I didn’t want to have any pictures of myself pregnant but a friend told me how much she regretted not at least having one or two shots because her kids wanted to know what she looked like when she was pregnant with them, so gave in and I took a couple of mug-shot style pictures of myself so it was documented.
With that in mind, you may want to capture your pregnancies in a photograph to preserve the wonder of life so I chose a few gems from awkwardfamilyphotos.com for a little inspiration.
“Karen, seeing as you’re pregnant, let’s put you at the top of the family photo where the air is thinner. Karen? Karen?!?!”
I can appreciate what they were trying to do here but if your Christmas photo looks like it should have a “becka, becka, bow wow” soundtrack playing in the background, then you may want to reconsider the card.
I can’t decide what I like better, the garbage bag dress, the swamp or him wearing black socks in the water (or at least the illusion of it.)
“That’s it, Steve. A little further back, a little further. Now crouch down. Perfect!” I think the ex-boyfriend may have been the photographer in this one.
This reminds me of a picnic. A good idea in theory but an uncomfortable mess in practice.
Words can’t describe this photo. Oh wait a minute, they can!
Okay, I actually love this photo but the toe shoes are the real kicker.
“It’s going to be a good year, Laura. A very Goodyear indeed.”
At first I thought “Nothing symbolizes maternity better than a watermelon and a gun” and then I thought “Actually, nothing *does* symbolize maternity better than a watermelon and a gun”. Bravo Mad’am.
Like the previous Christmas card, if it looks skeezy when nobody is pregnant, then a baby bump ain’t saving it so don’t do it. A helpful holiday tip we can all tuck in our pockets.
“If I’m holding the baby then why do I still feel fat?”
Um, yeah. No. I’m just going to go with a solid no on this one.
Why do I feel like this woman was talked into this? I could see her thinking, “I’m just too tired to argue plus the kids won’t be able to take off because hockey equipment will slow them down and I’ll hold their heads. I’m sure it will look fine.”
So get out there with your cameras and document your blossoming belly, you crazy gals! Happy snappin’!
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Lord, if I didn’t giggle myself silly this morning!! Thank you!! Hahahaaa!! #stillgiggling
This gave me a very much needed laugh!
The photo with the ballerina looks lovely.
Ok the couple that looks like the pic should be on the cover of a romance actully look like they are teens.
Photos are funny, but the captions are hysterical…I can’t stop laughing!!
OMG,I just say awesome.Lovely carry on,please.Now I think there is a massage,"pregnancy is an art"
A nice day starts with nice things.Thanks a lot for collecting these 🙂 and sharing with us.Love this.. Happy #pregnancy
ROFL!!!! Thanks for this! Made my day! We’re pregnant, got a positive on our free ttckit tests, and we’re really hoping to do a pregnancy shoot because we didn’t with our first. At least now I know NOT what to do! lol
Pretty positive the one with the naked couple…are closely related. Looks more like brother/sister! Double Ewww!!!
HAHAHAHHA. I know they are very happy/excited with their pregnancy. I know how it feels, especially after years of ttc before something worked for me, conceiveeasy. But never have I thought of posing something like this. I am happy for them know. Takes some to make a world.
This the most 5 minutes of pure entertainment I’ve had all week. Thanks guys for some true showing of bad taste.
Great Post, I highly appreciate those people who share some good information, because I like those people who actually share :).
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I can’t stop laughing at #’s 2 and 3! That blue, semi-sheer garbage bag(?) she’s wearing is as ridiculous as it gets. Either she’s a free spirit and so is he, or they’ve both got awful taste.
What awkward pictures! a great list.
FYI – the gal with the watermelon and the gun was photographed by Oleg Volk.
I atually like the idea of the mirror one. But other than that one yeah the others are odd lol.
wow! It is a wonderful collection.God help the children who come across these photos of their parents later in life. Seriously if I saw my dad standing naked behind my mom, I’d have to gouge my eyes out.
I like the picture of the pregnant woman looking in the mirror at the woman holding her baby. The expectant mother is visualizing holding her baby, hoping dreaming anticipation.
Actually like the one with the mirror. That’s the only one though
I am new to your site, and newly pregnant, and that photo of ‘Steve’ crouching behind his pregnant lady has me crying and laughing and more crying. I could blame hormones, but I must credit you and the brilliant caption. Very funny.
Oh this was so funny for words…it is perfect mix of ridiculous and awesome! Thanks for making my Day…
very funny and niceeee
Dude is not wearing black socks,btw.
that was hysterical!! thanks for the laughs! tissues please!
So the guy "wearing black socks" actually isn’t. It’s just the water. Just sayin’.
God, I love these photos. Your comments are the best. I like the ballarina, too! I get it about the swamp picture…but I kinda like the sexy pre-mom and dad attempt. I missed the socks-totally steals away the almost sexy look! Lol!
Omg, these are just horrible! Do the people in the pictures not know??
oh man that was fantastic. well done. thank you
I actually know one of these couples – how’d y’all get their picture?!
I don’t actually mind the ballerina one all that much, but if I had to choose one for myself I think the gun would reflect my feelings about pregnancy quite well. Somebody get me a gun.
What is wrong with the ballet one? Its clearly what she does, so whats wrong with incorporating that in pictures? I think its actually pretty cute, it shouldn’t be in this list.
Hilarious!! Had me crying, literally, & my stomach hurting from laughing so much!
nice post.. but a few pics was really WTF..
Here's a good one. Funny as heck! My husband showed me this. All these women are really pregnant. At 8 months myself, and a hotty (according to my husband) I'd love to have been in this video. Sexy and wrong. But mostly sexy. http://alturl.com/qyubm
This is so funny, I can't stop laughing to those pictures, especially the naked photos at the bottom part! 🙂 :p
I couldn't resist it. You made my night dear.
Not sure if I should be offended or honored that pictures of my clients have ended up here… HaHa.
So glad our co-workers are not in the office right now because my friend Sarah and I are rolling, crying!! Thank you so much for making our day!
THANK YOU!
Having just seen your interview on the Today show in Australia, I thought I'd check out your website. I wish I'd found it earlier! Now a week overdue and feeling like increasingly cranky every day, this is EXACTLY what I needed! Have been in tears laughing at these ridiculous shots, wondering what the hell those people were thinking, and appreciating my decision to have some TASTEFUL photos taken during my pregnancy!
I'll be sharing your site with all of my pregnant/new mother friends (and there are a lot!).
Huge thanks for making my day! 🙂
Hahahaha! I love that website. The naked one at the bottom makes me want to pour bleach and my eyes, and yet…I can't stop looking at it!
these photos ahd me in stitches with laughter and just when i thought i couldn't laugh any harder i read the post from the judgements of the people saying the blogger was judgemental. the tire photo got me rollin over the floor!
She looks like she's trying to birth the baby into his arse. No passive aggression THERE, right?
And what's with the guy crouching in the meadow? The predation's already happened, mate. You're 8 months or so too late.
Amazing pictures that are very clever.
Personally, I didn't take a picture of my naked belly, didn't want anyone to see all the stretch marks.
OMG! I needed this!
I'm totally agree with you. Take at least a photo showing this wonderful moment is something every pregnant woman should do. Nothing to be shamed about.
nice pictures
This is the second time I've looked at this post, and the tears just won't stop. Please do a follow up. Sadly, I know there will be more material for you to cover.
Wow! I really enjoyed seeing these photos of pregnant women. I would definitely have my photo shoot when my tummy is a little bigger. Can't wait to see what kind of pose I'll do. Thanks for sharing.
lmao. I am laughing so hard at the 16th picture. lmao. this is great. you can just put those into one album: http://www.babydiaporama.com
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http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/2011/04/27/hoop-dreams-2/
http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/2011/03/05/saturday-night-special-karate-kid/
I am 6 months preggy and i got a stich in my side from laughing so hard. Do us a favor and put health warnings when u post such stuff. 🙂
I LOVE the beach ball one (not sarcastically either it is really terrific), other than that these people are nuts! The naked man standing behind his naked wife….creepy. Where you going to hang that one? Over the fireplace?
About the couple with the tire…I think someone misunderstood when the photographer talked about "attire for the photo shoot."
Love the 2nd last picture. Its very provocative. 😀 well done!
Wow.. that with the gun is just… disturbing!!!
I actually really like the pointe-shoe one. The adoptive-couple series is fucking awesome too. What a great concept and way to participate in something they would otherwise be excluded from. Though personally, I never took any pregnancy photos and can't say I feel I missed out at all…after all, I'd clearly need to buy a gun first! :p
I love the one with the watermelon and the gun – it is sooooo symbolic (I guess)
this site is funny as hell after a vodka martini. thanks for the entertainment.
