had a right to comment on her body shape, size, and health. Then this same person told me I was looking really big the VERY. NEXT. DAY. **rolling my eyes**
I was asked by a coworker if I was sure that there was only one baby in there. Uh…yah…I'm pretty sure. If only she saw me with my second baby…I was even bigger!
Oh my gosh girl! You do not have a the "fat face" and you're not huge. Some people are such idiots. I've never been pregnant, but I wear these XX hi converse (they go up to my knees) and someone always has to say something dumb. It makes me want to punch them in the face. hehe…I mean really, just because you think it, doesn't mean you have to say it. You look beautiful, don't let people bother you.
**hugs**
Thera Joyce
At 25 weeks we found out that our unborn son had a birth defect – he couldn't digest fluid. It caused ME to be the size of a full term pregnant woman! I had a ways to go and it REALLY sucked!
With my last pregnancy my friends MIL said, "You're ONLY seven months?!? WHOA! That's gonna be one BIG BABY."
I guess she was right since my daughter was 9 lbs, but GEEZ!
You look great.
Hee hee… my favorite story is when I was waddling around Target around 8 months prego. And the woman behind the jewelry counter just kept saying "Oh honey, oh honey!" I couldn't figure out what her deal was. SHe just looked at my belly and said, "I'm praying for you." She said like I was the essence of pure misery.
The janitor (man!) at the school I worked at continually said, "You look like a basketball!" And "You're sure you're not having twins?" and "You're due any day now, right?" and "You're HUGE!" All of these comments were while I was just in my SECOND trimester!!! People are just so stupid!
I ended up putting on 50 pounds, so the end I did look much more miserable than your pregnant cuteness!
I think you look beautiful! You look just as beautiful as your profile pic except you have a cute little tummy with a precious baby growing inside!
You are FAR from huge. I swear people do not know how to talk to pregnant women. I had a woman, working at a maternity clothing store no less, ask me if I was due soon when I was only 7 months. I wanted to strangle her. :P Chin up! You look radiant!
i just read a lot of comments! first off, i think you look GREAT! i am only 10 weeks right now and if i look that good at 28 i'll be happy!!! but it was a great post, cause now i at least know what to expect!!!
I heard a ton of comments, about how big I was, that I didn't gain enough weight and then I said I gained 40 lbs, and then it's too much weight…same woman! But the kicker has to be this time for our 3rd boy. A lady from church asked me if we knew what it was and I said yes boy #3, and she said "Oh that's terrible, I am so sorry. Maybe #4 will be a girl"
Someone didn't die, my baby has a penis, that's all! My Gracious!
And I have to say you look cute and not at all big! But i know when you are pg you feel huge and no amount of people telling you otherwise helps.
Oh my goodness, you look great and some people just do not know any different and when to keep their mouth closed. You look so cute. I had somebody tell me I look like I could pop anyday now and I still have about 6 weeks left. I told her I was not pregnant, I just had a big belly! You should have seen her face. Priceless, I told her I was just kidding,but sometimes you should not say anything at all if you are not sure and walked away. We are on such an emotional roller coster anyway, we for sure do not need somebody telling us stupid things. Geesh, some people.
I love following your blog and hope to see more updates on your cute LITTLE growing belly.
You are super teeny. I wouldn't even listen to them. I was showing like that at about 22 weeks. I ended up having an 11 lbs 1 oz baby. I had my boss tell me at 34 weeks that he could do what they do to cows and strap a chain around him and pull him out. I ended up being huge and miserable and had to go to 41 weeks. Best of luck to you and you look great!
I had twins. I was on bedrest for the last two months. But I would occasionally go to the store- because I was sure walking the aisles of Target would bring my blood pressure back down to normal.
