i'm 16 weeks tomorrow and have been taking weekly belly shots. but now i'm wondering if i've been doing them all wrong.
if i relax my belly, i can look like i'm 6 or 7 months pregnant. belly is fully round. if i suck it in, i just look like i have a thick waist.
so do you suck in your belly for photos, or not?
eggplant / 11287 posts
I think I pushed it out early on when I wanted to look more pregnant.
Towards the end when I looked huge, I started sucking it in.
pomelo / 5321 posts
I always tried to relax and not suck in or push out. I did catch myself sometimes but would always take multiple pictures.
papaya / 10570 posts
I have this problem!! I have no idea when to post bump pics on here because, with my already pregnant-looking belly and the extreme amount of gas/bloating I'm rocking right now, I'm already filling full panel maternity jeans at 10 weeks!!! I'll be waddling by the second trimester at this rate! Eek!!!
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
I didn't. But it's hard not to, it's a natural reaction when you're taking a picture!
I remember going on our babymoon when I was 9 months pregnant. We went to the beach and when I walked out of the pool I was sucking it in. I had one those huge, people always ask you if you're having twins, bellies. There's no sucking that in!
pineapple / 12793 posts
I let it all hang out. I figure I spent 31 years sucking it in for photos that I should live it up while I can!
blogger / cherry / 192 posts
one of my favorite things about pregnancy is NOT sucking in! i usually just relax and it is what it is
cantaloupe / 6730 posts
I read a blog yesterday, where the girl took weekly bump pictures. She had been told that you can't suck in the pregnancy bump, so she took two pictures - one with sucking in and one without. It was interesting to see when when the bump wasn't "suckable". I decided that I'm going to suck it in, because I want my bump to be baby, not fat/bloat (got enough of those kind of pictures!)
apricot / 423 posts
@Grace: that sounds interesting. link? i'd like to see those pictures.
bananas / 9973 posts
@Grace: That does sound interesting!
I don't suck it in, and definitely can't if I tried now at 30 weeks! But posture makes a big difference. If I kind of slump, belly looks much bigger! In the beginning I think I even pushed out my stomach sometimes.
pomelo / 5331 posts
I don't suck it in or push it out. I want an accurate representation of what I actually look like that week so I can see any progression. Sometimes I'll take one with my maternity panel up and one with it down, because my panel makes me look smaller.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
I hold it in- like ab muscles engaged but not a full suck in. I'm only 9 weeks so the bump is just carbs right now-- no need to accentuate that. I didn't realize you could suck in a real preggo belly!
cantaloupe / 6206 posts
Haha, I always debated about this. I let it rest somewhere in the middle (like normal posture) - if I sucked it in too much, you could see the edge of my ribs, which looked totally unnatural. But I wouldn't relax my abs entirely either, I'd try to just find somewhere natural in the middle!
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
Oh yeah I totally did up until about 20 weeks. Especially in the 1st trimester since that was all bloat.
apricot / 423 posts
sounds like i could go either way ...
would love to hear more responses!
pineapple / 12053 posts
like @oliviaoblivia i figure now is my chance to let it hang out!
cantaloupe / 6730 posts
@softcream: @shopaholic: Found it! http://www.babykerf.com/week-by-week/
apricot / 423 posts
@Grace: thank you! crazy, i'm having almost the same belly progression as her. probably because we are similar in height and have about the same build. yay! i'm going to read her blog each week now.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
I just relaxed! My belly was teeny tiny so I'd pushed out rather than suck it in!
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
I sucked it in in the beginning because I was soooo bloated! After 20 weeks, I stopped sucking it in (which is probably why the next picture looks like I popped, haha).
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