I love the one of the lady in a bra with the two hockey-playing sons. I couldn't help but wonder whose idea that was, and what he or she must have said to the others to get them to agree to do it.
This is like the blog on cake wrecks EXCEPT it's on maternity photos…. Awesome…. these were cracking me up… somehow the watermelon and gun one disturb me the most.
I loved the Michelle Bates picture. It's quite profound actually if you think about the meanings: the connection, the support and the roles. He looks like a throne for her.
I am embarrassed to admit I was checking these photos out! entertainment
LOL! Thanks for the laugh!!! LOVE all your funny comments 😉
The photos are so awful, but they are funny. I couldn't understand why they have shots these sort of snaps. Are they crazy?
OMG! This was HYSTERICAL. I'm in tears from laughing so hard. Thanks for sharing.
I laughed so hard my husband actually yelled at me because I was drowning out the basketball game in the OTHER ROOM. lol…
Hilarious!
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All right, I was crying from laughing too hard. I had to show them all to my husband to enjoy them again — and get ideas for our maternity photo shoot, of course.
This is one of the strangest sites ever. Interesting, but strange.
OMG!! I'm having a laugh attack!! These are great and the captions even more so. I'm almost 3 months pregnant…guess I'll start looking for the appropriate props for my pics!
Great post, I certainly had a good laugh…
It appears that sometimes maternity photography can be quiet peculiar…
Late to the comment party, but here it is. Aside from just reveling in the snark . . . which I did . . . I so appreciate that you included the adoptive parents. Not getting to take pregnancy pictures was one of the things I mourned, and their creativity was lovely.
What's truly amazing is that after taking and seeing these photos, the subjects didn't have the sense to keep them to themselves!
LOL! Thanks for the laugh! It's kinda crazy but whatever makes them happy. The poor hockey woman though…
Anyway – I do like the adoptive parent ones, they crack me up the way they're so stoic in the whole shoot. Since we're in the process of adopting I guess I understand it quite a bit too. 😉
very beautiful pictures, what a wonderful site.
Hilarious. To your detractors – Don't click on a site that indicates awkward pregnancy photos unless your prepared to see people in awkward situations. On second thought, lighten up, Frances. (Fem.)
Have to tell you… I looked at this at 39weeks and 4 days… It was 2 in the morning and (of course) I couldn't sleep, and there was NOTHING IN THE WHOLE WORLD funnier to me at that moment than these pictures… I finally relaxed enough to go to bed… then I felt my first contraction ten minutes later. Our kiddo was born roughly 22 hours later. Not kidding. Thanks! 🙂
Seriously? People bitching about this being "judgemental", get a sense of humor. Really. I work with pregnant women and mothers all the time, and I find this really funny. Like I said, get a sense of humor. This world is WAY too PC…
My biggest laugh in forever!!! Thank you Piper, for sharing this with me.
LOL. When I saw the one with the guy doing a headstand? I was like, WTF?
Then I read your caption and was LMAO! Thanks for making my day!
thanks for digging up these photos. love love love them.
yea, i really don't get the gun metaphor that so many people are going for. i'll suggest it to all my friends, though, when they get their pregnancy photos done. you know, just for kicks.
love the post. thanks again:)
-bootsy
This has to be one of the funniest things I've ever read. : ) You are hilarious. You've got yourself a new reader.
What happened to the guy pointing the gun at the cameraman and looking through his sights?
The Chick laying in the tree should have known that wood was what got her in her current predicament in the first place…. As for hand stand man… WOW… just WOW 🙂 and for the Naked Spooners… Thank god you can only knock em up once every nine months ehh?
Give me a break…it's okay to laugh at things. Especially when the people in the pics post it themselves. And sometimes…it's okay to laugh at people behind their backs. Lighten effing up. This is hilarious and I love it!~
I am dying of laughter over here. Towards the end I could hardly see the photos because I had so many tears flowing out of my eyes. The naked headstand will forever be etched in my memory. Well done.
My daughter, who is 17 weeks pregnant at this posting, sent this link to me. She posts belly pics for me since she and her husband are in Germany and I'm missing my all of it.But… I couldn't believe some of these photos!!! The watermelon I get, what's with all the guns? Was it a "shotgun" wedding? Good God Almighty! And who wants an X rated Christmas card? These people are just plain off their rocker!!
I am 5 months pregnant and I'm literally weeing my pants with this website. It was forwarded by a friend. This is AWESOME!!
I laughed out loud in the office and had to share this…..too funny! And the blogger is right on!
Congratulation for this blog, there are a lot of interesting news.
I am posting this to everyone I know. I am laughing so hard I am bawling my eyes out! and I peed my pants. I dunno about all these crazy people. but I kinda wanna be ur best friend.
I just have to clap- after I finish wiping the tears from my eyes. Oh goodness… there- that's better. I have two children and really no pregnancy photos to speak of. If I had to do it over again, I would be NAKED with a gun and car parts and fruit and whatever I could find! Life is too short, in my opinion.
You did a GREAT job displaying and captioning these photos – your comments could be summed up as a wry, inward smile at the variety of odd ways we see and express ourselves. We have to laugh… and then participate!
Thanks again. Will share with friends ^_^
Happy Holidays
The progression from the first photo through the middle & then to the end had my laughter gradually increasing from a smirk, to a chuckle to a full blown "wet your pants, shorting guffaw"…. as if it could get any more ridiculous. Absolutely the weirdest stuff I've seen people do with pg photos…. too bad they aren't all "PG". LOL Thanks for the grins & giggles.
wow thats a great naked butt on a very limber man. My sister took a photo of me for pure humor when I was 9 months pregnant and I had decided I HAD to put up drywall (not sure why). Its still a pretty hysterical picture.. pregnancy dress.. and a drill…
just when you think you have seen it all! thanks for making a crazy day of wrapping a little happier!
I am dying with laughter!!! This is too funny! I just posted your link on my FB page and told any potential maternity clients if they wanted to do any sessions like these I'd do them for 50% off! Then I laughed and then I said I was only kidding!!
I have 3 upcoming maternity photo sessions and they probably think I'm nuts!!
thanks for making my day!!! Merry Christmas!
go to babycenter dot com and search scandalous belly pics… LMAO you'll see PLENTY!! it will leave you in tears from laughing so hard. freakin hilarious
I'm pretty sure the mirror one is meant to be Ginny Weasley-Potter with the Mirror of Erised. Only… I can't figure out where such a photo would have come from?
I can only comment with a "WTF". Sorry, thats all I have.
Ok….what's with all the guns?? WTF ????
This was GREAT! I too opted to skip the odd pregnancy pictures. I can't believe some of the odd pictures people have taken and then selected for Christmas cards? I wonder what their families thought when the proud couples excitedly showed off the images. "Umm… nice, honey. You look, well, umm… interesting." "Oh, Bob! Have you been working out?"
Ewww….
Freaking awesome!!!
Jackie must be a star on the People of Walmart. She has zero sense of humor. I love these portraits, and the comments are just amazing. Thanks for making me laugh, PC.
the pregnant women is a sexiest women in the world.
I know the couple with the girl stealing his gun…their daughter is completely and totally adorable and stole my heart the first time I saw her!
oh god some of these are great!
Thanks for a laugh!!!
I think "tom" was in one of these photos! HA!
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Oh, not cool! lol some are bad, and some are REALLY BAD!!! Like "what the heck where they thinking?"
Hello! My boys, no matter the age after they've been weaned, do NOT want to see me in my bra, much less get a pic of them with me in just my bra!!! LOL
Well, thanks! I feel positively normal now!
Some of these are hilarious. Not anything I would do, personally. Interesting that people wanted pictures of their pregnant mom, I don't have any. Don't want any. Have pictures of her and I together after I was born, THAT was more important to me. My son is adopted, we have a picture of birth mom and my hubby and I before he was born (ALL FULLY CLOTHED) and all of us together after, but for humor's sake, these are great, and as stated above, these people are finding humor in themselves.
The handstand is the best! I almost fell out of my chair…
I am still laughing, no, not at the photos (which were very entertaining) but at the hypocritical masses out there. "why are you judging people?" "you are mean" blah blah blah blah.
I just don't care who you are, these were funny. Even without the bloggers personal take on them, they were darn funny.
Two were so sexual that I thought they might be conceiving during the photo. And the guy with the tire???? OMG I am still rolling over that one. A TIRE!! I AM SERIOUS A TIRE!!
So all you bad judgmental people, mean people, Don't take life so seriously and maybe, smoke a doobie or something to chill out. THEY WERE FUNNY Pictures and comments
Love, love, love your comments on these photos.
