HEY

i don't think that's cruel, In a way kinda cool. They will be young forever (always a good thing when you get into your 50s)! lol :lol:

Oh ashnant I get that too. Even my friends say that I don't look pregnant. IT SUCKS!!! They reckon I just look like I have had too much cake. More recently though I have started to "show" more.

I feel so sick today. Haven't been able to keep any food down....not even water so I feel horrible.

My fiance flies in at midnight tonight from the Solomons so I have to stay up so that I can get him. I'm so excited. He's been gone for 2 wks now.

Bubba is soooooo active these days. When he kicks it feels like a prod from the inside..so strange. Can't wait to share it with Joel. When he left I wasn't even feeling movement at all.

with my DD i was always complaining how i didnt look pregnant,i was still wearing my size 9 jeans until i was 18 weeks (boohoohoo, ive never worn them again) i couldnt wait to have that round prego belly. My mum kept saying 'oh you just wait' . by the time i was 41 weeks pregnant i couldnt wait to see my toes again! With Javiah i looked pregnant way to soon, lol! and we wont even talk about the last pregnancy :0

Most recent "young mum/not looking pregnant" comment.

I spend an hour in kmart shopping (25% off, booyah!), getting some bits and pieces of this and that, a layby that totals $260- and someone asks me if i'm shopping for my sister? I was like WTF??

Ahh, gotta love it :D

Ash, I would've thought you would be starting to get that definate pg belly. maybe give it another 2 weeks or so... Babies do most of their "size growing" in the last 8-10 weeks.

Apparently I have "Popped" over night which is exciting. I still feel that ppl just think that I'm fat though....all in my head I think. I'm so used to being a size eight that I'm not taking all this weight too well. I just feel horrible and chunky although I'm probably not!
Oh well enough of that.
How are you all?

I know I'm a bit late, but I'm a young mum too. I'm 23 & DH is 25. We got together when we were 16 & 18. I fell pregnant with Jaz at 17. Had her at 18. Had Bri at 21 & I will have number 3 at 24. DH & I have been together 8 years in June & celebrated our first wedding anniversary on Sunday. Not much of a celebration as he had to leave for the week for work, but it's already been a year.
We did everything backwards much to the dismay of my parents, but we are happier now than I think we've ever been. We are having our little boy - our last baby in March & looking at buying a house next year some time.
People may look down on young parents, but we are the same as anyone else. Our kids always come first. & we love them just as much as any older parents love their kids.
MIL had DH at 16 & we are really close with her & FIL. We party with them & talk to them about everything. They are more like friends than parents & I hope it's the same for us & our kids.

Welocome bjrose :)

Rustygirl, the people around you know your not fat that's all that matters!! I'm sure you don't look fat. PG belly is dif to fat belly. Good luck gettin back into size 8 afterwards!! I was a ten, but after Brendan, I can pull my jeans on but no way can I zip them lol, my hips are 2 wide :( lol

Hahahaha.....my sister put on 30kg when she was pregnant she lost it all and is back to 55kg and we weigh the same and are the same height so here's to hoping that I can do it too!!! Fingers crossed!
Welcome BJ!
Hey Ash, what was up with the shopping for your sister comment? Ppl are seriously strange!

Fingers crossed for you! I think If I had given myself a little more time between babies I would've had a chance of losing some baby weight. lol

Hey girls how is everyone? It's very quiet here lately!!

I am well! Just started working a temp job until end december, so busy busy and tired tired!!!
Have 26 wk appt next monday, so that should be exciting i guess, after that it's four weeks and then there's no time left at all.
How about yourself Sally?

Hi all, I'm not that young anymore but I was married at 18 we had our 1st child at 21 and we now have three. but I still know how hard it can be when you are a young mum so thought I would pop in and say that it can work as we have now been married for 10yrs and DH is still the love of my life. I hope to have another baby when I'm about 31 so that I can enjoy my last. I know it will feel weird having a baby at the " normal" age. I found with my last child if I was out on my own I would get all the nice looks and the how far are you, you must be excited having your 1st but thats when I would say I have two at home ones at school they would almost faint lol. so cant wait to tell all the old biddies that I have three at school when pg with my 4th..

Wow that's an awesome story tali!
My mum's the same, had me at 18, then one at 23, one at 28 and now she's 39 with twins due late jan!

nina- I have had three babies and have always gone bake to size 8 with DS my start wait was 47kg ( underweight i know) but went back to about 51kg in about six mths I now stay on 51kg even after the girls it always take me about 6mth to get back to shape but from about 3 to 4 mths I'm back in my old clothes and i'm around 55kg just takes those hipster jeans a bit longer to get back on lol but like I said by 6mth I'm back to normal, so it can be done.

Are you always this size, do you have to work at it or have you alway been small as I dont work out as I have been blessed with good genes ( that is until I hit 40 as thats when mum got the spread) and I guess thats why I go back to shape. my mum had 7 kids and went back tpo a size 8 every time, But my sister had 1 child and has never been the same again.like I said the luck of the Gods.

Wow Ashlea that must be so cool to have your mum having two babies when you are they will grow up nice and close. How does your mum feel? that she will be a mum to two newborns when her first born is having her own and she will be a granny. I know my mum would have never coped with that. Dont know how I would feel if DS was having a child the same time as me I guess it would just make me feel old. but then again he does that just been 7. As I cant really be old enough to be a mum of a 7yrs can I ?

Every time I think of have another baby I keep thinking that I'm getting too old but then I have to remind myself that most people will be having there 1st when I want to have my 4th.

To all the young mum's do you ever worry that you will not want to stop having kids, as when you are young time is not the issue. Or that once you have finished and your kids are grown that you will fall again but be 40ish? I know I feel buggered all the time now running after my lot at this age what would it be like if I was 40!

I'm not so good... have officially become a single mum... ex-df has decided he doesn't want us around anymore. Could have done with that 16 weeks ago... :cry:

Hello Tali, sorry not feeling well. congrats on 3 beautiful children!

Tali - She's actually really excited!! I think, in one way whilst she's worried about how i will deal financially, she also knows that we are this openly avalaible support to each other, and eventually, i'll be able to help her out and vice versa. I know she would have been disappointed if i had ended up with my bubby before she had hers, but when i told her she was absolutely rapt!
It is a really weird thought - think father of the bride 2!!! Mum got remarried a few years ago and her and my stepdad decided they really wanted to have children together, they wanted two so the first could have a playmate closer to its age than me and my two brother (20, 15, 10), and walla - lucky enough to have twin sparkle dust and get them both in one! So yes, strange situation, but lots of fun all the same :P And yeah, i am worried i won't stop wanting to have children - I think i want five or six, so i'll probably space it into my late thirties anyway!! But who knows what will change!

Sally, i am so sorry to hear your news =( :hug:
Is there a reason he has decided that he doesn't want to be around? I'm really sorry that i can't think of anything better to say, but am thinking of you! Stay strong, and remember "I am Woman", tell yourself everyday! :hug:

Hope you lovely ladies don't mind me jumping in - I'm technically one of the 'old farts'! (Expecting my first at 33).

I just wanted to say don't even give anybody who thinks that you've rushed into 'settling down' too young a second thought. Everybody does things in their own time and if you've found what is right for you - then that's fantastic! These people might just be envious that you've found your path so young, while they're still struggling to find theirs.

Some of the best advice I've seen on this forum has been from younger mums - so thank you all!!

(And sorry if I am breaking etiquette here by posting on this thread, not being a young mum myself).