essex You have my sympathy. People just don't get that you may feel a certain way about yourself that is different from what they see. I think they are probably just trying to reassure you though. And it is so hard to keep the weight off when your body is just telling you to 'eat, eat, eat'! I don't weigh myself anymore.
I am always either complaining that I feel fat and unattractive (when my bump's around) or worrying that something's wrong (when the bump does its hiding act). DH keeps unhelpfully pointing out how irrational I'm being. I know it's irrational but I feel it anyway!!! He needs to get that!
The last week been feeling OK except for tiredness and stretching pains. Until yesterday anyway. Then I developed a nasty headache and the nausea came back. Totally unexpected. I went to see the Bond film with DH and had to leave twice during it to go and throw up. Then came home and had simultaneous vomiting and nose bleed! I actually did start laughing because it was so mad! Today I am a lot better though the headache is still rumbling around.
Does anyone else have a 'disappearing bump'? Some days there's a pretty big bump to the point where people have started noticing, even through baggy clothing. When the bump is around I feel kind of fat and strange and I can feel it stretching but at the same time I feel kind of proud and reassured, that the baby is in there and growing.
Then sometimes, especially if I wake up to find I've been sleeping on my back again (I try my side but end up shifting in my sleep), the bump is almost completely gone. Then I get really upset and want it back! I think I have started to feel flutterings though. That makes me feel better!
Well, I guess this is all pretty trivial really but it feels better to have written in down and shared it!
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