All I want to know is who really wants the naked photo of mom pregnant after your gone. I don't get it. My whole life I do everything I can to look skinny in pictures.
I'm laughing so hard it hurts. Thank you!!
Some these photos make you ask what the fxxx were they thinking?
Very funny series and thank you for taking the time to collect them!
these are fabulous. so are the captions. i laughed out loud for a good 10 minutes. (-;
As painful as some of these were to see, I feel as though I have discovered the Holy Grail as there is another like-minded human out there who incessantly makes fun of the song by Alanis Morrissette that, while entitled "Isn't it Ironic?" actually does not contain a single example of irony . . . which is in itself an actual example of irony . . . huh . . . anyway, love the pics and love the comments
I don't think the picture of the dancer belongs on this list. The picture is beautiful and it takes a lot of skill and a lot of strength to stand en pointe when pregnant. My sister-in-law has a picture of herself 9 months pregnant doing a perfect penche. It is one of the coolest pregnancy photos I've ever seen.
maybe the one with naked guy is how they conceived…therwise why the hell would they do that?
Preegnant Christmas Caedmon porn! Bwah ha ha ha! Love it!
I think some of the photographers come up with these ideas and the couples go along with it because they think it's the "in" thing. These are pretty crazy but at least these women let people take pics of them during their pregnancy. I wouldn't let a camera near me! And I was quite small for my pregnancies =/
It's so wonderful to see this form of self expression for a time when our bodies feel as though we are having an out-of-body experience. But the naked men?…I mean, eeeeeeuuuuu! Icky. Hahahahaha.
All I have is a crappy picture of me and my huge belly on the morning of the birth. (I was dressed though!) I *almost* scheduled an appointment with a professional for prego pics – now I wish I had. If there is a third (God be willing) I won't miss the opportunity again.
How did you know I needed to laugh really, really hard today? Ahh, motherhood. My, these are lovely.
This truly is one of the funniest sites I have ever visited. Please keep posting these photos – I also think your comments are hilarious!
This site is AWESOME! HAHAHAH!!!!!
I'm laughing so hard!!! Crap…I think my water just broke…
Yes, I want to see more I am subscribing as well!
As parents we all have to laugh, anyone could pull this on any of us somewhere in our past. I cringe at thoughts of my 7th grade permed hairdo! Thanks for the Friday morning laugh!
I love these! I'm pregnant and my 2 year old thought some of them were pictures of me. Too funny!
I think I'm gonna print all of these and use them for my christmas cards hahaha!
Can't even tell you how funny, and shocking, that these pics are! Thanks for sharing… I needed a good laugh!
This was wonderful in so many ways….wonderful for my health and I needed a good laugh. AND….I've seen way too many photos by my pregnant friends that make me uncomfortable like we are seeing a very intimate moments and I'm like, "Hey, I wasn't there for the conception, don't need to be here for this!" Why does big belly equal too much skin exposure?
Also, my husband just pointed out that the naked headstand looks like Homer Simpson.
I laughed with tears. I am still crying actually. I don't even know if I'm laughing or plain out crying by now. H-I-L-L-A-R-I-O-U-S!
We all understand what happens in order to conceive a baby but naked guy just wanted to let us know HOW it happened. Someone's been reading Karma Sutra books.
OMG — Fantastic! First thing that has made me laugh out loud in a very long time. Question — what happened to the first couple that was on there a couple days ago? It was a super muscular guy and the preggo wife — hilarious.
OMG – These are hilarious! During pregnancy #1 we did the whole "belly growing" photos…during pregnancy #2 we were lucky if we got any photos taken at all with our toddler running around! The most naked we got was when my daughter kissed my tummy – it was our Christmas card photo.
Thank you so much for compiling these and keep the funny posts coming.
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Most of these could be used for birth control posters!
Oh my goodness… thank you for the many, many belly laughs!!
You missed the boat on the upside down naked guy. It should have read "How we got here in the first place" or "Well, your honor, we started like…well, let us show you"
Loved it 🙂 Made me feel so much better about my preg. pic. lol : D Tks for the laugh!
LFOL! (Laugh freakin out loud.) Found you by way of Lil Bee. Thanks for the best laugh I've had in days.
And to think that my vasectomy is only about one week away – PERFECT. Maybe I should start a "Vasectomy Memories" photo website?
Thanks for the laffs! The one with the naked guy made me screech a bit.
Can I send in a couple more photos to add?
I thought the pics alone were hilarious! Then the commentary was even funnier. Thanks for making my day(even though I'm as sick as a dog with a cold).
Ok the naked handstand just takes the cake! But the one up there where they're both naked, my thought is, how they got there in the first place – EW! I put a sticker on my daughter's pregnant belly that said Intel inside, lol.
I think I just peed a little….hysterical!
The naked headstand is an actual pose in the Kama Sutra, but the woman is meant to be the one doing the headstand while the man stands.
Laugh Out Loud Funny. Thanks!
re: watermelon shot: One day at the farmers market we were standing around talking and I was holding a watermelon on my hip. I suddenly realized I was bouncing it like you would a baby. We all stopped and laughed. Our daughter was an infant at the time.
I LOVE the adoptive parents photo series! That's so beautiful. [And I'm a sap.]
Ooops, my bad! I was laughing so hard, I lost my bearings on the comments! Trying to get it straight now: momma of 5, please lighten up; pregnancy is not funny, the photos are. Kat, I absolutely agree! PregnantChicken, please keep it up, and thank you for the AwkwardFamilyPhotos link! ;-)))
A Christmas card, really? Uggghhh. It takes all kinds. 🙂
Excellent. 🙂
I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. Thanks for sharing.
I can't stop laughing!!!!!
Thanks.
EWWWWWWWWW
Too funny! I love it. The people who are offended that we are all amused, laughing our asses off and wondering, "What the…? Are you serious?!" are the same crazy people who took these pics. So thanks:).
This is just plain "Awesome"!!!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this hysterically funny compilation! :´-))) Some of these "inspirations" are hard to follow, unless they meant to express something like "Dude knocked me up – must shoot him and/or hit him with a watermelon!" Also, I heartily agree with momma of 5; what some parents put their children through may scar them for life… 😉 So glad my mom just let us deal with her last pregnancy in private – phew!
Keep up the great work, Kat, thanks again!
Thank you for the great ab workout I just got from laughing my head off! This post was awesome!!
Haha! OMG! This post just made my day!
O.K…that was sooo flippin' funny. THANK YOU! Great site.
Thank you for this. I don't understand the appeal of naked pregnant pictures myself, but pregnant pictures with a gun? Hell yeah. 😉
LMAO! You are too funny for words! The pictures themselves can give you a good laugh but I enjoyed your comments most of all! Screw the scourges…I say post more! haha
i am 35 weeks pregnant and this is soooo funny i could pee on myself… i might have!
Here's a good one hanging in a photography studio's store window in a little town…somewhere between Arkansas and Arizona. I just had to capture a snapshot.
All I have to say is………those pics are SO wrong on so many levels.
No, really…I literally cannot breathe and I'm crying! This has to be one of the MOST hysterical things I've ever seen. And WHAT in the HECK is up with all the GUNS!?! Seriously scary! But, the curly fry comment STILL has me laughing. There's no chuckling…this is some serious laughter that I needed! BUT…please just change the "past this to me" to "passed this"…you are TOO brilliant to have a spelling error! Thanks again…I cannot explain how bad I needed this! Merry, merry Christmas to all!!!!
awesome–truly hilarious…
What a brilliant post! My sides hurt so much from laughing. Hilarious commentary. 🙂
I really like the adoptive parents photo. It's very sweet.
I laughed my ass off. THANKS for making my day!!
i just love you, it's new love so i'm intoxicated.
i love knowing there are other ladies of similar wit and taste out there in the world and raising little chickens in their image.
you are hilarious and i look forward to checking in to your blog regularly.
Hahahahahahahahah!!!! I CANNOT wait to get knocked up now so I can compete with these GORGEOUS shots!!! Hahahahahahah! HILARIOUS! Love the Goodyear guy! What a perfect site after a terrible day at work. 🙂 Thanks!
What is it with guns and pregnancy. I'm scared for our planet!
Fantastic
Wow… What can I say ???? I have been a professional photographer for 30 years and I am actually speechless. Thank god no one has ever asked me to do any of those poses !!!!
This brought me so much joy – I can't even tell you. I love awkward family photos — I adore the Thanksgiving Letter in awkward family photos — but your blog is the best EVER. Keep adding to it!
OMG! These were hysterical. LOVED your comments on each one.
These are so hilarious, I'm so glad I stumbled on your site. I love pregnancy photos, and baby bumps….but these are to die for!
