Does anyone else feel uncomfortable being asked to take photos of your bump?

I have reached the point in my pregnancy at 26 weeks where I do have a bit of a noticeable bump to myself, but I feel like I still just look fat to everyone else. I have always had love handles, even when really fit in my early 20s since that’s just how my body is shaped, so I feel like it makes a baby bump way less defined and obvious. I also have severe body image issues. The last time I took a photo of myself with my husband, I hated the way I looked so much. I went on to lose 30lbs since then, which has made my face look a lot easier for me to look at in the mirror, and I haven’t gained any real weight in pregnancy, just the baby’s weight. I actually have lost about 5 lbs from a gestational diabetes diet. Yet, I still am SO self conscious that I don’t know how to feel comfortable in my own body. I’m 5’4 and 230 lbs. my own family lives by me, so they see me often and don’t need to see pics of me. But now my husband’s family is starting to ask if they’re going to see any pictures of me pregnant at all. I really don’t want to send them any. I don’t even feel comfortable taking them for myself, but I will in a few more months maybe, just for the memories. I don’t want anybody else seeing them. They actually have taken this personally for some reason and are offended that we don’t send them pics. Maybe because my husband and I do not take pictures together like ever anyways, since we both aren’t picture people, and we don’t post on social media. I know I could do better with that if I was more self confident, and I hope one day I will get there one day. I just wish his family wasn’t making me feel bad for never sending them any pics of us, especially now that I’m pregnant and feel even more fat.

Posted Jun 4, 2026, 12:51 AM UTC

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