Does anyone else get a lot of stares out in public?

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I feel like my belly is a magnet for people's eyes. Every time I'm out in public I catch people staring at me and my belly, and they either look away real fast when I catch them or they don't really care. A lot of people say that I'm still small for almost 30 weeks (which I am) but I feel like a whale when I'm out in public. Anyone else get any looks and stares?

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I know you are no longer prego. But I listened to. Podcast one time on staring. And it's really just the way we are, we something out of the ordinary, a wheelchair, a missing limb, a pregnant belly, and our minds analyze it and then move on. It's not that people are judging even though there are those that stare and judge. But it's just what catches us off guard.

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Yes, and yes . Yesterday afternoon I was grocery shopping with my father and at 8 months pregnant my patience was wearing thin with the stares . Then a woman just came and put her hands right on my bump saying it was twins . I replied no it's  not twins , it just one . It's like people gwak at you like they never seen a pregnant woman before

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Yes!!! All the timeeee! Especially when I'm alone and not with my husband ... I've had a cashier at Walmart try and give me advice thinking I was in my teens .. Very awkward!! I look like I'm 18 but I'm 25 .. But even if I were 18 the choice would be mine to be a young mother.. I think people are just quick to judge! Who knows ...

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I'm a tiny girl so my huge belly is beyond obvious. I told my hubby I now know how busty girls feel (I'm a little A cup over here-always have been lol) because peoples eyes go straight down when they see me, forget looking me in the eye first...its like a magnet effect to my belly lol I don't mind it so much though, it makes for conversation and I hate awkward silences haha

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I'm small framed...small chest...5'2"...115lbs before my current pregnancy...95lbs before I got pregnant w/my first at the age of 22...now I'm 34 n my first born is 12...while pregnant w/him 12 yrs ago I looked like I was 12 n pregnant...I got the dirtiest looks...I hated going out in public it was so uncomfortable the way people stared...now I still get stares it's just not as bad as it was 
12 years ago n I just look n smile at people now...one lady stared so hard n long I had to say "Hi! How are you?😂😂😂 this is a picture of my current bump n my 12 year old

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People stare but never make any comments to me. I'm not sure why lol. I don't remember ever staring at pregnant ladies before so I'm not sure what the fascination is. It seems completely normal to me. What bothers me is I don't get special treatment like people don't let me cross the street and people don't get out of the way for me in aisles or something like that. I guess it's not obvious I'm pregnant because when I see a preggo lady I am always much more courteous! Lol or maybe I am expecting too much?

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This is my 3rd I'm 25. I'm married my second with my husband and I get the "how irresponsible" or "doesn't she know what birth control is" looks because I'll have 3 kids people assume you're too young or incapable of caring for them. I don't really care, only I and my husband know our finance's. We own our home and building one nos as we are waiting for this one to sell. One time I said "excuse me, have you never seen a pregnant women before?" People are rude and nosey.

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I get a lot of dirty looks ! I am a nanny for 3 boys ages 7,4 and 2  I am 25 but look like I am about 18 and big pregnant lol. I have had people tell me 
"Wow you have your hands full"
"You have been busy"
"You trying for a girl" 
"You do know what causes that" 
I just laugh and keep walking. If they only knew this is my first one.

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Yep. At first people look at my face then I see their eyes go down and linger on the belly! Lol it doesn't bother me. Pregnant bellies have alway fascinated me so I get it.

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I really don't go out much but everyone just ignores the fact that I'm pregnant, I'd actually prefer that they noticed. I was hopeful that people would be more helpful/polite in certain cases. Like I hate when I go to the grocery store and the checkout clerk is like "i'll just put this heavy thing on the bottom of the carriage" or they put all the juice and cans of soup in one bag so that I can't lift it. Yesterday I had some girl almost check me belly first into my carriage as I was trying to walk around it. When I went to Disney World a few weeks ago it was horrible, I'd be standing waiting for my husband in the bathroom and everyone would just look away so they could finish their ice cream on the bench. ... Sorry about the rant I've just always been super nice to pregnant women, letting them use the private bathroom where I worked, letting them cut me in line for the bathroom, offering them my seat etc. just wanted a little understanding coming back my way.

Does anyone else get a lot of stares out in public?

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