# Could this Downton Abbey actress have been several months postpartum when this was filmed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 21, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122 "2013-07-21T17:14:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/121 "2013-09-25T14:04:11Z")
**Heart of Dorkness,** that was a beautiful analysis! She’s been moving goal posts all along and I just reply to the latest comment and didn’t even realize it. Nicely done. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/122 "2013-09-25T15:42:32Z")
Just want to add that the OP doesn’t seem to take into account breathing and eating as a reason for these HUGELY various tummy changes. Most people’s abdomens move when they inhale and exhale. Snap that picture on the “wrong” side of the breath and you might notice a tummy sticking out a bit. Same thing if she had just had a big lunch. Or shifted her weight from foot to foot. Or was about to have her period. And I could show you a picture of a six-week pregnant belly that looks like it is about to deliver a full-term baby. Amazingly, women at all kinds of weights and belly sizes have relationships and get pregnant and have lives. Fortunately most of us don’t care about a few pounds extra here or there, and we don’t obsess if someone dares to show themselves in the public eye having anything more than an emaciated frame. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/123 "2013-09-25T16:03:42Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I came here for an argument. Sorry. This is abuse. Argument is down the hall. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/124 "2013-09-25T17:44:16Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Sorry. This is abuse. Argument is down the hall. I thought this was mockery. Is that a subset of abuse, or yet another department? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/125 "2013-09-26T02:05:55Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > **Heart of Dorkness,** that was a beautiful analysis! Sorry, I tried to read it but I kept thinking about **Dorky** in those dresses. She said something? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Claire98909](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Claire98909](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire98909)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/126 "2013-09-27T01:24:03Z")
What about Joanne Froggatt (Anna on Downton)? In every single photo I’ve ever seen of her she has a completely flat abdomen, but not in this picture: [http://i.imgur.com/uIxZnbO.png](http://i.imgur.com/uIxZnbO.png) Could she be preggers? ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/127 "2013-09-27T01:29:09Z")
> [@Claire98909](#): > > What about Joanne Froggatt (Anna on Downton)? In every single photo I’ve ever seen of her she has a completely flat abdomen, but not in this picture: > > [http://i.imgur.com/uIxZnbO.png](http://i.imgur.com/uIxZnbO.png) > > Could she be preggers? You are the strangest bot I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/128 "2013-09-27T01:48:46Z")
> [@Claire98909](#): > > What about Joanne Froggatt (Anna on Downton)? In every single photo I’ve ever seen of her she has a completely flat abdomen, but not in this picture: > > [http://i.imgur.com/uIxZnbO.png](http://i.imgur.com/uIxZnbO.png) > > Could she be preggers? Clothing does not always fit skin-tight. Maybe _you’re_ pregnant and just projecting. **Nawth Chucka** : Not even a bot can be this persistent. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/129 "2013-09-27T02:03:01Z")
> [@Claire98909](#): > > What about Joanne Froggatt (Anna on Downton)? In every single photo I’ve ever seen of her she has a completely flat abdomen, but not in this picture: > > [http://i.imgur.com/uIxZnbO.png](http://i.imgur.com/uIxZnbO.png) > > Could she be preggers? Sure. In a world of infinite possibilities, it is possible that most random females (Downton Abbey cast or not) could be pregnant. Happy? ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/130 "2013-09-27T15:18:20Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Clothing does not always fit skin-tight. > Maybe _you’re_ pregnant and just projecting. > > **Nawth Chucka** : Not even a bot can be this persistent. _gasp_ The crazy is coming from _ **inside the house** _! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/131 "2013-09-27T17:11:46Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > I thought this was mockery. Is that a subset of abuse, or yet another department? It looked like a long hallway, so I’ll say it’s another department. ---
**Author:** ![Claire98909](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Claire98909](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire98909)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/132 "2013-09-28T01:30:37Z")
Back to McShera, how do you explain those massive boobs? [http://i.imgur.com/QdrKKMp.png](http://i.imgur.com/QdrKKMp.png) [http://i.imgur.com/IshKkd6.png](http://i.imgur.com/IshKkd6.png) I’ve never seen such a thin childless woman with such huge gazongas before. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/133 "2013-09-28T01:34:17Z")
> [@Claire98909](#): > > Back to McShera, how do you explain those massive boobs? > > [http://i.imgur.com/QdrKKMp.png](http://i.imgur.com/QdrKKMp.png) > [http://i.imgur.com/IshKkd6.png](http://i.imgur.com/IshKkd6.png) > > I’ve never seen such a thin childless woman with such huge gazongas before. [Rebuttal.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton) ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/134 "2013-09-28T02:10:31Z")
A friend of mine is built exactly like that, early 20’s and never been pregnant. You need to get out more. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/135 "2013-09-28T03:01:22Z")
> [@Claire98909](#): > > Back to McShera, how do you explain those massive boobs? > > [http://i.imgur.com/QdrKKMp.png](http://i.imgur.com/QdrKKMp.png) > [http://i.imgur.com/IshKkd6.png](http://i.imgur.com/IshKkd6.png) > > I’ve never seen such a thin childless woman with such huge gazongas before. Explain? Genetics Implants Padded bra Wonder/push up Bra ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/136 "2013-09-28T03:16:48Z")
> [@Claire98909](#): > > Back to McShera, how do you explain those massive boobs? > > [http://i.imgur.com/QdrKKMp.png](http://i.imgur.com/QdrKKMp.png) > [http://i.imgur.com/IshKkd6.png](http://i.imgur.com/IshKkd6.png) > > I’ve never seen such a thin childless woman with such huge gazongas before. Shit, my high school girlfriends boobs were way bigger than that. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/137 "2013-09-28T03:31:14Z")
\*\*Claire \*\*(serial number 98909), you’re a dude, right? You’re a dude bot with a pregnancy fetish? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/138 "2013-09-28T17:20:09Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > A friend of mine is built exactly like that, early 20’s and never been pregnant. You need to get out more. And getting out with HER seems like a great idea! In another thread it was mentioned that Thomas Dolby is married to actress Kathleen Beller. I googled her and quickly found some photos of her nude. My reactions went from “She has a beautiful face,” to “She has a fantastic body,” to “Does she have a bit of a pooch?” Thank you, **Claire98909**. You have turned a red-blooded, straight man who used to react to such a thing as an indicator of fecundity, a very good thing leading to the propagation of the species, into a guy with weird, nitpicking thoughts like yours. Thanks heaps. :mad: Now, if you will excuse me, I must regain my lost heterosexuality by gazing on a woman with a soft layer of subcutaneous fat and no sharp corners, curves that were not store-bought, and pubic hair as God intended. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/139 "2013-10-01T15:01:53Z")
> [@Claire98909](#): > > Back to McShera, how do you explain those massive boobs? > > [http://i.imgur.com/QdrKKMp.png](http://i.imgur.com/QdrKKMp.png) > [http://i.imgur.com/IshKkd6.png](http://i.imgur.com/IshKkd6.png) > > I’ve never seen such a thin childless woman with such huge gazongas before. I went to school with a girl who had her body type in EIGHTH GRADE. Seriously - if you think “big boobs” is proof of having children, you are horribly mistaken and need to go to a mall some time… ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122/140 "2013-10-01T22:57:25Z")
Well, perhaps she’s in an adults-only ward and doesn’t get out much. But she has a lot more internet access than I did. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-downton-abbey-actress-have-been-several-months-postpartum-when-this-was-filmed/664122.md?page=8)