Apparently my rear is getting wider?????

My  very brutally honest friend just informed me that my a$$ is getting wider. Someone tell me she's going insane. My jeans still fit.... granted, I wear a bella band and keep them unzipped for comforts sake, but I can still zip all of the ones that fit comfortably pre-pregnancy. I have only gained 1 pound.

Is it possible that my hips/butt are getting wider even though I'm not gaining!?? Please tell me it's just the jeans I'm wearing today or something. I hate my body enough... plus hate this "fat or pregnant" phase. The last thing I need is to look fatter. I'm trying to be a good girl and not gain much. Please don't let my efforts be in vain.

I was at the chiropractor last week and she told me that my hips and pelvis were spreading in preparation for delivery (I'm almost 14 weeks) - maybe you are going through something similar or it was just the pants you were wearing.

Liz

But I don't wanna get wider :-( lol

LOL@ that pic!!! Sorry hun - baby's gotta go somewhere!

yes.  I have wide hips to begin with, they started getting wider immediately.  super.

Your hips absolutely get wider. Pregnant women secrete a hormone called relaxin that physically relaxes all of the joints/cartilige/tendons etc to allow a baby to pass through the pelvic cavity. Your rib cage will expand also.

Fun, isn't it????

I am starting to notice the rib cage now! This morning I could get comfortable in my bra... always something! lol

I think that my butt and boobs have memory foam cells  from when I used to be alot bigger.  They instantly started spreading!  The relaxin hormone is getting the memory foams cells really excited...LOL

Ok I have to take a BIG guess here but that is what happened to me and my grandmother said both times "your having a girl" she insisted you go wider when you are pregnant with a girl. And it happened both times to me! So I am just going to say its a girl. LOL

Yes, it can be difficult to look in the mirror and see our body changing. It can be hard to wrap the head around weight GAIN when we've been focused on LOSS.

But, try to think about your body as an incredible, nurturing incubator. How amazing is it that a woman's body (with the help of sperm, of course) can create, grow and deliver a baby! With no thought on our part, that little embryo implants and tells our bodies to start baking. Our bodies shift and change and prepare for that little miracle to meet the world - again, all without effort on our part. It truly amazes me.

So, while I empathize on the aches, pains, weight gain and other changes pregnancy brings to our bodies, try to focus on the reasons why this is happening. You may find that the wider hips are actually sensual curves and the sore breasts are actually a fuller chest, and the hot flashes are actually that notorious pregnancy glow.

It's all worth it, so hang in there!

Hugs,