What is your take on someone who is fit but has a fair amount of stretch marks (from pregnancy) on their stomach/sides wearing a bikini? Or do you think they should just give in and wear a one piece or tankini?
I’m not asking about weight… I’m saying if someone has a nice body but has stretch marks. Sorry for the confusion! I might repost this with a pic in a few days.

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I used to be a size 14-16. Then i had my daughter and I am now a size 22. Where can i get plus size skinny jeans? I have a petite frame and thin slender legs. The only fat about me is my stomach which is combined with baby weight and PCOS has caused me to be a size 22. & I can’t get them anywhere !! Helppppp !!!

Thanks x

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So, I’m 7 months pregnant with our first child. Before I was pregnant, I had a pretty perfect body. 5’6" 120 pounds, 34C. Well, now that I’m preggo…my husband hates my body. It really hurts my feelings. The other day he was looking at old pics and said.."wow you used to be hot." GRRRR!!!! I was like what do you mean "used to be?" He said well, you still are, you’re just pregnant.
And then he said he gave me a compliment, and why was I being so Bit**y?

Then, today, I had on a pair of jeans. I asked if I looked ok for work. He said, "Where did you get those pants?" I said, "your sister"…they aren’t maternity…they’re size 4, editor jeans (kinda wide leg baggy.)

Anyways, he said, "oh, I’m use to you wearing tight skinny jeans…I said, "I know, but I can’t get those up over up hips…I tried." They’re a size 26 waist, with no give in them.

So, I’m really sensitive about all this. I can’t help it that I’m gaining weight…I incubating a baby! OUR baby. He hates how large my boobs have grown, they are now a 34ddd, huuuuge I know. He hates my round stomach. He won’t touch me in any way.

What do I do?

How do I deal?

All I want to do is cry…

Oh, and I have a photographer begging me to do preggo pics…but it’s like I don’t even want to now, bc I won’t feel beautiful when being photographed.

Please help advise me on what to do.

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I am 11 weeks and 1 day pregnant with my second child and while I can no longer fit my normal pants due to my growing stomach and widing hips already I am wondering when other started to show. According to some of my close friends I still look great and cant even tell I am pregnant, even though I am in maternity clothes 90% of the time. How was it with your second baby? When were you in maternity clothes and how much were you showing? When did you finally feel the baby kick? Like I said second and or more babys please respond!

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NOT frumpy dumpy stuff. Did you wear cute VS yoga pants?? and stuff like that? I was just wondering i was on this website looking at maternity clothes (even though i’m not pregnant so its kinda pointless… but still it was fun) and Forever 21 has a maternity line which Forever 21 has super cute clothes in general so of course their maternity line is super cute too. Anyways when i get pregnant I cannot WAIT to show off my bump lol i’ll wear yoga pants (because they have a stretchy top) and cute tight shirts that are tight but still cover my stomach and then jeans and UGGS (if its winter, or cold outside) idk everything that I will wear but I think pregnancy is a good reason to just go on a shopping spree! When do you usually show when you get pregnant?? I want to lose a ton of weight (I’m 5’6” and 125 so I am not fat or anything) but I want to be like 115 when I get pregnant so my bump will show more and be really cute and compact you know??
I am grown up.. I’m 20, and I am just A FASHION FORWARD person so I am not going to go out looking like crap EVER I will never consider leaving my house with no make up, no jewelry and my hair undone, EVEN if i am going to workout. I always take into consideration what I am wearing, and I can’t see that changing even with pregnancy.

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So a little over 12 weeks ago I was 5 days late for my period, so I took two First Response HPT’s that had a faint line in the positive side, so I got a Clear Blue digital HPT which came up Pregnant. My husband and I were overjoyed, as we had been trying for a couple of months. The next day I got what looked like a ‘normal’ period, no cramping, normal to heavy flow (which is normal for me). I was worried so the day after that I went to the ER, they did a blood test which came up negative… we were devastated. I went to my OB/GYN 3 days later to make sure and she did a urine test which also came back negative. So my husband and I decided we needed time to heal front he disappointment, and to focus on our careers and our 2 year old daughter so we stopped trying and have been using condoms. I have been getting my period every month, although slightly irregular, and haven’t really thought much about it until a couple of weeks ago.
First, I noticed that over the past 2-3 months I had gained close to 13 pounds after being at a stable weight (eating basically the same way) for months. Then, I was sitting at home when I felt what seemed to resemble a fluttery kick feeling in the bottom part of my stomach, it felt stronger than gas. I felt it again a few days later. 3 days ago, I went to put on my jeans and noticed they wouldn’t button without being really tight, all my sweat pants were dirty (because I had been wearing them constantly to accommodate my extra weight mostly in my stomach), so I had no other choice then to climb up into the attic and retrieve my maternity clothes, which sadly fit to a T. That’s when I realized just how round I was beginning to look. I hadn’t really gained weight anywhere else, except a little in my thighs. Then, today I woke up with a achy, stretching feeling in my left side right above my hip bone, and had some light twinges at my pelvis in the middle, right at the bottom of my stomach.

My husband thinks I’m crazy, or wishful thinking, but I can’t help wonder if I could have actually been and stayed pregnant when I got the positive HPT back in October. I would be almost 17 weeks now.

Does anyone have any advice, or know anyone who has gone thru something similar? Could I actually be pregnant?