The only thing that made me laugh harder than the content is the comments on the content. Crude and judgmental? Yes, indeedy. Sorry, if you're literally going to point a gun at me in your photo, I think some judgment deserves to be headed your way. If you're going to be ridiculous, at least use spellcheck first. Yep, that's right…I judge your writing skills, too.
Put up more pics! I love em!
What are people thinking. Thanx Jen.
L-M-F-A-O
That "artsy" one took the cake…
that's lovely to seeing your man's asshole right under your belly.
OMG DID I LAUGH!
Nothing artsy about THAT, sorry!
I don't understand the joke? I think the photos are beautiful…
These were awesome!! If you can't laugh at these something is wrong with you, I guarantee there kids will laugh one day. Also, I thin the lady with the watermelon and gun was fabulous!!! Seriously?
I cannot imagine folks posting these photos themselves. I let my husband take some pregnancy shorts and to this day (my son is 10) I have not even been able to make myself look at them. Oh yeah, maybe I 'll pull them out and use them on the holiday card this year…..
Tom had some bad joe this morning… seriously, WTF? Jokes are wasted there for sure, try to lighten up buddy.
Thank you for this!! Laughed so hard at these!! I now have ample inspiration for our pregnancy pics!!
Couldn't fine my favorite. Just use your imagination. Pregnant, nude lady sitting behind her biker dude on a bike in the French Quarter in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. Blew my mind.
I'm a little confused about the "Guns and Baby-bumps" photo's. I love my guns and I love my baby (due Feb 8th), but I would never think to put both in the same photo. "Unloaded" guns go off all too frequently and anyone who would wave one around a pregnant woman, in a photo or otherwise, is careless beyond belief.
I know from personal experience that Momma of 5 is correct.I have pics of my 3rd son being delivered and on his last birthday I showed him pics of "how far he has come".In the pic (taken by sister in law) he is being held by doctor 1 second after birth and his comment was "don't show me more".To me it is a magic moment,to him it is too revealing.
These are absolutely incredible! ALL of them! And your comments are what make them even more awesome! I will come back here and look at these next time I really need a good laugh. Thank you!
@confused, You don't have to worry about the gun theme as long as you don't ever make a pregnant woman angry.
Can someone articulate the how a guns theme fits into maternity pictures? Where else do other people think guns fit that I would not understand? Did they have guns in their wedding and prom pictures too? Funerals? Graduation?
LOL!!!!
Absolutely loved it!!!!
stil laughing on loud!! LOL!!!!
I wish I had seen these thirty years ago so I could have photographed the future mother of my children pointing a Glock at the camera as she bared her pregnant belly. I guess I could get a vasectomy reversal, a divorce and a mail-order bride from Guatemala and…nah, too much trouble. Great photos.
Oh. My. God. I'm just … speechless.
I put this up there with People of Walmart. Hell, these ARE the people of Walmart, just knocked up.
Oh my word…that's all I have to say!
In 1956, My dad staged a photo of my Mom … pregnant with me … on a vacation in Florida. Ever the kidder (he had worked as a writer on "Show of Shows" what he managed to do is snap the pic with the Goodyear Blimp framed perfectly in the image. And my Mom matching it just right.
The pic exists, but it's across the country with my Mom.
Anon In San Diego.
Thank you, Thank you! These are hilarious and your blog entry is about to go viral – your comments add a just needed touch!
This article should have come with a health warning… I almost choked on my yoghurt and granola I laughed so hard. Tears!!! Tears of laughter have poured down my face. Thank you so much for this wonderful start to my day. I will be sharing it with everyone.
Talk of a belly laugh! Made my day!
I was getting ready to face a big final when a friend sent me this link. And then suddenly my panic disappeared as I began to laugh hysterically. My absolute favorite is the woman with the watermelon and gun. No family, no husband, hell – no lesbian lover. Just a gun, a melon, and 1 very pregnant lady!
Great post – and a refreshing reminder that it's just fine to take candids of yourself while pregnant in everyday situations. If you loved these, you should really explore the niche photography market of women who take photos of their pregnant bellies with (or disguised as) pumpkins at Hallowe'en. At 6mos pregnant thru the holidays, I've considered decorating my belly like a Christmas ornament for a laugh, but the key thing to remember is -for a laugh-. I wonder where I can find some hockey gear…
Love them ALL.
This is seriously the funniest thing I have seen in a long time! Thanks so much for the laugh.
Thanks for the laugh. I like the idea of havin a photo or two while preggo but why undressed? So that it makes it okay cuz the woman is pregnant? I've seen a few that I guess were acceptable but I still get the heebie jeebies. I guess cuz it's VERY awkward and I think even if it were my own photo. I loved being pregnant and I didn't mind my big belly but I just didn't think it was photo worthy naked! lol! There's no mistaking that preggo belly even with a shirt on. I don't think a naked preggo belly is attractive I guess… but Thanks again for the laughs anyhow. These are definately priceless!
These are crazy! The #1 is the agility buttsideup guy! lol
I've never seen anything like it.
Love the gawking and laughing.
Dear god! What is the world coming to? You really picked some hilariously terrible photos there, and I have to agree totally with Amy at babybabylemon.
I've been photographing myself since about week 17 (I'm week 31 now) – not sure what for but it felt like I'd miss out if I didn't have a record of the bump. Fortunately my partner doesn't do headstands.
Happy Wednesday!
ps. found you via What we've done
I laughed like a hyena. The watermelon/gun picture was the best.
Some really weird photos you've got there.. haha.. but still, pregnancy is a gift.. 🙂
Some of those are so incredibly weird, especially the one of them standing in the swamp. o.O Who on earth ever thought that would look good!?
Santa, make it stop! What's next? C-section scars?
The naked handstand – kids want to know how their mom looked pregnant, not how they were conceived…. (if it is possible in that position!) lol
nuthin' says luvin like babies and guns!!!
Can't believe you missed this one http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/2010/01/09/sns-the-evolution-of-man/
I choked…. THAT's how hard I laughed. Thank you for that. I'm going to come back when I need a good pick-me-up 🙂
Tears streaming down my face! I love this! This will be an all time favorite! Now what I do get is that people have some out-of-the-box ideas that don't work out on camera. As a photographer, what I don't get is the person standing behind those cameras were deciding, "Yeah, that looks great! Hold it there! Perfect!" LOL You keep adding new additions, and I will keep looking! haha Just saying! I love awkward people watching, whether it's in the mall, airport or in a misguided photo shoot! Thanks for the laugh!
More photos! We need more of those classic photos!
This is way better than any bad prom pictures or a "people of Walmart" compilation. I had no idea people did this!
Absolutely hysterical. Thanks for the laugh. Love the photo comments!
To the person complaining that these were taken out of context, do you think you could explain to me what context would ever justify naked acrobat man!?
I laughed so hard I cried and peed a little. More at the comments than the pictures. I loved it, yes laughing at others in not nice, but as said in MANY comments before, when the people put their own photos up for us to giggle at then they too see the humor in the pictures as well. Lighten up!
but that naked headstand is not a headstand. It's an aerial view.
I love this! Great collection and commenting!
O M G. Took me a while until I could breathe normally again and tears stopped shooting from my eyes when I burst into laughter each time I almost settled down.
Phew – made my day. Thank you for collecting.
I wonder what their will kids say when they see those maternity shots at an age of about 14.
Re: the naked headstand: Gee, is that how they got pregnant? I ought to try that.
My hands down favorite is the watermelon and the gun.
Hilarious photos and witty comentary. Well done, made my day.
looking back at a photo like any of these of myself, i sure HOPE i'd be able to laugh and not feel like people are judging me. we all need to laugh a little, especially at ourselves! humans are funny beings. this was a GREAT laugh, and I can say that and still appreciate the beauty of pregnancy and all that these women are so blessed to experience…thanks!
I think I'm going to be sick…
Oh my goodness….I really want to print this out and put it up in my Midwife's office!!! LMAO!
And also, OK OK….curly fries it is, put the gun down sir.
Umn, can someone tell me why those parents felt the need to show the world how the baby got conceived?
If you're holding a gun in your pregnancy picture, you might (might!) be a redneck.
This was so funny I actually was crying!!! Thanks for the comments, that's what makes them so hilarious! No judgement at all and happy to see that some folks can laugh at themselves:) Merry Christmas:)
The guy spooning the girl who are both naked, looks like his little dickey is poking thru her belly button. haha
LMAO! These are hilarious!! Thanks for this blog…I needed a good laugh 😀
I just found out I was pregnant 8 days ago. My husband and I discussed taking pregnancy photos. Now we have so many options for poses. THANKS! Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. Thanks for adding cheer to my hormonal day.
