“Any other celebrity”? What makes her so special that she’s being protected from such scrutiny?
She’s a very nice actress. I enjoy Downton Abby very much. But she’s only this special to you!
No, they wouldn’t. Like this entire thread you’re throwing out gibberish and expecting serious responses.
Okay, I’ll give it a shot…
Yes. And in fact, it’s not a given that if you have low body fat, you’ll get a flat stomach. I’ve always been slender, but I’ve also always had a poochy tummy. And I’ve tried to do crunches to get rid of it, and they help, but no matter how flat and tight my abdominal muscles get, I will always have that blob of fat sitting on top of them. That’s where my body wants to store fat, and even when I lose fat elsewhere, it lingers there.
Let’s discuss some basic human anatomy. Going from the outside in, the abdomen of a woman has (among other things): skin, a layer of subcutaneous fat, the abdominal muscles, the small intestine, and finally, somewhat behind but mostly well below the intestines, the teeny-tiny uterus. When a woman is pregnant, the uterus does stretch and become much larger, but it returns to its pre-pregnancy size in about 6-8 weeks. Because the uterus lies underneath the abdominal muscles (and all that other stuff), crunches can absolutely help reduce any poochiness due to a distended uterus, which, again, will return to its normal size on its own in just under two months. But crunches can do nothing to reduce belly fat. The fat lies on top of the muscle, and while you can certainly tighten only specific muscles, you can’t lose fat in just one specific place. You can only reduce your overall body fat.
And as you can see from the comparison between the non-pregnant and pregnant views, the contents of the abdomen are highly pliable and mobile. They can be compressed and moved to an astounding degree. And they’re not tightly packed as you might think; there’s a lot of empty space inside a person. But fat is a lot less mobile. It jiggles in the center, of course, but it’s tightly sandwiched between the skin and the muscles, and firmly attached on all sides. You can’t just push subcutaneous fat aside like you can internal organs. If you could, no one would have boob jobs or tummy tucks; they’d all just shove their belly fat up into their bras. While it can certainly be compressed to a degree, if you have a large mass of fat in a specific place, at best, you’ll be able to smooth it out somewhat. So the bottom line is, a tight dress is far more likely to be able to compress an empty uterus, no matter how large it is, because it’s pliable and has room to move, than a blob of belly fat, which can’t go anywhere. And that’s aside from the fact that belly fat is far more common than secret babies.
Take me, for instance. Here are two sets of pictures of me in two different tight dresses. The green dress is tight but stretchy, in a mid-weight fabric with some spandex. The ivory dress is form-fitting, in multiple layers of fabric with no give, and with a bra-to-knee girdle underneath. In each set, all the pictures were taken on the same day, within just a few hours, and in the green dress, in the span of a few minutes. Look at the green dress pics. These were taken about five years before I got pregnant. In #1, I have no belly whatsoever, in #2, it’s still smooth, but looks much larger, and in #3, the sun highlights what appears to be a huge bulge. The ivory dress pics - taken two years before I got pregnant - are the same. My tummy goes from nearly perfectly flat, to smooth but big, to “shotgun wedding”. But the only difference is the angle, the lighting, my posture, etc. Same dress, same time, same person, same belly. And I had never been pregnant at that time.
So the answer to the question “Could this woman ever have been pregnant?” is yes, it’s possible. But the answer to the question “Do these pictures provide proof, evidence, or even the slightest indication that she has ever been pregnant?” is a resounding, “No.” And “You’re out of your mind.”
No, this all has proved is that you’ve been hiding a post-partum belly! 
Beautiful dresses, btw.
There is a name for this - obsession. Probably falling into one of the categories of Delusional Disorder. Again, get help.
Isn’t feeding the obsession by replying on this thread not helping?
That presumes that our goal here is to help, and not simply to point and laugh.
My goal is to enfeeble. How’m I doing?
I came here for an argument.
Then what about this tweet?
https://twitter.com/sophiemcshera/status/74063274181787648
A joke or a reference to something in her life?
It’s a stupid joke about this picture, the implication being that she’s hanging around with black men and must therefor have children out of wedlock - real funny, right? :rolleyes:
So please give it a rest Claire98909, your obsessing and need to move on.
Here’s a picture of a six week pregnant woman next to the pic of McShera from last month:
http://i.imgur.com/jICGrNr.png
Those bellies sure look similar.
A six week old fetus is about 1/4 of an inch long. That’s not a pregnant woman.
McShera is wearing clothes; I can’t see her belly. Please post pictures without clothes so we can know for sure.
Claire you’re delusional.
I give up - you’re beyond help.
Week 6
With a pelvic exam, your doctor will notice a change in the size of your uterus.
Get it? It takes a trained medical doctor, one with great gobs of experience in pregnant bellies, a PELVIC EXAM to notice an enlarged uterus at 6 weeks. That means one hand *inside *a women and the other pressing deep into her abdomen. You don’t, you just do not, *see *an enlarged uterus at 6 weeks with the naked eye.
So no, you’re wrong. You keep being wrong. This is why I’m still here: xkcd: Duty Calls
That’s coincidence, not evidence. They might look similar, but that doesn’t mean every belly with a slight bump is pregnant!
I came to that conclusion a few posts ago. She’s not looking for answers or opinions, she’s seeking confirmation to her wacky idea.
Claire? Honey? Hold up just a second, okay? Look at what you’re doing here. You just said:
…and your original question was:
Right? So again, you’re using:
…to figure out if:
And you specifically say in your original question that:
So even by your own logic, if she had given birth in March 2009, she would now be *54 months *postpartum… definitely long enough postpartum to no longer have a belly. And certainly far too long to still look like someone who is 6 weeks pregnant.
So, just, maybe, think about this for a minute. Ask yourself, “What is my real concern? That she had a secret baby in 2009? That she might have ever been pregnant? That she might be pregnant right now? All of the above?” Then, whatever you determine your real question to be, just imagine for a moment that the answer is “Yes.” Yes, she was pregnant, yes, she has a secret baby, yes, she’s gestating another one this very moment.
Hold that “Yes” in your mind for a moment. Accept it. Let it really sink in. And then, ask yourself: “So?”
So what? What does it mean to you if your suspicions, whatever they are, are true? Is it just that you get to be right? Is it that you find this actress attractive, and the idea of her being pregnant excites you? Or perhaps you think she’s a bad person, and her giving up a baby makes you justified in hating her?
Also: Do you share your suspicions about Ms. McShera with other people in your life (that is, people that you interact with in person, not just on the internet)? If not, why not? If so, what are their responses? And what do you think about the responses you read here? Things like:
Why do you think Telemark - and everyone here, really - has this impression of you? Do you ever get positive responses to your questions?
I don’t need to know the answers to any of this; it’s just some things for you to consider.