I want your "are you pregnant?" stories

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...

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:

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:)

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!

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.

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

It's better to see a pregnant woman standing on a bus, than a fat woman sat down. crying

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...