Anyone up to taking belly pics?

[mel~3jumpin beans]

I thought it would be a fun thing to do from the beginning. I will be happy to be first on the list. I think it would be great if we could put it in our sig line where you click on each Mamas link and see how we are growing then we could update each month or have it in a slideshow format.. Could someone tell me the http lingo since my preggo brain has kicked in to where you put here is me at 6wks instead of having a whole line of junk and then you can click from there. I swear I used to know how but am a little out of practice. Let me know and I will edit with a belly picture. Anyone else with suggestions please add so we could make it kind of fun thing and also to have a way to remember.

[dshields]

Mel that's a great idea! I'd love to particpate...but can't help ya on the lingo front! How do we do it...

[Sydnee]

Awesome! I would love to do it! But, don't know how to either. :LOL

[starlein26]

i'll participate too...but i also don't know how to do it. :LOL

[ChattyCat]

I'd love to! I was already thinking that I needed to get some pics, before I get too big. My fat pants are already too snug to be comfy. I've been relegated to my sweats and drawstring skirts. :LOL To put a link in your sig or a post you click on the little earth with what looks like an infinity sign above the text box that you type in. It's underneath the size selector for the text. The first question it asks you is the text you want it to show. So, you type in "watch my belly grow" or whatever you want and click ok or press enter. Then the second thing it asks you is for the hyperlink (ie. http://www.mybelly.com ) HTH. I'll get some up in the next few days! :)

[mel~3jumpin beans]

I was using the right html code but couldnt get it to work on this site so I will go now and try you suggestion. Here is what I was using but it shows the whole thing. I thought it used to work like that. Ok off to try now.

<A HREF =http://members.sparedollar.com/wehrlebird2000/000_4769.JPG>Belly pics 5wks</A>

[mel~3jumpin beans]

I DID IT!!!!!!! :thumb Check out my belly. Always make sure you clean the glass before you try to take a picture of yourself(LOL) Now if I can figure out how to link more than one picture.

Thanks momma2emerson!!!

[ChattyCat]

If you put up an album on yahoo, you can link to the front page of the album with one hyperlink. Then, on yahoo people can select slideshow or view them individually. HTH :)

I'll try to get mine up this weekend. Although, I've already put on some weight, and my stomache is riddled with the stretch mards left from ds.

[ChattyCat]

Ok, dh took ds up to bed, so I changed my sig and added a pic. :)

[mel~3jumpin beans]

Looks like Im not the only one using a mirror(LOL)

BTW... I figured I would take the pics in my new Gap lowrise maternity jeans since there isnt a chance that I will be wearing my regular jeans for much longer.

[Naughty Dingo]

I love your sweet bellies. My camera is up in my bedroom with the sleeping giant (er um, preschooler) so I don't know if I dare enter to retrieve it. I shall go on a scouting mission......

Be back soon.

ND

[Naughty Dingo]

Managed to sneak my cam out of the bedroom and have a pic to go.

1 month (http://photobucket.com/albums/1003/MamaEagle/?action=view&current=9-9-05129375x500.jpg)

I just :love doing the belly pics. I made a time line for my last daughter. It was month by month pictures next to each other. So amazing how we grow isn't it?

ND :p

[mel~3jumpin beans]

Yeah Erika! Glad to see you were able to get your pic done.

Come on everyone!!! I know there are more than 3 of us brave or crazy Mamas willing to show our bellies. :nut

[starlein26]

our old crappy camera broke...so we're buying a new one today and i'll put my pic up soon! you all look adorable...i can't wait to see the transformations over the coming months. i wonder if i really will show sooner this time?

[maybebaby]

Uh, yeah, if I had flat bellies like you guys I'd do it...but as is, I could pass for 6 mos pregnant right now (and I'm not just kidding either!)

I probably won't even show for a long time :LOL (well, other than the fat)

[Sydnee]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/caraleigh/th_100_1039.jpg (Belly Pic

Hope this works!

[starlein26]

ok...here's mine. 5w 3d (http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/starlein26/detail?.dir=a1ea&.dnm=f7cd.jpg)

this is fun!

[mamacatsbaby]

Ooooh, I wanna do this! :bouncy But I'm still a relative newbie to the techno age. Do I need a digital camera or can I just use a picture CD? DH and I just took some pics on our camera but we haven't been to get them developed yet. Do I just put those pictures in the photo album on my PC then set the link up from there? :scratch :help


love, me

[Mammo2Sammo]

Uh, yeah, if I had flat bellies like you guys I'd do it...but as is, I could pass for 6 mos pregnant right now (and I'm not just kidding either!)

