to be sad I've taken almost zero photos since I've been pregnant?

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I'm almost 8 months pregnant and have had a tough pregnancy. Hyperemesis, high BP, fatigue, anomalies in scan, lots of worry, lots of stress.

Baby is nearly here and I'm starting to actually enjoy the last bit of pregnancy. I've realised however that I have taken almost no photos whilst I've been pregnant.

None of me and DP. Hardly any of me with a bump. I'm not a massive selfie fan and don't take endless photos (not on social media) but I would've liked to have taken some.

Did anyone else not take any photos? Am I being silly wishing I had taken some? I look like a whale now and am past that lovely 6 month mark.

AIBU to be upset about a few photos? Feeling a bit sad about it...

I don’t have any photos as I had a stressful pregnancy. It will be my only pregnancy. I do feel a bit sad, but then it’s only a bump?! You’ll have your lovely baby here before long to take lots of photos of

I think I have one throughout two pregnancies 😬

I don't generally tend to take photos of myself, let alone during pregnancy.

Nor do I really. I've never taken a selfie in my life other than once sneakily on the train when I wanted to see how big a giant spot on my face was!

I have one picture at 36 weeks. Awful pregnancy and frankly I don't want reminders.

It's lovely that you are starting to feel better x

Take them now! I only have a couple of pictures of me pregnant and it doesn't really bother me, but if you'd like them - take them! Don't think 'oh it's too late now' because then you'll regret that later when it is too late (ie when you're not pregnant any more!)

Thanks @AgathaMystery - I guess I'm not anticipating things going wrong so much anymore and am getting excited about meeting little one!

Take one now! Flattering lighting/angle etc, a bit of make up if that makes you feel more confident. Black and white can sometimes look better IME. My DC love looking at pictures of when they were in my tummy so def worth taking a couple, but you don’t need hundreds...

Start taking them now... I didn't much at the start either but they're much better with a big bump anyway! Ooh and the very best and most important one to take- the day you're going into the hospital, just before you leave the house! Because within hours (hopefully) the baby is on the outside and it's just really cool to compare before and after!

Ooh and the very best and most important one to take- the day you're going into the hospital, just before you leave the house! Because within hours (hopefully) the baby is on the outside and it's just really cool to compare before and after!

Yes, this is the only one I really wish I had! The latest picture of me I had when pregnant I was 8 months and I'm sure I got a lot bigger in those final weeks but I've already forgotten quite how much bigger, and it's only been two months!

It’s not too late though is it? By taking a couple now you’ll have captured it at its most dramatic anyway! Put on the outfit you feel best in and get DP to take a pic. Better yet get someone to take one of both of you. Hope the rest of the pregnancy goes well

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I would take some now too! I didn't get many. But got some when I was about 34 weeks with key family and friends at an event. I felt like a whale but they are so lovely. I don't look remotely how I felt in them and it's nice to look back and see how big your bump is etc.

Totally forgot to have one with DP , and I wish we had.

I hated photos of me being pregnant.
I hated being pregnant.

I loved growing my baby boy and feeling him kick and move round. I loved connecting with him in there and putting my hand on my bump.

I hated how my body changed. I hated how I looked. I did not receive a pregnant glow as they call it. I did not take many photos either. I think there's only a handful and most of them are photos other people took.

I took one selfie when I was 10 weeks? And the next one was when I was 37 weeks.

I'm glad I have those but I really got down about being the size of a small house.

I've got 3. And many unflattering ones of me in labour. I don't look back on them at all, but have hundreds of photos of my son now!

DH took loads of unflattering photos of me towards the end- they’re private and not shared on social media, but I love looking back at my massive bump and the constant pissed off expression on my face.

We have a proper laugh looking back at them now, and even the terrible ones of me puffing on gas and air and giving DH the finger as I was contracting bring back happy memories.

OP, I have one ! Yes one photo at the end of my pregnancy near Christmas that my brother took. I have no idea how or why this happened but it did - so don’t worry, just take them now.

I only had a couple taken pregnant with DD4 OP.

Very natural one of me in the kitchen at about 8 months hands on hips, laughing. Love that one. Another is of just my tummy (under a dress) with a post-it-note stuck on it saying ''[DD4 name] Inside''!

It makes us laugh now. And DD! I think any pics taken when i was less than huge wouldn't have been very interesting anyway.

Take some pics of the delivery room if you remember - when you walk in, a 'before' shot all neat and tidy - and 'after' shot - with you and baby - we did this. They're always very ... thought provoking :) !

Take some now then!

I didn't take many with my first really. DH took some, but mainly just day to day pics rather than capturing the bump etc. I forced DH to take loads when I was pregnant with my youngest. It was a horrible pregnancy with everything going on in my life. I'm glad he did. I look like a whale in most of them but I've got a huge smile with my eldest when he was little.

I have 2 or 3 photos of me whilst pregnant the latest at around 6 months. I had hyperemesis and hated being pregnant.

I sometimes feel sad about it, but equally I feel sad that I 'should' have enjoyed being pregnant.

Yep I have one at 35 ish weeks just before I went into hospital. I had pre-eclampsia so even though I lost nearly three stone I was swollen like a balloon.

Can’t temember any from my second pregnancy. It is upsetting. Mind you, like Cyw I hated being pregnant.

I was much the same. The only bump photos are ones I took for myself. Post baby's arrival the only photos are the ones the operating room tech took.

What really bit me and sadly still does was my ILs taking endless photos with 'their' baby and 'their' son with the comment of we don't want tired mummy spoiling the photos do we? DH went nuclear and it really spoilt some memories for us.

I wish I had put my foot down more but hey ho. I have dd and that is all that really matters.

I have no photos of when I was pregnant. Well I do, but I was only a few weeks pregnant and had a blouse tucked in my jeans so you'd never know.

I am actually really glad I don't have any bump photos, I didn't enjoy being pregnant and I definitely didn't feel very photogenic.

I have just one photograph of me pregnant. Selfies didn't exsist when I was expecting DD, and I was usually the one that had the camera.

I didn't. I don't see the need. Plus I hated being pregnant.