I have to say that I have avoided putting this picture up. I feel huge! I don’t think most women are this big at 18 weeks but here I am. I am sure that being a bit chubby when i found out that I was pregnant has helped the belly expand quickly! I hear women say how beautiful they felt during pregnancy and well, I just don’t understand how that can be! I am too tired to fix my hair, I am lacking in cute clothes, and I now have a double chin. Fortunately, my husband makes me feel beautiful and without him I would be sitting on the couch eating cheese and having a pity party. But even though I’m feeling a bit down, I can’t wait to see this baby for the first time! We still have a few weeks until we find out the gender of Baby Gartman and it’s killing me! I just want to name the baby and buy something pink or blue!
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I totally understand how you feel, and I know that me telling you that you look great won’t change the way you see yourself (it doesn’t for me anyway), but TRUST me…you look great!
And you don’t look huge either, although I know how you feel. You look just right for 18 weeks. Keep taking good care of my niece/nephew!!! 
I love you!
I agree with Rich & Diana, I think you look beautiful!
You look great and you are beautiful. Everyone @ church ask about you ,we had homecoming yesterday,I was in the back with the kids. Dr. Nun. came for the first time.
Please….Please….Please enjoy this time. You have this awesome experience for the next few months that you should celebrate to the fullest. You know I am so jealous!
Let me be your strong encouragement…….Other women feel beautiful during pregnancy because they allow themselves too. I hate that you feel unhappy and I wish I could do something to encourage you to get past your anxiety. I will simply say something bluntly and honestly….You are beautiful not because of the way you look to yourself but because of the way others see you. Since we have known each other I haven’t always been happy with myself. There were days that I was so unhappy with the way I looked and yet you never saw the “ugly Nikki” that I saw. You ALWAYS saw a beautiful Nikki because you think I am beautiful both in and out. Let what we say go to your heart. We ALL think that you are beautiful. We don’t care about “skinny” or “heavy”. We don’t care if you have black mascara running down your face or if you are fully “put together”. We see beautiful Jennie all of the time. ALL OF THE TIME.
Stop feeling down and remember that your mind is wrong when it says that you aren’t attractive because there are many of us that would strongly argue that statement with you.
YOU ARE ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL…IN AND OUT.
I love you and that baby to be.
Thanks Diana, Mrs. Sharon & Mom! You are all so special to me and it means a lot to hear those words from you. Nikki, I am sitting here crying! Thank you for being so encouraging to me. I love you so much and needed to hear that! I think I need a Nikki date soon!
You are beautiful!!! You have to quit thinking all those negative thoughts. You’re growing my GREAT niece or nephew.
You are my princess!
Wow! Dadoo, I am so proud of you for commenting! You are becoming one tech savvy man! Aunt Jane, you are so right and I am trying to learn to just take care of myself and I can worry about the weight after I’m holding that sweet baby!
Jennie,
Everyone is so right. I’ve always seen you as a beautiful young lady. I used to be a little jealous of you when we were younger. You’ve always inspired me to take better care of myself and try to look my best because you always seemed to do that. I would think to myself, if Jennie, who is like a little sister to me, can do it then surely I can. You knew how to wear make up before I did! You even taught me a few things. You probably never knew all of that, and think I’m making it up, but I’m not.
You are beautiful, as always. I know you are going to be a fantastic mom. Just look at Mikayla. You did have a hand in helping raise her you know. I wish you were here now. Kirsten is two and driving us crazy!
Just remember that if you ever want to cry or scream your not alone. It’s perfectly normal but still frustrating. So cry, scream, yell, let it all out and do it all over again. Have fun and remember it’s all worth it! If you need to talk (or cry) just give me a call. Love you lots and can’t wait to find out if we need to get something pink or blue. I was thinking about pink and blue polk-a-dots. What do you think?
love ya,
Emily
Emily, I love you and miss you so much! I can’t believe Kirsten is 2! They are all growing so fast and I am so sad I don’t get to watch them grow! You are right, I never knew those things but it made me smile to read them. Just a few more weeks and we will know if we can put the cute pink and brown vase Mikayla made in the baby’s room or if we need to find something blue! Give the girls a hug for me!
Love you!!