I probably won't even show for a long time :LOL (well, other than the fat)

ahhh yes me too! :LOL

8 weeks before I was due, some people didn't realize I was pregnant, just *really* fat.

[Naughty Dingo]

Just as an aside to this thread. The most beautiful photos of a pregnant woman that I have ever seen were of a friend of mine who is extremely (!) BBW. The pics were full body poses, reclining nude with her long hair streaming about her. I think she was about 36 weeks pregnant at the time. I was so blown away by the sheer beauty. Her abundant form and her belly flowed together in such an amazing, Goddess like way.

Anyway she posted some pictures in her blog (She blogs in a blog community) and had many many letters of feedback from women who were inspired. Then she had one sizist comment. This comment then inspired a huge backlash against that idiot poster and the whole situation ended on such an amazing, empowered positive note.

There is this image of the pregnant woman as looking like one of those TV pregnant ladies, you know, scrawny all over with a little bump, and it makes me sad when mamas I know feel bad for their bodies' wonderful roundess during pregnancy. I have ordered clothes from one catalogue in particular that embodies this innacurate portrayal of the pregnant woman. The size larges, hardly fit my small sized friend, much less me. It is frustration and pointless. We are in the childbearing season, and in my opinion abundance is to be celebrated.

For our sisters here who feel uncomfortable posting belly pics, I can see where you are coming from, living in this messed up culture that we live in. I wish we could put a piece of art as a cover page for our thread. I would pick a piece of ancient art depicting a true maternal image. I hate that our culture is not in line with what. I hope that over time you may become more comfortable with sharing - if that is what you desire to do :heartbeat

OK end of my sermon :LOL

[nydiagonz]

I'm adding mine, but I'm pretty sure that most of it is left over from my last pregnancy!

belly pics (http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=v2etqro.7851ty4&x=0&y=-g91att)

[starlein26]

i wanted to say that all the bellies are adorable and tiny right now! i can't wait to see our 36 week belly shots!! :LOL

[Mammo2Sammo]

thank you Naughty Dingo for your "sermon" it meant a lot to me.

[Sydnee]

There is nothing more beautiful than preggo bellies! I can't wait to see what we all look like in a few months!!!!!!!!!!!! :love

[Elowyn]

Here I am!

Thanks for the words, NaughtyDingo. As a bigger gal myself, I look forward to the goddess stage, and am always sad when bigger women aren't proud of their preggo bodies. Thanks! :)

[starlein26]

Here I am!
Thanks for the words, NaughtyDingo. As a bigger gal myself, I look forward to the goddess stage, and am always sad when bigger women aren't proud of their preggo bodies. Thanks! :)

how awesome that you got pregnant! i've sort of followed you for a few weeks now and actually sent my sister that link in your siggie. she is also seriously considering being a single mama by choice! best of luck to you and your pic is adorable!

[Naughty Dingo]

Right on Mamas!

Kate, I absolutely love the yellow on your walls. What an amazing, crisp yellow.


I kind of wish we were having our babes in late fall. My friend had a november baby and she had her belly painted as a pumpkin for Halloween. It was amazing. She even went to her appointment like that.

ND

[Elowyn]

Esther - that's great for your sister! (And awww...I feel so loved to be stalked a little - in a nice way. :)) There's a great SMC board that has folks from thinking about it to being moms - if she's interested, it's here (http://www.network54.com/Forum/245234).

ND - thanks! It's a pretty small bathroom, with lots of white, and I already had yellow/white accessories, so I thought "why not be bold?" :D

[starlein26]

awww...I feel so loved to be stalked a little - in a nice way. :))

:LOL

[alexisyael]

Mine'll be up by tomorrow :)

Hear hear for NaughtyDingo!!!

[ellymay]

I took belly shots every four weeks from the day I found out with my last
one it is neat to see how much it grows in just a few weeks.

[ellymay]

BTW I really don't want to this time although I will bc I am so much
bigger than I was last time.

[mamacatsbaby]

:jumpers: Look at all you guys! Gorgeous. Naughty Dingo you are the tops, preach on.

[mamacatsbaby]

OK, I think I've figured it out. I've got to go to a photo gallery site and start there right? Hmmm, I'll see soon enough... :bag: I am so ashamed to be so technologically challenged, :o although I think I'm doing pretty good to be teaching myself. :D

[Naughty Dingo]

Mamacat, try www.photobucket.com There you make an album and then upload the pics from your computer. Then you just copy and past the provided url for your photos and voila, the job is done.

ND

[mamacatsbaby]

Mamacat, try www.photobucket.com There you make an album and then upload the pics from your computer. Then you just copy and past the provided url for your photos and voila, the job is done.

ND



:Kiss You're the best Naught Dingo ever... :D