soapbox

Tim's gonna laugh at reading the title of this post, I know it.
And I'm certain he knows the real topic I have in mind.
Here it is...and it's definitely a bit of a rant, so be warned.

The other day someone posted this on facebook:
"Pregnant bare belly pics creep me out. It feels like fetal porn to me. Maybe this is just me, maybe I'm in a bad mood."

Read it again if you need to.
Which words jump out to you? Fetal porn, perhaps?
It did to me! Sick, right?
At first I was just slightly annoyed...but as the words rang in my ears I became increasingly aggitated. How could someone write something like this (and let me mention, this person is pregnant herself...AND a nurse!!)? I've never watched porn, but I understand that it is explicit, demeaning, and perverse.
Could this person actually think that lifting off the shirt from your pregnant belly exposes anything more than...a belly?
I think her statement was harsh and discusting. I responded to her post initially with something a tiny bit sarcastic like "sorry to offend you. :)" but then as the day went on I felt like I had to post something else. I think I said something like "...fetal porn sounds a bit harsh to me. Have you ever worn a bikini? I'd venture to say that those people show more skin than someone who is lifting the shirt off their pregnant belly to show the growth of their baby (or babies). :)"
She responded by agreeing that her wording probably was too much, but that 'for the record,' she thinks that a growing belly can be seen just as clearly with the shirt down as with the shirt up.
What if that WERE true!?
Well, that would be a revelation in reducing all kinds of unneccessary skin exposure!!
Women would no longer need to wear skimpy bikinis to show off their stomachs, legs and bottoms, and they'd never need to wear a low-cut top to expose their bouncing cleavage!
Problem solved!!! Awesome! ;)

Maybe I have dwelled on this too much, but it rubbed me the WRONG way. For those words to even make sense...fetal porn would have to be some sort of risky ultrasound picture...
And that is grosse to think about.
Needless to say, I don't agree on the statement, and for extra zing...here's me at 30 weeks:

I still can't believe how much my belly has stretched...and there's more to come!