Claire-Is she still pregnant?!?!?

[Found and Lost]

Everybody saw today's episode of Lost, right? Good. But From the camera angle at which they showed Claire, you can't tell if she's pregnant.

I even rewound my DVR and paused it at the exact moment that they showed all of Claire. There's no way to tell. GAH!!!>:

[KawaiiGrrl 17]

No, she's not pregnant...

[KawaiiGrrl 17]

But I guess it was nearly impossible to tell. Plus there's the fact that black makes you look a bit skinnier...

[Matthew is a fox]

How do you know she's not? Do you have inside info lol?

[KawaiiGrrl 17]

*sigh* No...I wish I did, though, lol. I get all my info from this site.

I just really don't know what to think... At first I thought I saw her belly, but then again she was covered in darkness and with her wearing black... Yeah, so I don't really know.

[Matthew is a fox]

Now see, I'm tempted to say she still is. She looks like she was wearing the same outfit when her and Charlie were abducted.

[KawaiiGrrl 17]

Yeah, that's true. And if she had had her baby, the outfit would be like sagging, right? Okay I guess Im officially confused.

[Matthew is a fox]

Yeah. To me, it looked like she still had a belly. I could be mistaken, which is why I wish somebody would confirm this lol.

[KawaiiGrrl 17]

I'm just so mad that the next episode is a friggin re-run, so we couldn't find out sooner!

[Matthew is a fox]

We will probably find out within the next couple of days actually :)



P.S- I really didn't want to re-watch Solitary next week either lol

[KawaiiGrrl 17]

"Couple of days"? What's that mean?

And I don't wanna watch it either...|I

[Matthew is a fox]

I was searching for some answers on her website and nothing is listed. I also tried lostmedia.com because they usually have promotional pictures up for each episode way in advance. I would bet that in a couple of days, the "spoiler" will be revealed.

[scrapnel]

no her stomach was definitely flat. you could just see a change in her body and also how she held herself, just lots of ways. but her stomach was flat from what i saw. ill rewind and look again, but thats definitely what i saw.

[Matthew is a fox]

See I disagree, because it was too dark and someone else mentioned the discrepancies in the camera angle. Call it a stupid guess, but I think she still is pregnant.

[iluvdom]

my tape ran out, and i didn't see claire come back :(

did anyone see her, like charlie? what happend?!?!

[Matthew is a fox]

Locke and Boone found her, briefly, trudging through the woods

[domslady07]

I did the rewind thing on my Tivo and it was way to dark to tell

[Matthew is a fox]

I re-watched that part as well and I'm torn lol. From first glance, it looks like she isn't, but as the camera gets closer, I swear I saw a curve. However, when it zoomed in even more so to reveal only her face, she looked really small :\

[Matthew is a fox]

Alright, here's a capture. You be the judge on whether she looks pregnant or not.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/happy/special657.jpg

[penster]

OK from that picture she doesn't look pregnant but I was sure she was when I saw then end of the ep for the second time. ANyway Charlie said she'd only been gone for a week, surely her belly wouldn't have flattened in that time?

[Matthew is a fox]

Wait a second lol, you think from that picture she "doesn't" look pregnant? Am I understanding you correctly or was that a typo?

[penster]

That's what I said! She's a little person and her belly was mega big and I would think then that her left arm wouldn't be visible in that picture but it is. I do think she is still though! I just can't see it in that pic.

[Matthew is a fox]

Her belly wouldn't have flattened, but there wouldn't be a bulge like that :\

[penster]

OK, let's not fight about it. I want her to be pregnant still so that Charlie can be there when she gives birth. Something horrible will have happened though to screw things up. I think the writers are like the Buffy writers were, they don't like to make us happy!

[Matthew is a fox]

Well she is faced forward for the most part. As far as her belly being "mega big" before, sometimes it was and sometimes it wasn't lol. With padding like that, it doesn't always look the same size on camera.


P.S- I'm done speculating about it lol. I just thought I would show you guys the capture because it was bugging me when I tried to re-watch the episode and I couldn't see anything.

[penster]

See? Those damn writers are trying to make us crazy!

