Show off that bump, baby!

Yet another article about mothers that mentions Seven jeans in the first paragraph.

I agree Angelina is beautiful, but just exactly who are these Frump Mothers Extreme who wore Winnie the Pooh Overalls to begin with?

Perhaps I'm just going off on a rant today, but I am seriously irritated with all of the Hip/Hot/must always be sexy Mother crap I keep reading about here and elsewhere.

I was so not Angelina-Jolie- pregnant, and neither was anyone else I know. I also do not know any 30 something mother to be who wore smiling cows. Not in my generation OR in my mothers.

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Wow, what a compliment to be Angelina Jolie pregnant! I feel like I hold my own pretty good, but at 21 weeks, I can't help feeling frumpy some days, no matter how hard I try. I think not sleeping well, having a stretching belly and a zapped energy level play a huge role in that, though. It may be more of a feeling internally, rather than an external thing. Probably some of both. I do enjoy dressing up and looking pretty, and I even feel more feminine sometimes with my round belly and fuller breasts. Plus, many pregnant women have a glow about them that adds to their appearance and the whole mystique of motherhood that is so appealing.

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I agree with Karrie - not all friends have been incredibly stylish when pregnant, but I haven't known any to wear Winnie the Pooh or Cows. Hmmm...

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Now if only everyone could handle a boob hanging out during breastfeeding...

I found I felt beautiful for the first time ever when I was pregnant. And it showed. But I too find some of this "hip" mom crap just to be another version of a fad. And being a "plus" size mom, that "sexy stuff" doesn't come my way unless I pay through the nose. It's kinda hard to feel sexy if I can't afford it.

She made it look easy. THAT made me jealous.

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Where was the water retention on that girl? I worked out through the whole pregnancey and still retained tons of water.

Anway. I did not feel sexy during pregnancy. Mostly because I felt so big, but...

I did feel sexy a week or so after the baby was born. I was sooo curvy with a belly and hips and big old boobs. I felt like a Greek Sculpture.

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Okay, am I the only person who doesn't think Angelina is all that pretty? I mean, sometimes she looks attractive. But for the most part, I think she's unattractive and I can think of plenty of other women to be envious of!

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"We" never thought otherwise!

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Really it was Demi who broke the barrier in the early 90's. There have women who remained hip while pregnant for a fairly long time. There were plenty of us grunge gals wearing band tee shirts & overalls or vintage dresses while preggers back then. We were broke, but hip, in fact we were hip without nowhere near the amount of belly skin you see now!

Now that there is so much money in it, that's why the media is paying attention. When I was pregnant with my 1st I wore motorcycle boots ('member those?) nearly every day.

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With my last two pregnancies I just stretched my t shirts over my bulging belly. I felt so much better and yes, maybe a tad bit sexy in *normal* clothes rather than the tents I wore during my prior pregnancies.

What a great compliment you got, you must look fabulous.

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