And that's what we call…Arkansas…and Alabama…and Mississippi…oh heck just throw in the entire South plus parts of Rhode Island and we're good to go.
Nothing says "holiday spirit" like awkward christmas card pregnancy porn. LOVE!
Not sure my eyes will ever be the same…ty for broadening my horizons 😉
Funniest thing I have seen ALL MONTH! Thank you!! Your comments were brilliant.
Thank you. That was very very funny.
I laughed so hard I think I peed my pants. And I'm not even pregnant so I don't have an excuse 🙂 You rock!
OMG I am still laughing at the one with the naked guy. These were great! Thanks for the laugh!
This made me laugh so hard I feel like I had an abs workout! Delightful! Thanks for brightening my day. It wasn't just the pictures, but also your breezy, succinct, and perfectly crafted captions that really made me laugh! Get down with YO' bad self, mama. You are awesome! : )
Oh My…..Laughed so hard we all cried. Especially about the one with the naked guy. Hysterical.
i can't even begin to decide which one of these is my favorite.
To the naked headstand guy: This dexterity is what got you in this mess in the first place ROFLOL
Oh, wow. That made me laugh harder than I have in a long time…probably because I photograph pregnant women myself. Thanks for the tips, lol!
Thank you for sharing this. I think there should be MORE judging in this world.
I love pregnancy pictures…I really do. But, some of these are off the chart and just pain weird to me! The naked due upside down has got to be one of the oddest pictures ever…. Now for the tire photo…wtf does a tire have to do with a thing, I am lost on that one big time!
I took the upside-down naked photo. For the record, it wasn't submitted to the awkward photos site, but I appreciate the link. I'm going to check with Jennifer Loomis and the people in the photo to see if they are OK with it staying, but in the meantime, I'd love a photo credit – I'm very proud of that photo and my circusy friends!
Funniest thing I've seen in a LONG while! Can't stop laughing at these goofball photos! Thanks!
You should probably add this one to the list:
http://www.annedarlingphotography.com/images/maternity-portrait-photography.jpg
At 27 weeks, a nice reminder of what NOT to do. Thanks for the laugh!
could possibly be the funniest thing Ive seen all year. I needed the laugh. That was AWESOME!!
These people should ask themselves, "Would I want God to see me this way." Pregnant pictures should not be sexual. God has given you a gift. You shouldn't want anyone to see you this way. Showing the tummy is okay, but i feel sorry for the kids that are born to some of these so called parents.
Hilarious!! Scary and soo funny.
what with all the gun pics, someone clearly wasn't firing blanks
I am a photographer, and oh do I feel sorry for those mama's! I call my shoots beautiful belly shoots cuz the whole point is to make the expectant mama look beautiful! Not…um….that lol
What's with all the guns?
If it looks like you're illustrating how you *got* pregnant, don't put it on your Christmas card. Nobody wants to know you that well.
Bad Joo – they were obviously somewhere on the internet – fair game. 😉
Some are hilarious but tasteless- I agree, the boudoir/pregnant thing is awful. I mean, we know you had sex (or ejaculated into a jar, or had your semen surgically removed as the case may be) but MAN we don't need to picture it.
WOw! I really didnt people took photos like this…. i'm lost for words… WOW!
OMG! Thank you for making my day. I am cracking up!
My eyes! My eyes!
This is FANTASTIC! THANK YOU for making my day! What began as a somber morning has turned into a laughfest. I haven't literally laughed out loud in a long time. Not only are the pictures ART, but your commentary is priceless. Keep 'em coming! 😉
I'm not going to name any names… (Jackie and Ang) But the typos and misspellings of those who have chosen to comment are almost as funny as the fucking photos….
More! More!
YIKES!! I don't get the the whole gun thing. Some people…
LOL and OMG is all i can say. Thanks for laugh.
A friend my asked me this weekend if i was going to do take pregnancy pictures. Well now i have some idea. LOL!!!!
Well, now these pictures are just plain wrong. Especially the ones that involve full nudity. I have pictures of my bare belly when I was pregnant, but nothing like these ones, that is for sure. We don't want to see Mom & Dad naked. We don't want to see Dad grabbing Mom's boobs. We don't want to see you in your favorite sexual positions. And since when should guns be involved in being pregnant? Really?
Woman with the orange tube top. I have 3 kids. There's nothing about that pose that looks comfortable. I can practically feel the weight of her belly on me. I hated lying like that when I was pregnant.
Still laughing and I certainly needed it today!!!!!
I was laughing too! I really did think 'WTF?" with most of this stuff… makes me happy that all of my preggo pics were taken at home and I didn't hear ANYONE suggest that I get naked for a professional… that would have been awkward, and scary…
These are so bad, they are great!! Couldn't stop laughing! Thanks for the laugh!! 🙂
I was like awww but pregnancy photo's are always nice, when I first saw this post but ok ok some of those are really terrible lol!!!
AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!! I agree with Kate….each one got better and better!! the comments under each pic were perfect!! hahaha and for the people who have no sense of humor, QUIT LOOKING AT THIS SITE!! hahahahahahaa i'm 8mos pregnant and my husband and i think these are hysterical. would we ever do ANY of these poses or send out christmas cards or go totally bare naked for our kids to see later in life? NOOOOO. hahahahahahaaaa
Thank you for finding all these hillarious pictures. Great fun! I share your link. I'm sure my readers in Denmark will appreciate your findings! 🙂
Thanks for the laughs. These are both funny and disturbing. I am sure, though, that the families who had the fine photos made have also had them printed in extra large format and proudly displayed them in the entryways of their homes.
How awkward would it be to walk into someones house and see a poster sized picture of someone's naked headstand . . .
How awkward was it to be the photographer?
It's like the people of Walmart site but crazy pregnant families.
Newly prego and LOVING your blog!
thank you for brightening my days!
These are hilarious! Thanks for making my day 🙂
I just don't get the gun thing. Can somebody explain that one to me?
I loved the adoptive photos.. I loved the yoga but pic… I would rock that over my fire place any day!
Totally made my day!!!! LOL funny!
holy crap. this made my day!!!
The picture with the 'naked yoga' pose: "Honey, I told you sex would be difficult at this stage of the pregnancy!"
OMG … some of these were a little much. Thanks for sharing. wow!
Oh.My.God. The levels of wrong in these pictures are just EPIC. I haven't simultaneously laughed, cried, and shook my head this much in a long time. I would thank you, but I'm a bit too disturbed by what I just saw.
It's like watching a train-wreck with some really great commentary! Thanks for the morning smile.
I find these pretty hysterical but I always say "whatever floats your boat". I do however find the gun pics pretty twisted. How could anyone not? I also feel extremely embarrassed for the woman who is putting her stretch marks out there for all to see. I have some myself and would not want to subject anyone to them.
Perfect! Thanks for the laugh – I needed that today! So glad I never had pregnant photos taken!
Oh my…they really makes my laugh and think we are a crazy race us humans…
uRK! Memories of being forced to watch 'birthin' movies in the 6th grade. I knew right away that there was no way a watermelon size parasite was going to be ripping it's way out of that very small, tight place.
im not sure i get the pregnant/ gun theme????
Oh my Gosh!! I HAD to share this with my family and friends. There were several WTH moments and then I got to the naked headstand. I'm with you. Naked Headstand!!! I'm both horrified and impressed at the same time!! I mean, who WOULDN'T want to immortalize their naked pregnant belly and breasts for a portrait on the wall? Add in the agile upside down male and it's just perfect for the Christmas cards too!! The ONLY thing that would make that shot even just a teense better would be a bit of sack showing in the picture. Totally booking the appointment for our portraits tomorrow.
The beach ball photos made me howl. As an adoptive parent, I love anything that kindly mocks the notion that pregnancy is where it's at. The photographer's site mentions the horrifying comments that adoptive parents receive, and I can tell you from experience that those are mild. Way to have a sense of humor, awesome adoptive couple!
Thank you for stopping me from embarrassing myself. And here I was considering some nudey photos of my belly. I think I've lost my interest.
This is brilliant! I think the Negative Nancy comments on here are pretty funny too! What losers! I'm thinking of copying a few of these and sending them out as our Christmas cards:) I'm pretty sure "Steve" is a stalker. Are we sure the lady with the gun and watermelon is pregnant? I'm thankful that the man naked and upside down has a nice, hairless butt. Still trying to figure out why the lady is posing completely naked with a used tire and a fully clothed husband. Love the commentary!
I am not judging these people, I am laughing at them…..HAHAHAHA!!!!
