Feeling hideous!

[RBM9]

So... I know this sounds like a huge moany rant *and I am so elated to be pregnant but I feel absolutely hideous. I am 17 weeks tomorrow and have gained 10 pounds already and have developed pregnancy acne (at the last count I had about 50 spots all over my face.) I feel so fat, bloated and generally meh... I know these changes are supposed to be embraced and all part of pregnancy but the above coupled with sickness everyday and general exhaustion aren’t the easiest to embrace as you all probably know. So if anyone else just fancies joining in my moany rant please do. (P.s I am normally a positive/happy/less grumbly person, but thought I’d write this all on here rather than bugging my husband/friends again with my general “moaniness!”)

I feel like a vile underground troll☹️
my skin is bloody awful,
Ive not stopped sneezing for whole 26 weeks ive been pregnant
i pee myself if i sneeze too hard,
The pregnancy waddle has begun

Pregnancy Glow?! It must be a myth!

@nikkil123 haha! A “vile underground troll” can I steal that one? The struggle is real.

RBM9 of course! Welcome to the club! 😏

I'm literally 10 Tonne Tessie, I just look fat not pregnant, I'm 19 weeks so nothing fits, even my face is fat! All reasonably priced maternity clothes are frumpy and disgusting. I have spots and can't stop burping. Where is my glow!!

Oh @babydreamer1 it’s as if I’ve written your post! I feel exactly the same - I don’t have a huge bump, so just look fat. I’m looking at pictures from my honeymoon last summer and thinking what has happened to my body? I already gained a stone post wedding/honeymoon and then another 10 lbs during the 17 weeks pregnant. I’m feeling very whale-pig!

Boohoo have loads of cheap maternity clothes! And they don’t look like something your man would wear to a wedding 👍🏻

I look and feel like a boiled potato. Hair and nails aren't lush, they've stopped growing. Permanent acid and heartburn, legs like cottage cheese. Had to jump up and down at my scan yesterday to get the baby in a better position and my thighs made a clapping noise.
I had plans to eat a lovely vegetarian diet and get plenty of exercise throughout pregnancy but all I want to eat is cereal and all I can do in my spare time is sleep! None of my clothes fit because I'm still just fat

Vampirethriller everything I have just read from you has seriously cheered me up. Because I am in the exact same position. I don't know who these thighs belong to but surely they are not mine

Cheers to all us Boiled Potatoes 🍸🍷🍻

My twin pregnancy was FUCKING DREADFUL from the start, with the exception of about 5 weeks in the middle where I felt fantastic. I hated feeling like that because I’d wanted kids for a very long time but that doesn’t stop it from being miserable if your body doesn’t react well to pregnancy. I was a sweaty, exhausted, swollen, nauseous mess who couldn’t walk, eat or sleep. Glowing pregnant women in floaty dresses gave me the rage.

Oh and my hair fell out, starting week 8. The front half of my head was heading for bald before I even had them. So I figured I wouldn’t get any hair loss after they were born - WRONG!

I love my boys, totally worth it, but my pregnancy was the best contraception known to man.

I'm 28 weeks, also very elated to be pregnant, planned, loving DH, house etc but I have to say that I HATE pregnancy!!

I've just been looking through old photos.... I used to be fun, I used to be slim, I used to drink wine, I used to love fish and chips, I used to have energy. Now I'm fat, moody, constantly tired, nauseous and vomiting all the time, never want to go anywhere or do anything. Sobs

Oh ladies! I can’t tell you how much you’ve cheered me up reading your posts. My thighs are like cottage cheese too and I am totally feeling the potato vibe. I tried one of my size 8 “going out dresses” on last night (just to see) and I couldn’t get it past my knees. I’m going for my gender scan today, so hopefully that will cheer me up!

rbm9 all my non pregnant clothes have been banished to the back of the wardrobe because it was just adding another thing to cry about every time i opened the wardrobe was a reminder of when i used to be a lot less troll like!! Good luck with the scan! Xx

And just to really cheer you up,
yesterday OH asked me how soon after baby arrives will i be going back to the gym!! I was like ummm well as soon as i feel able to i guess, he said "ok GOOD" how i didn't give him a black eye is beyond me!!

Only 6 weeks and this morning I woke up and said 'I feel like sht, I look like sht, It's all sh*t - you get pregnant!' to my husband.

Anyone used anything for their acne that works? Dermalogica is doing nothing for me.

My husband has confiscated all pre-pregnancy clothing! He thinks I don't know where they are... they're in the loft. Bless.

I can't wait to not feel so fat, so hormonal and unstable, so sick and so tired all the time!

I only had 1 task for the day... collect the car from the garage. I've failed in my task, DH has gone. In all seriousness, I have MASSIVE respect for people who do this whole pregnancy thing without DP/other support. HOW DO YOU DO IT!!!???

I thought I felt fat when I was pregnant - hahahah! Since I stopped bfing I can’t shift a pound of weight, at least when I was pregnant everything was taut, and I looked small in relation to my bump!

What better way to cheer yourself up at feeling fat/troll/potato like?! Make a huge chocolate cake and eat until you forget why you started 😂😂

I really don't understand the thigh thing. There's no baby there, so why are they suddenly so fat?! I actually had to buy special cycling short knickers the other day to stop them rubbing together. Pregnancy is so dignified.

For acne I've always used Simple cleanser and toner and slept with a light coating of sudocrem all over my face! Sounds crazy... you'll look like Casper but it does work 👍

Ah my people. I am feeling like a cellulite ridden, very grumpy whale. I'm already massive and people are actively shocked im only 16 weeks and yes I'm certain it's only one. The next person to say so risks very real injury.