# Are pregnant women beautiful? Why? (Ladies, too!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 6, 2000, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613 "2000-01-06T20:10:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613/21 "2000-01-07T03:04:00Z")
now _that_ ws well said Willgolfforfood. Very well said! i think pregnant women are stunning, I want to cry when I see them. I loved being pregnant, and I never felt more like a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613/22 "2000-01-07T03:24:00Z")
Ahem, as a certifiable pregnant woman,( I am certifiable in other areas as well ;)) I think I’m good looking. It is the only time in my life that I have strong nails and spectacularly clear skin. My cheeks ( the northern ones, TYVM) are glowing from the either the hormones racing through my body or the lovely mood swings. I do find maternity clothing improving, but it’s really the wealthy that get the cool clothing. If you are like me, el tightwad, you buy your de rigeur jeans and circus tent sized shirt from the Kmarts of the world. No one gets pregnant so that they can wear some of this stuff. I’m not what sure annoys me more the styles that us poor women have to contend with or constant subjectation (Is that a word?) from Hollywood that women who are pregnant should wear form fitting outfits that cost more than my mortgage payment and, oh yes, by the way, if you gain more than three pounds during pregnancy, you are a freak. When the Spice Girls were pregnant (amongts other celebrity mom’s), I was secretly hoping they would ever regain their tone upper arms, you know, like the 99.9% of women never do. Thank you for allowing me this rant. ---
**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613/23 "2000-01-07T03:39:00Z")
Shirley Ujest, you look wonderful. Wasn’t Demi Moore on the cover of some magazine? Full bloom? Naked? I think somebody had to thump me between the shoulder blades to get me breathing again. Oh, my. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613/24 "2000-01-07T12:18:00Z")
Quick comment, no humor. I’m not attracted to pregnant women, seen all the porn sites with 'em, nothing there. I could however be persuaded that those first couple months before you’re showing, but have _amazing_ breasts could be quite appealing 🙂 I just don’t get the pot belly fetish, and the hanging over filled breasts with the oversized nipples is reminiscent of national geographic magazines. No spring in my pogo over that…sorry ladies. ---
**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613/25 "2000-01-07T14:10:00Z")
It’s the greatest gift in the world… * * * * * * Girlbysea (AKA: ChiefScott’s GBS) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613/26 "2000-01-07T14:43:00Z")
I had a really easy pregnancy.I only gained in my abdomen(low).Also some in the breasts,thank God. I can’t resist patting a pregnant woman’s abdomen. Its like saying hi to the baby! ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613/27 "2000-01-07T14:45:00Z")
Pregnant women are very beautiful. I think I looked pretty damn good both times I was pregnant. I gained 55 pounds each time but only in my stomach and my breasts. Pregnant women look better with clothes on though! I didn’t particularly care to look at the stretch marks in my 9th month and my belly button was flat after 7 months. That was the only thing I didn’t like. And after having the baby, you still look like your 5 months pregnant and your stomach is really flabby. I just had my 2nd baby 4 months ago and my stomach is finally back to normal. Still can’t get into my old jeans though! * * * That John Denver’s full of shit man! ---
**Author:** ![Beruang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613/28 "2000-01-07T15:12:00Z")
A former co-worker of mine, an artist from Poland, said the way to tell the sex of an unborn baby was to look at the face of the mother. If she became more beautiful during pregnancy, she carried a boy. If she became less attractive, she carried a girl. Every time I have tried this, it has worked – though I fully recognize that “attractive” is hopelessly subjective. The only person I can’t do this with is my sister-in-law. A) I know her too well to judge changes in appearance, and B) I don’t consider her particularly attractive to begin with. Sorry bro, it’s true. (Thank God for psuedonyms!) ---
**Author:** ![Sentinel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sentinel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sentinel)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613/29 "2000-01-07T16:40:00Z")
I do not find pregnant women beautiful. That ad with Demi Moore posing nude with her gravid belly sticking out was a real turn off for me. I’m not into kids, especially babies, though I do get a kick out of others children after they manage to reach at least 7, when they get curious and adventurous and have all of this incredible energy. BUT, I don’t have to be around them 24 hours a day. I had the opportunity to watch child birth a couple of times and only a parent can consider that wet, bluish, wrinkled _THING_ that comes out as beautiful. I do find it somewhat curious that nature has not found a way to make a PG woman beautiful as a survival mechanism because then is when she is most vulnerable to harm and needs the protection of a partner. Not being a total asshole here, I NEVER, EVER will tell a PG woman that she is not pretty, if asked. Nor will I ever tell the parents of a new born baby that their child strongly resembles something from our monkey ancestry. Apologies to anyone whom I may have insulted here, but Michelle is somewhat right when she says PG animals are cuter. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzy-wuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b38774/32.png) [@fuzzy-wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzy-wuzzy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613/30 "2000-01-07T17:13:00Z")
