New Gallery Posted: "Sarah and Kevin: Maternity Session"
Monday, October 18, 2010 at 6:33PM I made the mistake of watching romantic comedies the day I edited these photos. So, if tears weren't suddenly coming to my eyes while editing pictures of my beautiful sister, then they were most certainly streaming down my face due to some silly part in one of the movies I was watching. And while I'm not a very emotional person to begin with, it is nice every so often to indulge a side of sappiness...
I edited these pictures the way I would have liked to have mine edited had I been willing to let anyone take pictures of me with my big, pregnant belly. And, let me tell you, it takes quite a bit of courage to let someone take pictures of you while you're pregnant. Eric got one, I believe, of my bare belly while I was pregnant, and I think I wanted to kill him. Especially when he told me I couldn't delete it. And, me being the good wife that I am, I kept it. But every time I look at the photo, I just think to myself: "Who in the world would be attracted to that? That unnatural looking disfigurement of a woman."
Well, maybe I'm just not attracted to pregnant women. And maybe Eric was. Makes perfect sense except for the thought of what lies in store for this husband after his pregnant wife has had his baby...
No, I'm joking... For the most part.
Ever since my experience with Colette coming into my life, I look at pregnant women differently. I look at children differently. Because there truly is something magical about it. And then every so often I have the thought, "What would it be like to have another one?" Sarah makes it look easy. She looks gorgeous in her third trimester and truly does have that pregnancy glow. When I was that far along, I believe I looked like I do now... tired and strung out.
So, I'll just leave it to other women out there to endure the nine months of pregnancy I'm not willing to put myself through again. And then, if I get lucky, I'll get to take pictures of them and experience for myself, however briefly, what a truly content pregnancy should look like. I'll entertain the thought of doing it again for a minute. And then I'll throw the idea out. Because really... how could I ever do better than Colette? How could I ever dream of having another one just as good as her, and how could I ever imagine being able to love another one just as much as I do her?
These pictures of my sister though are evidence enough of a child that will rival my own. I look forward to meeting her!
Reader Comments (2)
I'm pretty sure everyone feels like they look horrid while they're pregnant. (me included, so I can say that) You were SO CUTE pregnant. I still remember how you got so big! Well, at least your belly; nowhere else!!! Though I can totally relate to the bare belly thing. I can see how a lot of people would like them, but MAN it's so... well.... scary. I feel like those pics always end up gross or cheesy. :-/ Maybe if done in a REALLY artsy and far out way... but the court is out on that.
Yeah, I don't know about bare belly pictures. They could be really nice if done in the right way, but still... there's just something about a bare pregnant belly that I felt uncomfortable with while I was pregnant, and I don't even know how to explain it. Maybe it's just a belly thing in general. I do tend to prefer having my stomach covered at all times...
And, thanks for the nice comments about when I was pregnant. It's nice to hear an outside perspective because by the end there, I just felt gigantic and totally undesirable. And then, even after I had had Colette, it took a long time for me to begin to feel attractive again. Fortunately, your body really does (mostly) spring back to where it was before, and I do have to say that the experience is most certainly worth all of the discomfort and misgivings you might have at times!