I love how someone clicks on a link that says "awkward pregnancy photos", looks through all of them, AND THEN accuses everyone of being judgmental…..WHILE PASSING JUDGMENT on them. Hahahahaha! What a ridiculous person. Seriously? Are you for real? Have a laugh. Life is too short for THIS to be the hill you wanna die on.
ohmydamn! i am crying with laughter right now… thank you for this!
FREAKING HILARIOUS!!!!!!!! MORE MORE MORE!! I have not laughed that hard in so long…your commentary is total icing on the cake. You are hilarious.
This blog post is such a gem. Thank you for a good laugh. Hideously funny photos and stellar commentary to boot!
HILARIOUS commentary!
I'm 40 weeks pregnant today, without labor in sight… until these pics. Oh my word. I was laughing so hard, I was crying!!!!
Women really do lose their minds when pregnant LOL.
These pics are so laugh-out-loud funny. It just makes you wonder what people are thinking, especially 10 years later do they still think it was a great idea?! Thanks for the laugh!
I actually saw some of these on "modelmayhem.com" a long time ago & laughed my ASS off! My boyfriend & I do photography (though I'd hardly really call myself a photographer) so we find random god-awful photos on modelmayhem & save them in a folder called "horrible photos." A few of these have ended up in that folder! Namely the black & white with the naked couple doing a vertical "spoon," the "curly fries" one, & the skeezy, glowy, senior-prom-background-looking one 😛
The preggo with guns thing is so ridiculous. People think if you stick a gun in a photo it instantly becomes ART.
my fav ~ "I was beyond WTF? andI went to art college." That made me rofl. very funny!
I LOVED these! Thanks for the laugh! The people complaining need to lighten up, seriously!!
I'm particularly sympathetic to Naked Man's wife/girlfriend for the view she had to endure to get the shot. I hope the photographer was a quick study.
WOW….wow
Lighten up poopie-pants! Geez. I swear, if it weren't for comedy like this, I would be a very sad individual.
Thanks for the laugh! I didn't think it was possible in my 7th month of pregnancy but I actually feel less awkward myself knowing these photos exist.
This is the human answer to Cake Wrecks http://www.cakewrecks.com, except these were photographed intentionally. Makes you wonder.
HILARIOUS!!!!! made me cry!
I laughed so hard I had tears in my eyes! Your commentary paired with some of these ridiculous photos really made my day!
Laughing so hard I am crying!!!
the poor unborn child..I hope they never have to view these!
HILARIOUS! Thanks so much for sharing!
I can't decide what is more disturbing – the fact that one would take these pics, OR the fact that they may want to one day show them to their children. Hey sicko, before you show these gems, make sure you go ahead and schedule your child's therapy appointment….
Awesome commentary!
i just discovered your blog to do and i have to say that it is AWESOME!!! i am in the midst of my first pregnancy and have been wishing for the sane version of all the crap. thank goodness i have found your blog… the hysterical and useful alternative to "what to expect when you're expecting" (a book that i have found dull and dreary, not to mention useless.)
It's really nice for you to stick up for people Jackie,but I am scared of these people even having kids if their judgement on pics is that bad.
This is the funniest thing I've seen in awhile. Thanks for the laugh! Forwarding to all my pregnant and new mom friends … and my professional photographer friends.
go kat and momma of 5, you are right on the money!!!
Tears are running down my face, I am laughing so hard. Thank you!
WOW! This absolutely made my day! I'm a follower of your blog from now on 🙂
The one with the naked guy butt? I just keep thinking of what is happening with his…with his, um, junk. Think about that for a minute. I am disturbed.
Why hello there Aunty Yaya.
Awesome pics. Almost makes me want to post my own pregnancy photos. Except there aren't enough guns, watermelons or porn in mine.
The oen with the naked man….maybe that was the position during conception!!! LOL!!!
yes, nothing like a dead turkey to compliment the pregnant wife/gf pic
patricide is a dish best served with a loaded gun and a watermelon.
patricide anyone?
LOL ! Fantastic !
Just one thing surprises me. Nobody finds it unbelievable that there are guns on the photos. Its maybe because I am from outside the U.S. but how sick…..
These are fabulous! Thank you for the laugh!! 😀
HILARIOUS!!!! THX FOR THE LAUGH!!
This was such a great laugh. Thanks for putting this together!
These are too darn good! I laughed so hard I started crying! OMG! Thats all I have to say!
I got about half-way through these and thought "Dear God, I am so glad that I adopted my children." Then I got all the way to the bottom and found the "metaphorical adoption pregnancy portrait" series, which is totally brilliant and very, very funny. Good work, you Pregnant Chicken, you!
My question is why people pose butt naked for these photos?? Do they plan on hanging it up on the mantel, or just sending an 8×10 to their nearest and dearest?? I'm pretty sure the baby doesn't want to look back at mommy being pregnant and checking out her nipples. I'm just saying.
Bravo! These gave me a seriously good laugh. They're all *special*. 😀
Near article, the photos that some people take just make me laugh. Professional wedding, pregnancy shots, engagement photos… All great for a good laugh.
wow… i mean.. wow… I'm speechless
These pictures are awesome!!! Thanks for the laughs! Thumbs down to the people out there really need to LIGHTEN UP!
I think all of these are completely wrong!! What is up with the guys butt and legs around the ladies tummy!! OMG that is wrong and the couple naked wtf! I think there should be actual christmas cards like some of these. Thanks for all the laughs
This is great, I have sent to all of my pregnant friends!!!!
Hilarious. So fantastic. These made my day!!
Laughing out loud. The 'professional' photogs who styled these shots should be ashamed and fired but thanks for the lols!
i can't, um, i feel i should comment about all the photos that feature guns, but i can't begin to figure out what to actually say. i would find one photo of a pregnant woman with a gun weird and incomprehensible and compelling and unnerving…but more than one? that counts as a phenomenon – it's, well…it's just so weird. the one with the car tire is pretty weird, but the ones with the guns…wow. i feel i've been exposed to some secret world…
All I can say is WOW, especially the naked man upside down….
What's up with all the guns? I have seen pictures of weddings where the father is holding a shotgun, but this is a first for me.
OMG!! I am laughing so hard. These are fantastic! Thank god I've already had my kids, lest I make the mistake of capturing the belly naked, with guns (both kinds), doing a handstand, and then sending it as my Christmas card.
Thank you for making my day with this nonsense. Friggin' hysterical!!
This made me laugh out loud multiple times! Linking to you from my blog if you don't mind … hilarious! 🙂
WHICH one with the naked guy?
This made me laugh out loud. I had no idea that there was a photography genre of "Pregnancy & Guns". Where have I been?
Another reason we should have mandatory spade and neutering of adult humans in wall mart parking lots. You should have to have a license to breed. Crazy breeding crazies.
Can I just thank you for the best freakin laugh ever?! It wasn't so much the photos as your commentary. Brilliant!
This is right up there with seeing the RHOA photo shoot with the pickles.
Oh my goodness! I can't stop laughing! Thanks for the moment of pure cheer as I cried tears of laughing hysteria.
TOTALLY hilarious. Great work!
not sure which is worse… the wall mart photos or these.
I find these pictures distastefull you cant nurse your baby in public but show your fat belly to the world,in my day you kept it covered even though the skirts had a hole for your belly you had a slip on and nothing showed those stretch marks looked terrible
I think the african american couple are cute because they look like they love each other. I don't think there is anything wrong with the naked body. Although, it's not appropriate to send naked photos of yourself & your SO to your family so, I hope that's not what they did.
TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO funny !!!!! Could not stop laughing !!!!! Thanks !!!
These pictures and your narration has made me laugh so much for a Monday. Thank you!
@ Jackie on the 10th of December.
Are you serious? Judgmental? There are shots of pregnant women drawing guns from their husband's holster! There is a shot of a woman holding a watermelon and a gun! There is a pregnant woman in hockey pants! There's a guy holding a tire! ARE YOU KIDDING? These are hilarious. Wheezing, gasp for air, tears streaming down your face funny. WHERE IS YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR? Give yourself a shake Jackie. See some fun in the world. This is funny stuff. If you aren't laughing, you need to have a friend check for a pulse. (and judgmental is one word honey).
there is a picture of me when i was 8 months pregnant wearing a red bikini with white polka dots…smiling, posing actually i think. i thought i looked pretty good (ew) because i had only gained 25lbs and had gained 50lbs with my firstborn. plus i had boobs which i normally don't. that was 28 years ago. my son has the only copy of the picture. i put it in the photo album i made for him chronicling his life from 0-17 yrs. wish i had it to post so the naysayers can see that there are those of us that see the hilarity in our own moments of awkwardness.
all these pictures are totally foul – the gun ones are pathetic even – put it away!
Hilarious!!!
Laughed so hard I almost fell out of my chair. My wife is still laughing!!