wooo Sentinel…good thing your parents didn’t feel that way…and at least you are honest about it…course why you would post a negative thought to a postive thread is a little odd…but no harm done…as long as you don’t procreate…lol * * * “Do or do not, there is no try” - Yoda ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2000, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613/31 "2000-01-08T06:21:00Z")
Fuzzy, did you see my first response to the OP? It was pretty negative. I’m a woman and I don’t find PG women attractive at all. The thought of TOUCHING a pregnant woman’s belly gives me the heebie jeebies. There was this movie called A Simple Plan, and in it is a scene showing a naked, pregnant Brigette Fonda. I almost lost my cookies. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2000, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613/32 "2000-01-08T06:25:00Z")
Me and my husband used to love feeling my son move around in there!(p.s.no stretch marx!) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613/33 "2000-01-07T19:10:00Z")
On the whole, I think pregnant women look beautiful and sexy (you may recall my posting about my belly-stripe fetish). But I would have to admit that some women don’t take to pregnancy well (bloating, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d78d45/32.png) [@Dizzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613/34 "2000-01-07T19:34:00Z")
I can’t wait to be pregnant. I have the bikini all picked out. * * * Dizzy _You people have been holding me back long enough! I’m going to clown college!_ ---
**Author:** ![Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diver)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613/35 "2000-01-07T21:57:00Z")
\>\>You know, I think it’s high time men got pregnant. \<\< * * * Nope, No way, Never, Negative, Nein, Not my job. You female type people have the childbearing market cornered. For which I am and will always be eternally grateful. ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2000, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613/36 "2000-01-08T22:34:00Z")
Omniscient said: > [@](#): > > I could however be persuaded that those first couple months before you’re showing, but have amazing breasts could be quite appealing I can’t speak for the others, but in my case those “amazing” breasts were strictly for “display purposes only”. If anyone tried to touch them, I would have knocked them upside the head. It was a pity really, I finally get to look like a Victoria’s Secret Model, and I’m too sore & nauseated to enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![beerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85e7bf/32.png) [@beerman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beerman)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2000, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613/37 "2000-01-09T10:14:00Z")
There is nothing like a big round belly to rub.Also after the child is born and her breasts grow about 6 inches in one day is pretty awesome too.Once again I am falling back on my southr’en upbringing for these attitudes * * * Viva La Dos Equis! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613/38 "2000-01-10T06:12:00Z")
Orangecakes wrote: > [@](#): > > (p.s.no stretch marx!) Is this the missing Marx Brother? ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613/39 "2000-01-10T06:33:00Z")
> [@](#): > > A former co-worker of mine, an artist from Poland, said the way to tell the sex of an unborn baby was to look at the face of the mother. If she became more beautiful during pregnancy, she carried a boy. If she became less attractive, she carried a girl. Every time I have tried this, it has worked – though I fully recognize that “attractive” is hopelessly subjective. In my case, this is pretty much true. I have three boys and one girl. When I was pregnant with each of the boys, my skin was clear and glowed, my hair grew faster, my nails looked great…etc. But when I was pregnant with my daughter, I was f\*%^ing miserable. I was so nauseated, I couldn’t even drink water. Then I felt really bad because I was dehydrated. Then my hair started falling out (doc said it was stress), my whole face looked like I fell face first into a pizza, and my gums would bleed profusely every time I brushed my teeth. I just wanted it to be over with, as quickly as possible. Of course, I love my daughter dearly, but I’m glad I don’t have to go through that again (tubes tied three years ago). ## I’ve just noticed something…this is the third post in the row today that has included something highly personal about me…must be the hormones Shadowfox “We are what we pretend to be.” - Kurt Vonnegut [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pregnant-women-beautiful-why-ladies-too/12613.md?page=1)