To not understand why women do this?

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Why do alot of pregnant women feel the need to take pictures of their bump in their underwear? Or just in their pants holding their boobs with one arm? I don't get it! You can still see the bump if you are wearing trousers. I am pregnant myself, with my third and have never felt the need to do it so I just don't get why some women do it and then put them on the web for any tom dick and harry to look at?

Everyone is different!

"AIBU to not understand why not all women do this?" could be someone else's thread title because everyone lives life differently.

Why do you even care?

There's lots of things I don't feel the need to do, but other women want to. It's up to them and none of my business really.

Spitting vs swallowing for eg.

:)

I don't mind it generally but I don't understand the holding your boobs with your arms. A picutre in your pants and bra would be the same thing.

I've taken a pic of my bump every month, I like to see the changes and it's much more obvious when in my underwear. I never post it on the net though!

Well... to those saying why would they put the photos on the Internet: there's a sticky at the moment on the Pregnancy board asking for bump photos so some people are probably responding to a request.

I've never taken a pants only or naked bump shot, in fact I never took a bump shot at all until this pregnancy (DC3) and I took a clothed one to upload to my antenatal bus. We were having a conversation about bump sizes.

A friend of mine used to upload a new bump photo to FB every week of her pregnancy with her hands forming a heart-shape in front of the bump which I will admit I found tedious.

It is really important to be done after the 20th week, after you have emptied the fridge lol
you can see then by the shape of ur bump whether it is going to be boy or a girl (if you wanna know of course)

I kind of get it, when I was pregnant with DS from about month 5-7 I felt so beautiful, more so than I ever have at any other time in my life, and I wish I had done something like this before month 7-9 completely destroyed my body with extra skin and stretch marks.
That said even if I had done it would have been a private photo for me and DH, and would never have been shared or displayed in the house etc.

but I don't understand the holding your boobs with your arms.

Cos that's what Demi did and they're speshul like Demi.

You have to do something with your hands, you can't leave them just hanging there.

Ditto boobs.

I did and I even had a plaster cast taken of my boobs and bump which I have proudly displayed on my bedroom wall. It's painted gold and looks like a work of art, very tasteful.

I think it is because we all have smart phones now, so don't have to face the embarrassment of getting our pics developed in Boots. It's nice to chart the changes as the pregnancy progresses.

Mind, smart phones are also responsible for the rise in cock pics ( if you'll parden the pun), so not all good!

I felt no urge to do that myself, but it definitely beats the years in Western culture when you were supposed to faint from mortification if someone even mentioned you were pregnant, and then confine yourself to home as soon as your delicate condition began to show.

What exactly is so irritating about a naked female body in a self-posed, self-edited, self-broadcast image? Is it because they're pregnant? Would a non-pregnant bikini shot be okay? No? Any guidance on how much skin is acceptable, then? Let's establish some firm ground rules.

And if it's just narcissism that annoys and perplexes you, then best stay away from social media. Almost every 'why...?' question about pictures people post online can be answered: 'because I'm happy with how I look in this image'. It's not very complicated.

I had a sudden panic in the hospital after realizing I had no photos of my bump. Dh duly obliged. The result is me looking every bit like someone who's been in intense pain for 14 hours accompanied by 5 minutely vomiting for 12 of those with the gas and air thing clenched in my fist as if my very life depended on it, which of course at that point it did. It's not one for the family album though the bump is impressive and I can't believe I ever looked like that

Seriously, what is it to you what other women do?

There is no need at all for you to "get it"!

YABU.

Oh, yuck, half-naked pregnant women, underwear, bobs, gross.

Is that what you're looking for OP? Also, what's an 'insecure app'? Does it have body hangups?

and what makes you think every person who does this shares the same reason for doing it?

There may well be as many reasons as there are naked bumps.

I don't really get why people start dumb threads like this, but whatever, they do!

We had pictures taken when I was (very heavily!) pregnant and I wore a black vest top and denim skirt and they are some of my favourite ever pictures of me! The photographer did ask if I wanted to get my bump out but I really didn't! Some of us are made for nudey photos. I'm not! Whatever floats your boat!

Just common or garden narcissism isn't it, bet some folks will start photographing the contents of their toilet bowl soon.

Why not?

It's no more objectionable than the men who post all the Crossfit pictures in their pants or the Forever Living bots who post detox pants pictures.

It's really personal choice.

Meh. I had professional pregnant bump shots taken because I looked amazing at 36 weeks. Updated my profile picture with one of me side on covered in flowing breezy chiffon. Couldn't give a tiny rats ass if people can't "understand" why others do it.
That may be unpalatable to some but then I don't spend any time posting photos of my food, shite minion memes, inspirational photos or annoying status updates about how blessed I am... (Shrug)

I did this

Pregnancy hormones made me believe I was, and looked like, an awesome goddess

Don't be embarrassed babyganoush I bet you looked awesome