OMG! These are hilarious and definitely worth a pass-on… Thanks! Great writing style as well – I was laughing out loud!
These are all so beautiful in their own way. If I get preggo again, I am so getting a pic of me in a mumu with a watermelon and a handgun. And sending it as my Xmas card.
Without question the best one though is the tween little sister with her shirt hiked up over her tummy, on her knees in front of her Bubba brother-in-law. They'll all be on Jerry Springer together in five years with two kids who are both cousins and half-siblings!!
This post was HYSTERICAL! Thank you for a good laugh!
I am sure most of these people would get a kick out of themselves… Why so serious, some of you???? Life is too short and maybe you are upset, because you have some of these photos in your albums…. I have some great photos of cross eyes, bad hair day, what was I thinking when I wore that photos and I would not think someone was judging me…. That is so not what this is about….. Get a personality!!
Those are awful! Here are 2 more for you: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=435194343566&set=a.435192488566.237368.505848566 and http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=435194613566&set=a.435192488566.237368.505848566
The story behind the hockey mom photo is awesome. The photographer won a contest with that photo and it ran in the local paper and the mom put a framed copy up in their living room. One of the kids in the photo submitted it to awkwardfamilyphotos.com and said that as a 13-year-old it was so embarrassing bringing friends over to his house – which I suspect is why his mom left the photo up. Parents love embarrassing their kids, hehehe.
Thanks for pulling all these together – it was a great laugh. Loved your comments. Although I am very impressed by the ballerina.
I laughed harder than I have in quite a while. It made me remember that wonderful, goofy state of mind that expectant parents get into when they feel like they invented pregnancy and parenthood themselves, and it had never been done before, and how could anyone possibly not want to look at a pregnant belly and marvel at the wonder of it all?!?!? What strikes me as really amazing is all the people who somehow associate pregnancy with firearms. But the watermelon/gun lady is the best…
Most fabulous photos ever.
I love the adoption pixs… What a beautiful idea. I wish we would have thought of that when we adopted. Kudos on posting them
I'm ready to give you some of my pictures! Love the laughter I got from this this morning!
Thank you!
Thanks for the link to our metaphorical (a.k.a. beachball) pregnancy photos! I am really bummed that we didn't turn up the watermelon and gun photos before we took them, however. Clearly, we were missing out a major theme, there.
Just one more reason to not drink while pregnant.
Im wheezing I was laughing so hard
That's some of the funniest stuff I've seen in a long time.
Tom, Lighten up. I am SURE you have NEVER taken anything out of context. But in case I am wrong, I will forever think of you defending all of the people of walmart. Crack a smile before something else cracks. To the author, thanks for the laughs!
I can't even form a coherent comment because I am laughing so hard at these photos! Yikes!!!!
seriously, the hockey mom shot is perfectly good — but you have to be a crazy hockey fan to understand. There's just something kick ass about reproducing more hockey kids… and the fact is most hockey players and fans are already insane. I've played hockey pregnant with twins, and used hockey for pregnant Halloween jokes. It's an inside joke perhaps, but not crazy like the rest of them… =o)
Hilarious!!!! So glad my daughter sent me here today! I feel MUCH better!
So bad, I did maternity shots, but nothing this tacky
hahahahahahahaha! we don't have kids yet but we are def. going to have a watermelon/gun photo…
I blame Demi Moore.
I needed a good laugh! Thanks!
Hey- at least the woman in the 8th picture was still able to go en pointe!
Demi Moore broke the ice with that 1991 magazine cover photo on "Vanity Fair." Pregnancy is no longer verboten–ugly or shameful.
http://www.virginmedia.com/homefamily/birthbaby/celebpregnancyprofiles/pregnant-posers.php?ssid=2
My stomach hurts so bad from laughing so hard…. so wrong but so funny! Thank you!
This is so amazing.
Awkward family photos is the best website and you've somehow brought them all together into one amazing post.
Being 7 months pregnant myself, I avoid cameras like I do sushi and brie currently. But I am so glad not everyone does, because otherwise I would not have had the opportunity to laugh so hard I peed a bit (this IS baby number 3, so yes, sometimes I pee when I laugh too hard – or sneeze – or run – or…you get the picture).
Nice work on finding the pics! Particularly love the porn Christmas card. Wish I could send one of those to my mother in law.
While I am laughing my head off, I am cringing and wondering how these ladies will feel 10 years later… and would they really like their 13 year old kids to see these pics??
Rule one of posting… play it out and see if you still think its a good idea…
Seriously, one of the funniest things I've seen in a while. I will be linking your posting to my blog to show all of the infertiles what they're missing : )
genius, woman. You are genius.
Awesome! Thank you for making me smile:)
This absolutely made my day. Especially the naked dude. I'm sure their child will really appreciate that picture someday. 🙂
What's the phrase when you're mortified for total strangers?
laughing hysterically, the comments were great
If you post it on the internet then it is free game and people should be aware of that. I think when "parents to be" go to a photographer with suggestions for a photoshoot then it is up to the photographer to guide them in their choices. Clearly that didn't happen. The plastic garbage bag and black socks in the muddy river killed me. People should lighten up and see the humour in this. Very funny!
Thanks for making my day! This is sooooo my kind of sense of humor, I'm still smiling!
I die. These are beyond hysterical!
Oh my…This is hilarious!!!
Hahahahahahaha… so funny, Wow…. but I do envy one of them, Id still love to be able to go en point while pregnant!!!
As a Maternity photographer I *especially* enjoyed these! LOL Especially love all the almost-porn shots. People ask me about shots like that all the time and I still can't get my head around it!!!!
EWWWWWW!
That was a great way to start my day. I haven't laughed that hard for a while. Thanks.
Priceless.. nice post, great response!!
OH My GOSH! You just made my day! I am wiping the tears off of my face, this was so funny. The tire one is the best!
I do totally get why people do pregnancy photos. I did not because I'm just very private about my body. I have photos of me pregnant at my baby shower and that was enough for us.
And to those who are complaining, just remember that when you post something on a site called "awkwardpregnancyphotos.com", you are inviting the world to laugh at you so you probably have a pretty good idea that what you did might be considered funny by others.
Thanks for the laugh!
I love it! It reminds me of the hilarious snaps seen on awkwardfamilyphotos.com. My favourite is the Xmas Card. Did they follow the north pornstar to Bethlehem?!
I have never laughed so hard at pregnancy photos. I loved your comments.
Hilarious….I posted your link on my blog as well!
OH – My- GOSH! Some things are just better left private! LOL – I am laughing and shaking my head in disbelief at the same time.
And the #1Male Douche Bag award goes tooo……… Naked man behind his naked wife !!!
applause…………Ya F&&^%$ Goof !! Show your buddies @work k …..
The naked man behind his naked wife takes the #1Douche Bag award……lol…
Jill, it's very much a civil right issue. You have the right to your life, and you have the right to protect it. Being pro-gun is just a by-product of self-ownership mentality.
And frankly, I have no clue what the deal with the watermelon is, probably just a convenient prop that mimics the size awkwardness of carrying a baby, and even more likely is that the photo was awkward without something in the ladies hand.
Though even with out the watermelon outrunning a criminal while 8 months pregnant would be difficult enough.
These were great! And yes, I laughed out loud at a number of them.
One of my babies was admitted to hospital last night, and reading this post this morning made me laugh for the first time since he was admitted (and I'm stuck home with his twin). Thank you for lightening my load a little.
@Chris – Is it civil rights or just pro gun? Either way, what does the watermelon have to do with it? Outrunning a criminal while pregnant and holding a watermelon would be hard I imagine, but still…
Here's the original of the lady with the watermelon and gun, and as you can see, it's originally meant to be a civil rights poster.
http://www.olegvolk.net/gallery/technology/arms/watermelon4399.jpg
Oh please, please post more. Your blog is much better than going to the site. Your captions are what make it truly funny.
I cannot remember the last time I laughed so hard!! Excellent blog!!
OH MY GOSH! LAUGHIN' MY HEAD OFF!!!!
Laughing so hard I was crying. Thanks for sharing. Loved your commentary!
The lady with the watermelon and gun is an image by Oleg Volk and is not a "family photo" per se.
Wow what a bunch of Sicko's!! Yeah Right, there for the kids……..You can see this at porno sites for the mentally sick sex weirdo's
Please let us know your feelings on this gem
http://www.jenniferloomis.com/portfolio_michelle18.php
your comments and descriptions are great
thanks
Wonderful… thanks for sharing these…. posting the link to my Facebook…. I hope some of my friends will take heed!!!
Oh my gosh I can't stop laughing, these are so awful that they're hilarious!! Thank you for the much needed laugh!!