Thanks!
Oh, almost forgot to add, my belly is also itching quite a bit towards the bottom and on sides which I experienced during my first pregnancy with my daughter.

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I am 12 weeks and 2 days pregnant and according to some of my family members, they are all saying I am actually starting to look pregnant now. Like my stomach is starting to round and it no longer looks like a food baby. Is this normal for your second? What about other moms, when did you actually start looking pregnant?

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Hi there! I’m going to be teaching a jazz class for beginning adults for a session at my studio while original jazz teacher takes a maternity leave. I’ve substituted the class before but my playlist is more Rock and I could tell some of the students didn’t care for that genre and since the jazz teacher uses more Hip hop music.

I can’t do Hip hop, but I think I can stomach Pop, so I’m looking for good Pop songs that I could use for this class. Individual songs would be AWESOME, as I know Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Furgi (spelling? lol) are popular artists but I don’t listen to them and so wouldn’t know which are the good songs.

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I have been told to take modeling a number of times. But I never really thought I could. And now that I’m older I really feel like I want to do this for a career. I’m 17, turning 18 this june. I’m almost 5’8 and the last time I weighed myself I weighed 155. I might have lost weight since then but I don’t know. My stomach measures 28 inchs and my upper thighs measure 24inch. Would I be considered a plus size model?

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I am 21 years old. I am 5 feet 3 inches tall, and I weigh 387 pounds. I have wanted to be a model since I was 16 years old.
When I applied for a modeling company for women’s lingerie, they told me that I could not do it because of "my back fat would be covering the bra straps" and my "stomach would be covering up the underwear."
Is this discrimination? If so, what should I do about it?

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The stray cat I am looking after and intend to get spayed looks pregnant but I am not sure. Her stomach looks a little swollen but again I am not sure. I can clearly see her nipples. But she has 3-month old kittens and until about 6 weeks before she was lactating. She has been leaving her kittens regularly, so I thought if she is still trying to mate, she may not be pregnant yet.

If she is pregnant, how risky is it to get her spayed? I do not want to take the risk of putting her through the surgery if it may lead to serious/fatal complications.

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So I am 14. 5’2", a small body build and 32DDD. I always have painful shoulder and back problems. I break down because my boobs ruin my self esteem. NO one and I mean NO one carry’s and 32DDD size no matter were I look. I can not wear any of the clothing I like because it makes my boobs look even bigger. I have a shorter torso. I work out by myself but refuse to do P.E. most of the time because my boobs bounce to much even with two sports bras on.
It has come to the point were I want a breast reduction. I have talked to my dad about it and he says he will look into it with me because just recently he took me shopping and I tried on many different shirts but none of them fit around my boobs. I am not plus sized because I am rather slender so when I put on the xl they fit around my boobs but it looked horrible around my stomach. One again I ended up crying in the changing rooms because I couldn’t buy anything for my first day of school.
Basically does anyone have some very helpful information websites about this? Anyone else have the same problems? How about any advice?

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…you went to the beach and saw a hugely pregnant women with a bikini top on and her stomach had tons of stretch marks?

(Yes, this question is for myself – as I am 32 weeks pregnant the day we leave for the beach and it’s my 2nd child, so I am very much out there. hahaha, but I have old stretch marks on my stomach from my son and this new baby is just adding on to those old ones. I really hate it, but I’m having a terrible time finding a tankini (maternity) that fits enough over my belly, so it ends up sticking out at the bottom anyways. I’m now just not caring anymore and just might go buy a modest bikini top to wear at the beach and just say screw it)
What do you think?

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Sorry, couldn’t describe what I needed to do in a sentence…

Basically, I photographed a woman who was wearing a dark purple sweater with a white tank-top under it and the tank top showed through along her stomach where the sweater stretched a bit (she’s preggo, maternity pics)

There is really no way to clone the problem area out, it was a sweater, and the knit is too detailed.. that would ruin it.
Is their anyway to select and of the white-gray tones in a general area and turn them a different color, or just darken them?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the help

I have a BIL that’s in graphic design too that’s free-lancing… Times are hard!
I’m not even messing with a "real" photo business. IMO, it doesn’t matter how good of a photog/designer you are, you have to be a charismatic salesperson.
I’m a pre-nursing student myself. Not sure if you meant to be snide… just wanted to clear that up.
I didn’t charge her the big bucks, they were free and for a very dear friend.
I figure if I’ve got a DSLR, and studio lighting… might as well use them
I tried that already Selina… and selecting.
Someone once showed me how to select a certain color range, but I can’t remember how for the life of me?
So… selecting out, WAY too tedious and long.
Burning just burnt the orange on the sweater too.
Too bad you can’t change HOW light the high-lights can be..
Ah well.
Anyone know how to select a color range?

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Hi all. I am 7 weeks and 4 days pregnant with my first child!!! Today, I was talking to my husband about my pants not fitting and was wondering if anyone else bought maternity clothes or larger sizes of clothes so early in a pregnancy? My normal size 00/0 or 14 (in children’s clothing… I am 5’2" and 85 lbs not pregnant) are becoming too tight around my stomach and it is bothering me quite a bit. Anyone else in the same boat? What did you do? I haven’t gained too much weight, maybe just a pound but for someone my size that is more than usual. Also, I think most of it is bloating but gah it’s uncomfortable!!!

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