Pregnant Belly Photos

Pregnant Woman Meditating in Yoga Stance


Pregnant woman measuring stomach with measuring tape, smiling at camera


Pregnant woman's belly covered in lip prints


Pregnant Woman Taking Picture of Stomach


Pregnant Woman with Cereal


Pregnant Woman Placing Headphones on Stomach

Pregnant Belly Pictures

Pregnant Woman Photographing Stomach with Camera Phone


Pregnant Woman Holding Bouquet of Red Roses


Pregnant Woman Trying to Button Pants


British actress Catherine Bell (who is five months pregnant) arrives at the 64th Annual Pioneer Of The Year dinner


An eight months pregnant Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis (both on HBO's "Sex and the City") at the Narciso Rodriquez Spring 2003 Fashion show


Pregnant woman with painted face on her belly

Pregnant Women Belly

Pregnant Woman Touching Her Stomach


Side profile of a pregnant woman, standing with her arms outstretched and smiling


Pregnant Woman on Beach

Pregnant Belly Gallery

Pregnant Woman Applying Cream to Stomach, Mid Section


Heart shape drawn on pregnant woman's belly


Pregnant Hispanic woman smiling with bare belly


Pregnant Woman Looking at Ultrasound


Pregnant Woman Holding Glass of Water


Pregnant Woman Massaging Oil on Her Stomach

Big Pregnant Belly

Pregnant Woman Outdoors


Pregnant woman with gender


Pregnant Woman Holding Laptop

Pregnant Belly Weeks

showing a (32) weekfetus in-utero.


showing a Twenty eight (28) week fetus in-utero.


showing a sixteen (16) week fetus in-utero.

showing a nine (9) week fetus in-utero within a lateral female figure.

Pregnant Belly

Two pregnant women standing belly to belly


Pregnant Woman Reading on Back Deck


Pregnant woman looking at belly


Two Happy Pregnant Women


Side profile of a pregnant woman, standing on the beach with her baby girl sitting in front of her


Pregnant Woman Wading in a Lake

Pregnant Belly Twins

Medical illustration of a twin pregnancy with an anterior or front cut-away view of the mother's abdomen and uterus. Two fetuses are present inside the uterus, one in a Frank breech presentation and the other in a transverse position.

Pregnant Belly Button

Some Things You May Not Have Considered About Belly Button Piercing

My sister and my wife decided to follow the current trend and get their belly buttons pierced. They went to a local tattoo and piercing establishment and took turns getting their new holes. There were a few things they never stopped to think about. From cleaning to expansion their belly buttons took them on quite a journey!

Cleaning

The woman who did my wife's piercing instructed her on how to keep it clean and free from infection. She was very careful to clean and care for the piercing just as instructed. Unfortunately her belly button still became infected. It was red and inflamed, but after carefully treating it the infection cleared and she was now very happy with the piercing.

However, anytime she changed the stud or moved it too much it would become infected again and she would have to start all over. Eventually the infections were all gone and she could move on and enjoy her belly button piercing. It was fun to be able to buy additional jewelry specifically for her belly button piercing instead of just things like necklaces and earrings.

Pregnancy

When she became pregnant we realized she had never thought of what she should do about her belly ring. After varied advice she decided to remove the piercing and hope the hole would be there after the baby was born. After nine months of no studs in her belly button the hole had closed. If she wanted the belly ring back she had to return for a new one.

She decided to get re-pierced. It was more complicated and took a bit longer than the first one, due to a bit of scar tissue. It was done and she was delighted to have her piercing again.

About five years later, she became pregnant again. This time there was no doubt what she should do. she had become attached to the belly ring and was keeping it pierced no matter how ridiculous it looked. Once again she was mistaken of what the outcome would be. As the months went by and her belly expanded the hole getting bigger and bigger. After delivery she was left with a large hole where my cute little piercing once was.

This time after her pregnancy was over she decided not to have her bellybutton pierced again. She was somewhat disappointed that she had to say goodbye to her cute little piercing. But, sometimes things become too much and there is nothing to do but throw in the towel. She had grown up, but there are still times I look at her belly button longingly because I liked the belly ring too, it was fun having her belly button pierced and I really enjoyed being able to buy her special jewelry designed for her belly.

Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Florida. Find more about this as well as other Body Jewelry at simplybodyjewelry.com

Fake Pregnant Belly

Stylish Pregnant Woman Playing Pool


Stylish Pregnant Woman

Growing Pregnant Belly

Pregnancy in development

Belly Expansion Pregnant

Pregnant woman walking along the sea, full shot


Pregnant woman holding a cup

Pregnant Belly Inflation

Pregnancy Disability Insurance - Protect Your Income For a Truly Safe Pregnancy

Missing work during and after pregnancy has become a common occurrence. According to a 2002 study, 29% of short term disabilities (180 days or less) and 12% of long-term disabilities are due to pregnancy. Maternity disability can turn what is otherwise a happy occasion into a financially harrowing experience when the mother is left unable to work for months before and/or after delivery. Disability Income insurance can be the answer to the unknown risk to a household's cash flow due to pregnancy.

Many larger companies offer paid maternity leave to employees whereby the employee is granted full pay for a period of time (generally 3 months) while out of work with the newborn. Any complications that cause the employee to miss work before delivery or beyond the maternity leave period after delivery result in a loss of income for days or even months.

Individual short term disability insurance can provide up to 70% of regular income when you're not able to work due to illness or injury for 3-6 months. Long-term disability insurance takes over after the short-term benefits period has passed and can provide income protection for up to five years or longer.

Mothers-to-be often rely on the group disability insurance offered by their employer. Group disability usually covers up to 60% of regular income. However, all benefits received from such a policy are taxed as regular income, lowering take home dollars to roughly 42% of regular income. Group policies are also commonly riddled with exceptions and limitations that further reduce or eliminate benefits altogether.

Women with a family history of troubled pregnancies may also consider catastrophic disability insurance (CDI). CDI is different in that it is intended to cover the costs of extended at-home care instead of income loss. For instance, if a pregnancy requires the mother-to-be to literally stay in bed for months, CDI can cover the cost of a nurse to help with daily living needs. Such care is not covered by any other type of insurance and will be very expensive. CDI will cover up to specified daily amount ($120, for instance) and can be purchased with an option to increase benefits annually based on inflation.

Mothers-to-be with group disability insurance can very affordably plug the holes in their policy with a supplemental disability insurance policy. Supplemental coverage can extend income protection to 100% of pre-disability cash flow and benefits paid from the supplemental policy are not taxed as income.

The key to protecting a future mother's income during pregnancy is to get disability insurance, be it individual or supplemental, before becoming pregnant. Once pregnant, the eligibility for additional disability insurance evaporates.

Future moms have several options to protect their income from a long-term or short-term pregnancy disability. Without this coverage, families take the risk of losing a good portion of their income for months, if not longer. Whether you participate in a group plan at work or not, maternity disability can be planned for in an affordable manner to help ensure a truly safe pregnancy where your family's quality of life remains unaffected.

Please visit us at Disability Insurance Update with any questions or to find further information regarding the protection of your income during and after pregnancy.

Pregnant Belly Painting

Daughter painting mother's pregnant belly


A pregnant woman gets a belly painting during the Nine Months Fair at the RAI in Amsterdam