The comments I would get! (and I should add I never measured large enough for twins, I just looked normally pregnant)
One man caught me on a particularly despairing day. He said, "Wow! You must be due any day now!" I managed to chuckle and tell him I wasn't due for another two months. When I got back in the car, I wept like a baby because I had TWO WHOLE MONTHS LEFT!
you are so incredibly NOT big! I look like that at 13 weeks, no kidding. :) When I was pregnant with my first, TWO people, not one, TWO asked if I was having MULTIPLES. Not twins, mind you, MULTIPLES. And when I said, uh, no one of them proceeded to tell me I looked just like a lady she worked with who had triplets. Sigh. I am short and have no torso. There is nowhere for the baby to go but out! OH, and then after my second was born, I went bra shopping with my mom and the cashier asked me when I was due and I said, Um, I had my baby 5 days ago. Thank you very much (I should have added.)
Some people are ridiculous. Next time I am pregnant I'm going to tell everyone who comments on how big I am that I'm having quintuplets and I'm actually looking pretty good for five. :)
You look fabulous! You wear pregnancy well.
Beautiful!!!
besides your hair color you look exactly the same as your profile picture. girl, your not fat and that belley is pretty teeny for being 28 weeks! your beautiful!! makes me want another,haha!
You look great! I'm often that size by 16 weeks so you should feel great. I got several are you having twins and you must be due any day by 7 months. Oh people really know how to make a girl feel good. but really you look adorable.
I hate to say this, but you look great! I look like that at 16 weeks! You look beautiful and I'm not seeing the fat in the face! Keep rocking the pregnancy. You are hot!
I think you look beautiful!
I'm 33 weeks and have a 1 & 2 and 1/2 year old. When I'm out pushing them in the double stroller I get everything from 'wow you're brave' to 'Are they ALL yours' to 'ever heard of birth control?'.
I just try to laugh it off…
You look wonderful.
I've been asked if I am pregnant when I am not – the hazards of being overweight.
Thankfully when I was having children, I was thin and so it was obvious in a good way!!
You look great! I just wish i looked half as cute as you when I am preggers. I think I'm almost that big at 6 weeks! haha
Ignore dumb people.
I'm actually 31 weeks preggo today. My little girl is 13 months… so her little brother will be only 15 months younger than her. Lately I can't help but get annoyed with everyone telling me how busy I'm going to be. Yes! It will be busy we presume! Everyone's always an expert when it comes to pregnancy I guess..:)
I happened to go into my hubby's office one day when I was about 25 weeks pregnant and the receptionist made a comment to me about how I must be due any day now. I replied, nope not for about 4 more months, and then she continued to argue with me about how my Dr. must be wrong about my due date and are you sure there aren't two babies in there. And really, that was only the tip of the iceburg. The comments continued well into my 41 weeks (yep, a week late with my last one!) of pregnancy, mostly about how big I was. Isn't that so pleasant to hear?!
We started a blog just for this reason… Things not to say to a pregnant lady. And go!
i recently had a lady say to me, "i didn't know you were pregnant, i just thought you were faaaaaaaaaa…."
Yeah, nice LOL :D
only 3 more weeks for me to go :D
you look great, love the top :D
Linda, you are smaller than me and we are just weeks apart! My second pregnancy, three days before I delivered an 18 year old-ish boy said, "WOW!!!! Are you having twins?!!!" I was actually quite small because I'm so tall I hold them internally. But he just couldn't get over how big I was. That didn't go over great as I was wobbling away! Teenage boys, sheesh! You look great!
I don't normally comment, but you are beautiful and do not look fat at all. Your current picture is next to your regular pic on the side and I cannot tell a difference whatsoever! Some people are down right rude! I think you look amazing and tiny! Oh my! I too had the twins comment it's ignorant.
I am only 17 weeks and you are the same size as me!! You are TINY (in my opinion!) for being 28 weeks!! I hope that small at 28 weeks!
You are just beautiful…such a cool thing to be pregnant. Ignore the comments of those "well wishers"!
I think you're tiny and adorable! I'm in my first trimester and rock a bigger belly then that at the end of a long day eating everything in sight hoping it will ease my morning sickness. Ugh…I look forward to the stupid people. Maybe I should start carrying mace and give them a quick squirt. What do you think?