Coco Austin is feeling "gypped" by her pregnancy experience

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Sara McGinnis

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Coco Austin can't shake the sense she isn't getting the full range of pregnancy ups and downs, and as such feels "gypped." The mom-to-be, who is expecting her first child with husband Ice T, has opened up about how her headline-making small bump size is bumming her out.

"I almost feel like I kind of got gypped a little because women start seeing something of a baby bump at four to five months," the woman who is expecting a girl recently wrote. "I didn't see anything until eight months. I was kinda feeling gypped in a way because when you're pregnant, you want a bump."

"I know I'm in great shape, but I want to feel pregnant also," she added before boasting about a recent increase in bump visibility. "Finally, something is out! She's finally showing herself and I'm loving every moment. I'm actually telling people that no doubt, I could be pregnant for the rest of my life."

Asserting she isn't concerned about gaining weight or losing her figure, Coco Austin has sought the assurance of her doctor that all is well.

In response to asking her doctors if they've seen such a small bump before she explains, "My doctor says yes, athletes look like this all the time because they have such strong abs muscles that it takes longer for a bump to pop out...My doctors said they just delivered a figure skater's baby and she was smaller than me and she squeezed that baby out in nearly three tries because her abs were so strong."

For Coco, who has faced public speculation about her body (‘You can't have that butt, it must be implants' or ‘your waist is so small, you must have had a rib taken out') for years, the continued comments on her size aren't easy to shake, but she's determined to push them out of mind -- and I can't help but feel for her. It must be taxing to be going through so many emotions and facing the craziness of public commentary.

I can't personally relate to having too small of a bump to be acceptable (as the opposite was more my problem), but I do remember feeling a bit as though I missed out on a expected pregnancy milestone: cravings. I was sort of excited to get an extremely strong desire for one food or another, and looking forward to the enjoyment that would come along with finally eating this or that, but in reality I was just mildly nauseous for what seemed like forever.

Not once did I have a movie-style pregnancy craving and manage to get it fulfilled. The few times I did have something in mind I really wanted, by the time I actually got it it wasn't as I'd hoped. As disappointing as it was for me, I can only imagine how annoying this must have been to my spouse.

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