Ugh – way to steal photos from awkwardfamilyphotos.com and rip off their idea.
This IS funny!! I can't decide which one is my favorite 🙂
my husband and I laughed so hard we cried…..
Laughed until I cried. Awesome.
This had me on the floor! I'm a professional body painter & I do pregnant bellies all the time but his takes the cake for funny!
Hilarious post! I LOVE it! Really makes you reconsider somethings you shoot! Watermelon and a gun…. That's EXACTLY how I felt!
In all cases the photographers should be ashamed of themselves!!! Thank you for being horrible at your profession…. Keep up the bad work…. I need more laughs in my life.
Freaking Hilarious! Seriously 😀
~WW
That's it! I'm getting my watermelon! And my gun!
Thank you for the much needed laughs. I've seen most of the pics, but your commentary made them even funnier!
Alana, that is the most brilliant, wonderful, fucking funniest thing that I've seen and it almost made me cry because it made me so happy. Can I post that in the follow-up? I tried to email you but you didn't list an email and I can't find one on your site.
To think that these people actually put an effort into it!
Ah, but what's an adoptive parent to do to mark those special months leading up to an adoption? Beach balls, anyone?
http://colefaber.blogspot.com/2010/05/maternity-photos-good-people-of.html
OH MY!! I haven't laughed so hard in forever!!! HAHAHA!!
I could understand a pregnancy belly photo with a clean brand new Pirelli Italian tire, but a dirty tire, now that's just plain bizarre. Hahaaaaaaa! Oh the best is the girl down spread on her knees in front of her sister I guess, with "Aunty Yayah" written on her stomach. Like, hey dad I'm next. LMFAO!
LMFAO! They are hilarious, it's not about judgement, it's downright comical. Laughter is the best medicine. Lady who was all concerned about how judgemental people are, give me a break. LOL! Totally agree with the world peace comment, for sure, we all need to laugh together. Seriously. Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely brilliant! And so, so wrong! Thanks for the laughs….and the ingenious use of the word 'skeezy'!!!!
Oh, these were fantastic! I actually did think the Ballerina one was honestly beautiful, though. I mean, I can't stand on those things when I'm not pregnant!
I wish I had gotten some fancier photos of myself pregnant. There's one nice one at a wedding, but my bump was barely visible, and the next is of me and my sister at Christmas when I was about ready to burst. She looks super happy, and though I am smiling, it is obvious that I am just so, so tired.
Pretty much I haven't laughed so hard in a long time! What's with pregnant women feeling the need to take all their clothes off??…and then ask they're husbands to do the same?? hahaha
Thanks for sharing the LAUGHS!
God help the children who come across these photos of their parents later in life. Seriously if I saw my dad standing naked behind my mom, I'd have to gouge my eyes out.
Thanks for the laugh!!! TOOOOOO FUNNY!
lmao!! lady killing a watermelon deffinitly my favorite if you cant laugh at this you have no soul! again…… lmao
Something makes me thing Tom is either 'nekked guy' or has a photo like this at home with him in it! lol
Lighten up Tom!
PG Chicken – this made my morning! Thanks.
Thanks for a good laugh…loved your witty comments to go along with the photographs! Happy Blogging!
I used to work as a professional framer. One of my customers brought in a series of pregnancy photos she wanted framed together in a collage. The smaller, outer photos were gorgeous photos of her pregnant, in different poses and with her husband. The large, center photo was of her standing behind her sitting husband so that you couldn't see her belly at all… and on the husband's lap was their small dog. It make it look for all the world that she had been pregnant and then had given birth to the dog. I laughed the entire time I framed it!
this is pure awesomeness! and i am convinced that the ppl offended by this have a hidden stash of christmas card preggo porn of themselves… yikes! hee heee.. lighten up!!!
Haven't you ever taken a photo that you thought would be good and been like, well that didn't work out so well, did it? LOL Or, even THOUGHT something looked okay at the time and then looked back years later and been like, um, nope, that really wasn't a good idea 😛 I think that's what most of these pictures are.
This is too funny. i can't even imagine getting any of these in the mail as holiday cards.
we found a site you need to check out with awkward photos, hope you enjoy it.
aubreyhopephotography.blogspot.com
go to 2009, June, Amy and Micheals photos.
Freaking hilarious, I was laughing outloud…I think the watermellon and the gun, or the giant head…or maybe just your comments…awesome! Too funny!
Thanks for laughs. What can I say besides, WOW!!!
you need to make these click larger
Awkward is definitely the word. If these were your parents. I can see what they are trying to do. However since my parents never took a picture nude together thankfully, I do not have them mental scares. It is something that can be taken out of context easily. I can also see the humor in it. It is quite funny and I may decide to check out the site. Awkward is definitely the word for it. lol
Have you seen this one?
http://www.guzer.com/pictures/disturbing-pregnant-gun.php
SO Freakin' Funny!!! At a time of the year when I feel like a crazy stressed-out lunatic, it felt great to have a good laugh AND be thankful I have no such photos!
Awesome!! I am laughing so hard I am crying 🙂 Thanks for the laugh!!
I have tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. Your captions are spot on. Thanks for entertaining me tonight.
I'm laughing so hard that my face hurts
I am sitting here crying. This made my day. As a more of two boys, my fav is the hockey one. Thanks for sharing!
Lighten up to everyone who thinks the author is "judgmental" — geez
Perfect Christmas cheer! Laughng out loud to yourself funny. I think they are even better if your a parent.
Thanks for the laugh!!
I actually cought myself laughing out loud!!! What planet are these people from???
Complaining commenters-please take the time to READ the intro. There is a website called Awkward Family Photos-most of the photos are from people uploading their own pictures. It's hysterical. The blogger says clearly that this is where the pictures came from. Duh.
Awesome.. thanks.
Some things should be made fun of. Over and Over. Like… Alanis Morisette's lyrics to "Ironic", and everything about Dan Quayle, and the idea of a Jamaican bobsled team, and the way french people smell, and when babies bob around with huge eyeballs just after they learn to hold their heads up like they're really drunk…. and preggo christmas card porn.
Effing Love It. Love It. You could help usher in world peace with these, if we all just sat down together to laugh our azzes off together.
I just wanted to clarify that Bad Joo made the awesome suggestion about the naked man photoshoot and it was Tom that wasn't impressed by this post.
I also wanted to point out that all these images were pulled from awkwardphotos.com where people actually submit these suckers and I didn't just pull them randomly off the web. The site is hysterical and I urge you all to check it out.
And hey, if you want to pose naked with a dead bird, car parts and a firearm – I say get down with your bad self – I'm not judging. Well, the naked guy, I guess I am a little. My bad.
DYING laughing here!!!! Each one was better than the last, so hilarious!!!!
*their
I just want to say, no one wants to look at naked pictures of thier parents…ever. Whether they were pregnant with them or not. Bare belly: understandable. Bare everything: teenager's nightmare.
It amazes me at the crude judge mental people we are. Yes maybe these are not the type of pictures you would have taken…but..these are proud and happy parents to be! Trying to share/document their bundle of joy! Why do we find the need to judge and condem people for something like this?? Congrats to the people in these photos for taking pictures they wanted regardless of all the morons that are out there that will have crappy things to say!
I’m sorry, judge mental?? Really??
This is pretty damn funny. Bad Joo… I am in somewhat of an agreement with you. However, it is obvious that this blogger found all these photos online. Combine this with the movie Catfish, and many people will start making their photos private, or not posting ones they wish the world not to see all over the internet.
Would love to guest post this from you!
Hilarious, there are truly no words to follow this post
other than I want to host you on mine!
So funny! Where did you find all of those? I'm sending your link to all my pregnant friends 🙂
This gave me a very much needed laugh! Thank you!
Are these comments supposed to be funny, insightful or just plain judgmental, especially since they are taken out of context by this blogger who had no other ideas this week. Out of context meaning they are being displayed in a manner in which they were not intended.
You must be the naked guy
I wish there were one with the naked man holding the naked prego with a mirror behind them with the naked man in the mirror wearing a condom and looking wistfully backward toward his mirrored, cloaked self. Now, that would be klassy.
Oh this was just too funny for words! Thank you for brightening my day 😉
O the hilarity!!! That made my day!!!
I could look at these all day! I have been sending the link out to family and friends. It is the perfect mix of ridiculous and awesome! Thanks for brightening my day!
so, this is amazing. thanks for the chuckle!!
I am laughing so hard I'm crying. These are awful…yet awesome all at the same time. WHAT are people thinking?! Obviously they are not thinking. Thanks for the laugh!
Thanks (et al) for the laugh
The one with the naked guy is so many kinds of wrong that I don't even know where to begin.