These are just some comments I've heard in the past few weeks from male coworkers and family…

These are just some comments I've heard in the past few weeks from male coworkers and family members. "You're as big as a whale." "You're already gigantic there's no way you will make it to your due date." "What did you do? Swallow a watermelon." "Wow you're huge." "You need damn flashers to warn people you're coming." "Do you need someone to reinforce your chair for you so you don't fall through." Now I understand I'm large, and most of these comments were meant as jokes. However, I have struggled with body image issues since I was 7 years old. Since then I have been comfortable with the way I look maybe 5 times. MAYBE. It is so exhausting and hard to try and have a positive attitude about my ever growing belly when all I hear is negative and rude comments around me. For a girl who already has extremely low self esteem and body image issues to hear this stuff is terrible. I have cried nearly every day the past two weeks. People need to learn when to just keep their mouths shut.