I want your "are you pregnant?" stories

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  • karabff
    karabff Posts: 98
    I get that question ALL time ( or at least when I am chunky-plus I am pre-menapausal so really ppl) as I carry 99% of my weight in my stomach-my reply is always the same-No I am just FAT-it shuts them up every time...
  • tinacrane
    tinacrane Posts: 134 Member
    Mine is a twins story too :) . My last pregnancy was twins and I weighed 128 and gained 80 pounds. They were 7 lb 6 oz and 6lb 12 oz and were delivered at least 2 weeks early. My prego belly was huge when I carried them and took a while to go down. They were just a couple weeks old and in their twin stroller and a lady approached me and said" Cute twins ! And pregnant again already!" Duh...tiny newborns and I am already pregnant enough to be showing again? Hello?..
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,674 Member
    I have been mistaken for being preggo many times. I have this pad of fat right on top of my pregnancy spot, still there four years after my last baby.
    I am not in the least bit offended, as pregnant women are quite beautiful.
    I don't mind that look at all.
    It is diminishing all the time, now that I have been eating at a deficit and lifting.
    In the meantime, call me pregnant if you want to ....I'll just smile at you:bigsmile:
  • lorimaas
    lorimaas Posts: 1 Member
    I am a very petite person and have had 2 children. I lost all the baby weight very quickly (not trying to brag). But my problem is that because I am a smaller person, and my son was an enormous baby, my stomach muscles suffered pretty extensive damage, and therefore can't really support my insides as well. I am now back to my regular weight (well, would still like to lose another 7 pounds - that is why I am here), but I always look like I have a "small baby bump" on my tummy. I look about 4 months along in the right shirt :(

    I try to hide this by wearing looser fitting shirts, sometimes an empire waist looks great, sometimes it accentuates the whole thing. This crazy woman in my office building who I've seen regularly for years exclaimed in the main lobby - "ARE YOU WITH CHILD!!!) With a huge grin on her face. I answered very harshly, no - and then went up to my office and cried. The only fix for me is a tummy tuck to sew the muscles back together (confirmed by a surgeon) - still trying to decide if I am brave enough, or vain enough to go that route.
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,674 Member
    I am a very petite person and have had 2 children. I lost all the baby weight very quickly (not trying to brag). But my problem is that because I am a smaller person, and my son was an enormous baby, my stomach muscles suffered pretty extensive damage, and therefore can't really support my insides as well. I am now back to my regular weight (well, would still like to lose another 7 pounds - that is why I am here), but I always look like I have a "small baby bump" on my tummy. I look about 4 months along in the right shirt :(

    I try to hide this by wearing looser fitting shirts, sometimes an empire waist looks great, sometimes it accentuates the whole thing. This crazy woman in my office building who I've seen regularly for years exclaimed in the main lobby - "ARE YOU WITH CHILD!!!) With a huge grin on her face. I answered very harshly, no - and then went up to my office and cried. The only fix for me is a tummy tuck to sew the muscles back together (confirmed by a surgeon) - still trying to decide if I am brave enough, or vain enough to go that route.
    Perhaps a little tummy work in the form of planks/pushups? This is what a trainer told me, in order to bring that particular set of muscles back toward midline. I have been working on that some:) Also any of the compound weight lifting also works the core. Mommies are beautiful, period:)
  • mcsteenie
    mcsteenie Posts: 31
    I got that question several times over the years. BUT the worst was recently. Twice IN ONE DAY I had two different people ask me "when I was due"and then my 4 y old if "she was exited about the new baby sister or brother." The worst part is this is AFTER i have lost 57 lbs. 0_o
  • Chinadorian
    Chinadorian Posts: 200 Member
    I was teaching preschool ages at a private school, my first teaching job, right after graduating college. Every afternoon around 3 the regular pick up time would find most of the teachers out on the playground with the kiddos and the parents would just stop by, chat and play for a bit and then take their kids. I was wearing a pair of my "no longer skinny, they're now just tight" jeans and my tummy at the time would sometimes hang a little bit when I would bend over, which happened frequently when helping my little tykes on the playground. I had one parent at this time of the day (always the fattest and most tired time of day for me) come up to me after watching me for awhile and she said, "Congratulations! I had no idea you were pregnant!"

    Yikes!....blank stare...um, thanks bu no thanks.

    I guess my growing pooch had signaled to her brain "insert foot in mouth". I played it off, especially since she was from another country where, I know, a faux pas like that is not considered as big a deal as it is in USA.

    Side note: Ive also been told by a child that I'm "comfy to sit on...just like a couch". Wow, thanks kid. They do not lie!
  • mom2mini
    mom2mini Posts: 19 Member
    I am pretty sure a lot of students in my college classes just thought I was getting fat through the semester because finally at the end (on finals day before the test) one of the students who usually sat next to me plucked up the courage to ask, "Are you pregnant?". I was 7 months pregnant. Even though I was all tummy I didn't start showing until the last two months, my son must of sat really far back. But then I got huge! Even a few of my professors congratulated me last day of classes! Still, I give props to the one student who was finally brave enough to ask.
  • jackie2866
    jackie2866 Posts: 62 Member
    About 2-3 weeks after my daughter was born, someone asked me "when are you due?" Oops. From that day on I packed up my maternity tops which I was still wearing for a little while because I had a c-section and was still sore.
  • Shayztar
    Shayztar Posts: 415 Member
    I was once told "Congratulations!" from a co-worker's husband at a Christmas party. He even patted my effing belly. To top it all off....I was literally drinking a glass of white WINE!

    People. Are. Dumb.
  • Chinadorian
    Chinadorian Posts: 200 Member
    I was once told "Congratulations!" from a co-worker's husband at a Christmas party. He even patted my effing belly. To top it all off....I was literally drinking a glass of white WINE!

    People. Are. Dumb.

    That is hilarious...wow. Sorry for the trauma
  • morningmud
    morningmud Posts: 477 Member
    I was once asked when I was due? I replied 11/17/92, which is my youngest son's dob.
  • agriffiths73
    agriffiths73 Posts: 108 Member
    It's better to see a pregnant woman standing on a bus, than a fat woman sat down. crying
  • Whiskybelly
    Whiskybelly Posts: 197 Member
    All I'm going to say is that it was the last time I ever wore a muumuu.
  • canelly
    canelly Posts: 731 Member
    I was working and this older lady asked me how many months I was....... I was in shock! I didn't wanna disappoint the lady so I said I was 4 months pregnant......; ( after that I went and cried like a lil girl......... And I wasn't even that big before...
  • bhberth0926
    bhberth0926 Posts: 2
    You're definitely not the only one! I have a list of them, but the absolute worst was when one of my customers at the bank I work for came in with a gift bag. Inside was a handmade knitted baby blanket and a card for the "happy mommy-to-be." Not only was I not pregnant, but we had been trying for months to no avail, so this was a double whammy. Of course, I cried for hours, but I didn't want to hurt her feelings by telling her, so I actually wrote her a thank you note! She realized later what she had done and apologized profusely, but I still call her the blankey lady.

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