[Matthew is a fox]

Well, they definitely did that for a reason. Like I mentioned before, call it a stupid guess, but I think she still is. Not necessarily from that capture, because I can see where you are coming from when you say her belly was bigger before. It's just that I don't think her belly would be AS BIG as they are making it in that capture if she had indeed already had her child. But I digress and am talking in circles now, so I'll just shut up :)

[chrisberni]

Matthew_is_a_fox could you please resize the picture to the allowed maximum of 600 pixel? Thanks. :-)

To me, it doesn't look like she's pregnant anymore. Agree that the bulge to the left would be a bit bigger if she still was. But if she wasn't anymore, even though after birth a woman's belly takes a while to go back into 'original' shape, it wouldn't look like this either. Of course they deliberately made it look ambiguous, grrrr!!! And now we have to wait three weeks to find out for sure... :( >:

[Matthew is a fox]

Well I tried to re-size the picture but it didn't work :(

[chrisberni]

Yes it did! Maybe you just need to reload the page to see it. Thanks! :D

[lolane3]

If you look closely at the picture, down near the band on Claire's left arm, you can see the curve of her stomach. She is still pregnant.

[silvandy02]

Well I played around with some caps before I saw this thread, so there are another couple of pics here if you're interested. I brightened them a bit to make things clearer.

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/silverdesigns/cl1.JPG

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/silverdesigns/cl2.JPG

[Kaydapo]

I think that instead of fighting about whether she is still pregnant, we should discuss what is means if she is not! Would it mean that the island people have taken her baby? Why? Would they have killed it?
Also, doesn't anyone else wonder how Claire got away? She seemed pretty distressed to me!
Furthermore, what do you guys think she can reveal about the island people? Do you think she remembers anything?
And finally, if Claire is back now, what is the importance of possibly knowing the location of the black rock?
Oh yeah, and do you guys think she and Charlie's relationship will change? Just happily reuniting is too easy!

Anyone have any ideas?

[Things Fall Apart]

I don't think she's still pregnant. She was waddling before because she was so huge, and look at that second picture...

Plus, it just makes sense that she's not pregnant anymore. They wanted her baby, not her, and now they have it...

[KawaiiGrrl 17]

Yeah, it makes sense, but what Matthew is a Fox told me earlier changes my mind...

There is no way that Claire would have left her baby for a psycho to raise, especially after what the psychic told her about her needing to raise her baby. Also, her baby WILL die without her. Claire is the babies only hope for survival and without Claire, the babies life would literally hang in the balance.

[queensmartass]

Her belly wouldn't have flattened, but there wouldn't be a bulge like that

Actually, on a girl her size, yes there would be. I'm about the same size as Claire, and my belly looked very similar to that for about two weeks following the birth of my daughter. Not to mention the fact that if she gave birth, whoever had her likely didn't allow her to breastfeed the baby. That's what shrinks the uterus down so quickly following birth. I stopped breastfeeding my daughter after a couple of days due to health problems, and my belly stayed big a lot longer than after I had my son (bf him for about a month). Not to mention that on a wee one like Clzaire, there would be a ton of stretched skin at first. Skin doesn't just bounce back right away. No matter how Hollywood likes to make it seem that skinny girls get their figures back right away after having a baby, it's just not so the majority of the time. There are a few lucky girls who bounce back remarkable well (evil wenches) but the majority take a bit of time.

I don't think she's pregnant anymore. But I would be THRILLED to be wrong!!!

[sexy baby mama]

Matthew is a Fox (hee hee, yes he is!) -

THANK YOU FOR THE SCREEN CAP!!!!!! I was wondering.

I think she is still pregnant - from that picture it totally does look like she is to me. But I think we can talk about interesting things about that angle as well. If she still has the baby, here are some questions:

*How did she get away?
*Why did they let her leave, if they wanted her baby?
*Did they do something to her baby, in utero, and if so, what effects will it have?
*If she escaped, will they come after her?

I can't think of any more right now, but I'm sure somebody can. I think she still has the baby! (Although I do think they downsized it to make it more ambiguous for the viewer. It reminds me of how in TV shows, they can do things with lighting, costumes, and props to either accentuate or hide an actress's REAL LIFE pregnancy.)

[mzsandeestar]

Someone just mentioned what I was thinking.
Of course if "they" took the baby there are a lot of possibilities but if she is still pregnant we need to think about what might have happened to her or her in utero child.
Could they have done something to the baby so that when it is born it will not be "normal" Could they have done something to cause alianation between Claire and her baby?

My thoughts are that she is not still pregnant, however if she is still pregnant it doesn't mean that the time she was missing wouldn't have a big effect on the plot about the baby.

