You know, I got a whole lot of maternity clothes from my sister, and she was saying that between her first pregnancy (baby born Jan 01) and her second (baby born Nov 03) the 'fashion' changed heaps - with the first, it was all about flowing clothes and extra material around the belly area, and with the second baby, there was a lot of shaped/fitted stuff. Basically it changed from being able to fit into something, to showing off your belly.

I'm not a big bikini fan, but I think it's fine to wear one when you're pregnant, if that's what you normally wear! I guess if you're 40 weeks and have loads of stretch marks or something, it might freak people out a bit?!

idk, my mum says stuff occasionally about my body but I know she's suffered with weight problems for years, and I think it's more about her than it is about me. Actually, pretty much all her judgements are like that LOL That's not to say we don't get along, but my lightbulb moment was realising that when she talks about what I should and shouldn't do with regards to weight, or age gaps between children, or parenting and birth are a lot to do with her own experiences and less to do with mine, iywkim.

Don't worry about it - it might be just that she felt a bit uncomfortable because she finds it confronting, so again, that's about her. Fashion changes and sometimes it's not to people's tastes (and she's probably right... in her day it wouldn't have been acceptable, but in this day, it is!!)