This Woman's Viral Photo is SO Relatable

Woman goes viral after sharing an ‘extremely bloated’ picture of herself and it’s the most relatable image we have ever seen.

Fatimah Waheeb, a student from London, shared the mirror selfie of herself in underwear and a T-shirt clutching her ‘bloated’ stomach.

“I can’t be the only one that gets extremely bloated and starts imagining myself being pregnant,” she asked.

i can’t be the only one that gets extremely bloated and starts imagining myself being pregnant?? pic.twitter.com/UzBIdYn8vs

— girl (@itsjustfatimah) January 19, 2019

The next day she posted a photo of herself where her stomach looked drastically flatter.

please tell me i ain’t

— girl (@itsjustfatimah) January 19, 2019

Her ‘food baby’ tweet has since gone viral, receiving tens of thousands of likes and retweets.

Many have responded by sharing their own examples of food babies.

Buzzfeed wrote an article about my tweet!! A Food Baby Or A Baby Baby? This Thread Of Women Sharing Some Body Realness Is Comforting https://t.co/PBfoSKNTuL

— girl (@itsjustfatimah) January 21, 2019

We can so relate to this!

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24 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 24 Jan 2023
    12:12 pm
Wow….what a difference. Wonder if thats mainly fluid.

- - mom81879 said
  - 31 May 2019
    12:17 pm
I wake up looking like pic two but by the end of the day I’m looking like pic one. Makes tight clothes really uncomfortable by the end of the day

- - rachel1970 said
  - 27 Jan 2019
    4:48 pm
Not a nice feeling to be that bloated.

- - tessie said
  - 25 Jan 2019
    11:54 am
I get that feeling at times too. Thanks for sharing

- - natct said
  - 25 Jan 2019
    10:56 am
I don’t get that bloated but it is still uncomfortable.

- - Ellen said
  - 25 Jan 2019
    3:45 am
My daughter suffers from bloating as well from a young age, crying from the pain.
We have her now on gluten free diet, on which it improved.

- - ella12 said
  - 24 Jan 2019
    9:42 am
Yes I can relate to this also.

- - rovermum said
  - 24 Jan 2019
    8:51 am
I get this feeling often. Great to see the two photos together in context.

- - mom101628 said
  - 23 Jan 2019
    11:11 pm
Understand where you are coming from – I am so often bloated – I now only believe my weight scales.

- - Mum2archer said
  - 23 Jan 2019
    8:56 pm
Yep, been there! Certain foods set me off and it’s horrible feeling that way

- - mom176887 said
  - 23 Jan 2019
    8:21 pm
Doesn’t help if there is a diastasis since the muscle walls bulge at the best of times… eating a little too many foods that create bloating (eg dairy) only makes it worse and uncomfortable!

- - rnash02 said
  - 23 Jan 2019
    8:16 pm
Think all women experience this one time or another
- mom93821 replied
  
  24 Jan 2019 , 6:33 am
  Yep! certain foods and presto – bloat!
- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 23 Jan 2019
    9:09 am
I Can relate I exactly know how she’s feeling and it’s very uncomfortable

- - becstalou said
  - 23 Jan 2019
    7:29 am
Good on her I’ve been offered a seat on a train when I was bloated it was humiliating.

- - mom93821 said
  - 23 Jan 2019
    6:38 am
Seems like a rather large bloat.

- - Ellen said
  - 23 Jan 2019
    3:55 am
Wow that is an impressive bloated tummy. I bet she felt rather uncomfortable.

- - mom265671 said
  - 22 Jan 2019
    11:14 pm
Yesssss thought it was just me
- Ellen replied
  
  24 Jan 2019 , 8:50 am
  Nope, think we all can relate
- - BellaB said
  - 22 Jan 2019
    6:55 pm
This happened to me for the first ime recently. I didn’t like it at all.

- - mom90758 said
  - 22 Jan 2019
    6:30 pm
Not at those level, but I am often bloated too.

- - ashna9 said
  - 22 Jan 2019
    5:59 pm
That is extremely bloated though. A huge difference!