[Matthew is a fox]

Well I had just mentioned to someone else and on another thread that I don't think it would make sense for her NOT to be pregnant. I said the writers would have alot of convincing to do. First, how did the baby get delivered? Second, how are they sustaining it's life with Claire gone? I think that question should raise eyebrows, because I will not believe that some baby formula just magically appeared on the island or that Ethan and others made a creation that they are feeding the baby lol.


P.S- the next new episode is Charlie's and not Claire's, so I think that's just another reason why she still could be pregnant. I say that because why develop a story (Claire's pregnancy) and then not follow it through, on screen, to the end? Plus, Jack did say that Claire would deliver her baby within two weeks and Charlie said last night that it has only been a week. That time frame could be significant.

[cfans]

First of all, I HOPE Claire is still pregnant. But if she isn't and has delivered the baby, there is a way that the baby could be sustained without her. If there are indeed others on the island, there could be a woman who is nursing her own baby who could be used to nurse Claire's baby as well. A nursing mother's ability to increase milk production is a matter of fact. Royalty and nobles in the past almost always used a "wet nurse" to feed their babies. No self-respecting high-bred woman would be caught dead using their own breasts that way.

And as to Claire's belly. She was carrying that baby very high and looked like a walking bowling ball. Prior to being born, babies often "drop" in their mother's wombs, thus changing the mother's shape somewhat. Perhaps this is what happened to Claire, and that is why she no longer looks so round. (Now I know that Claire is just a character and the actress is not really pregnant, but perhaps the writers are trying to be VERY realistic here - I HOPE!)

[wNt2bHbBt123]

Matthew is a fox Bravo! I agree with you 100%! By the look of those screencaps and theuse of common sense, there is NO way that Claire is not pregnant. I am just so happy she is back!

And, i dunno if Claire's relationship with Charlie will change. If she wasn't pregnant it would be pretty different, but i am certain she is still pregnant. I look forward to more scenes with the two of them!

[CharlieandClaire4eva]

I hope Claire and Charlies relation doesnt change. Hes so nice to her and,i donno i just dont want it to.

I kinda hope that Clare is still pregnant, but if shes not i hope that her baby is alright.

[Hodgepodge]

Well, I'm willing to bet she's no longer pregnant. The reason Ethan took her was for the baby. I don't think she got away on her on.

[Things Fall Apart]

www.lost-tv.com/pictures/displayimage.php?album=27&pos=261 (http://www.lost-tv.com/pictures/displayimage.php?album=27&pos=261)

From the looks of this picture I found (from the Claire-centric episode "Raised By Another") I could possibly retract my "no baby" statement because her body looks similar to this in Matthew is a fox's screencaps. I just assumed she wasn't pregnant because she usually looks SO much bigger! Either way, they want us to speculate and they made it really difficult to tell. I'm not reading spoilers so I guess I'll find out in 2 weeks! :)

[Luke1588]

that picture shows for sure that she is still pregnant

[Matthew is a fox]

Well that's not the picture that is causing much debate. I just want to say this in regard to a post I previously read. I need to address this to someone in particular but I can't remember the screen name. He or she responded that a family member/friend had just had a baby and a week after the baby was born, the mother looked as though she was still six months pregnant. I just wanted to say that for her, that may have been the case, but you can't speak for ALL women. I can't say from personal experience, but my sister had a baby over a year ago and her "bulge" was nowhere near that size right after she delivered. It makes more sense to say that the baby has dropped and she will DELIVER soon instead of saying Ethan has her baby, but she still looks pregnant.

[msmall79]

She definitely does NOT look pregant...she looks like she would after having a baby...a fat belly. But definitely NOT a nine month old baby belly.

[Matthew is a fox]

Well it would seem that way from the new promo picture, but after reading the caption from abc.com (about Ethan wanting her back or he'll kill the survivors) why would Ethan need her if has the baby?

[Matthew is a fox]

Again though, to say it doesn't look like a nine month old baby belly is an incorrect statement. One of my pet peeves is when people call from personal experience and regard that experience as fact. Without trying to sound like a broken record, you can not say that ALL women would have a bigger belly at nine months. At different angles, Claire looks to still be pregnant. In the promo picture, she is facing forward and does not. I did look at other promo pictures when she was facing forward and they look the same. Besides, this is a tv show and they would not still have Claire wearing the fake padding if she already had the baby.


