Pregnant and Overweight/Overweight Moms

I am a newbie to this message board. I am 22 years old and 15 weeks pregnant.  Right now I weight 275.

I am having one of those days today where I am just so bummed because in the expecting board I am a part of everyone is showing off their belly bumps and I am showing nothing.  I guess maybe I need to start taking some pictures so I can notice small changes but my clothes fit exactly the same and according the dr I am actually loosing weight so I don't think there is really any change to notice yet. It is frustrating because I want people to know that I am pregnant but I don't want to go around talking about it all the time...I wish it would just be obvious. How did you ladies deal with that?

I look forward to being a part of this board and chatting with all of you ladies.

Make a pregnancy ticker

Hey there! I'm also new to the boards. It was suggested to me by a good friend after going to many boards that were full of drama and in no way supportive or helpful.

I'm right there with you, girl. I'm 17 weeks along with #2 and although I definately feel pregant I don't look pregnant. Just fatter...which is always a confidence booster! I'm really worried about how uncomfortable I will be at the end of this pregnancy. I'm very cautious not to overeat however that excersize thing is really hard for me!

Sorry I don't have much advice...just support.

love to all~ Ashleigh.

ps. why can't i get my cool pictures and pregnancy ticker to show with my posts? what am I doing wrong??

well 1st off let me say Congrats and welcome to the board.. good to have some new faces here...

one well this is your 1st pregnancy so it's just going to take longer for you to really show..my 1st I didn't really start to show till i was almost 6mos pregnant and it allll depends on where baby is laying inside of you my 1st was very more inside me so I didn't feel him a whole lot, my second was very more outward and down low.. and my 3rd was out but high.. so really it just all depends on how you carry the baby.. now the people on your board is this their 1st pregnancy or there 3rd and so forth.. don't look at where you are not with them.. you'll do nothing but put yourself not to standards and well that just sucks to do that.. enjoy this time it goes by soooo fast and people will know soon enough you have a bundle of joy in you.. I don't know but i loved to tell people I was expecting it made it all that more real for me! So i say tell the world!! and as for the weight it's great your not gaining.. that is really a blessing.. gaining does NOT = baby belly.. sooo enjoy this!!