P.S- If I'm coming off rude, I apologize, but all day I was trying to weigh both sides and then there are two people in here that ARE SO SURE OF THEMSELVES that a pregnant woman could not look like that at nine months. Yes they can, I have seen it.

[domslady07]

Matthew is a Fox- I totally agree with you and i still think shes pregnant also , you can clearly see it you would have to be blind not to. anyways and you are not being rude, not by a long shot.

[Matthew is a fox]

Thanks :D It's just been a long day lol. I'm usually not on here all day, but it was different today for I was reading people's theories, responding and so forth.

[domslady07]

I know Sometimes this place gets a little crazy with all of the theories be thrown around and I'm surprised that I haven't lost my marbles reading all them lol:D :D

[Paisley]

The screen capture pic, in my opinion. appears as though she is still pregnant. Granted she appears a little different but that can be explained by the baby dropping into position to be born. It would be expected considering her weight, the first child, and her height that had she given birth already, she would be her pre-pregnacy size. I was with my first and I was about her size and two months shy of my 18th birthday. Both my girls were two weeks to two and a half weeks overdue.

My working theory is that there is a procreation issue with the Ethan-ites. Why else would they want Claire and the baby? Charlie plainly stated after the abduction that, "they only wanted Claire." Why? If my procreation theory holds water, a wet nurse wouldn't be possible. If they wanted the baby, then Claire has to be a part of te plan because she is the only one that can feed the little baby. No references to the island having cows or goats have been made either. Since the creators have remained true to feasibility when it comes to Claire's pregnancy, it would be safe to say they remain within that realm in regards to the baby. Goats milk can be more easily digested by babies but cow milk cannot.

The abduction scene, when she claimed someone was trying to take her baby, she was very protective of the baby. This leads me to believe she would never have left the baby knowing 1) the baby could not survive unless she nursed it. 2) She was taking the psychic's warnings very seriously in regards to her being the only one that could raise the child.

Further, I cannot imagine after what Charlie and Claire went through, and the way she obviously felt about Charlie, that the creators would leave him out of the loop when the baby was born.


Just my theory,

Paisley
PS: Thanks to the creators of this board. It gives me a place to contemplate the show and read other's thoughts. Please forgive any mistakes. I wanted to post before going to bed even though I was exhausted.

[MaryUt]

In the gallery for "Homecoming" I think she looks pregnant as well

lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&album=209&pos=0 (http://http://lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&album=209&pos=0)

Also has some pictures of Charlie in flashback

[KissMESawyer]

Well it looks to me that she is still pregnant. But for some reason she isn't, everyone keeps asking why Ethan would want her back so bad. Well he would need her to feed the baby, I am sure he is not producing enough milk for him. LOL
If Claire had the chance to run off and get help to come back and get her baby, I think she may have done that.

[Ellas Cinders]

If she just had the baby in the last few hours her stomach would be still big. It does take awhile for the stomach to shrink after giving birth.

I think the baby is gone, and that her dress looks big and ambiguous because they wanted to create suspense.

[Found and Lost]

Wow, start a thread and leave for two days, and you have to read three pages worth of comments. just kidding. I'm thrilled that this is a popular discussion.

From the screenshots that Matthew is a Fox showed, she does indeed look pregnant. I've never actually been pregnant, but I don't think that she would look that round if she had already had the baby. Sagging skin doesn't take up that much room, does it?

Also, The baby isn't due for another week. I know that babies can come early, but it doesn't seem like the writers would do that.

But, one can't ever be sure. So we'll just have to wait and see. I have banned myself from reading spoilers. I'm going to make myself wait.

[charliebutter]

anyone find anyother pics?

[charliebutter]

www.lost-media.com/module...fullsize=1 (http://www.lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimagepopup&pid=27449&fullsize=1)

http://www.lost-media.com/modules.php

[charliebutter]

oops i sorry i think that was the same pic

[Things Fall Apart]

Found and Lost...I'm not reading spoilers anymore either, even though I am totally a spoiler person for every other show I watch (even though slowly but surely I'm giving up spoilers for more of my favorite shows)! I just decided that after knowing some of the big "shockers", or even just seeing little details in promo pictures, it really ruined the episodes for me. I'm trying not to even look at any kind of teasers and hints...I want to know nothing, tabula rasa. It's killing me too, especially now. :)

Here's my final thought on Claire: I think she either is or isn't still pregnant. ;)