Kate Middleton Pregnancy Rumors and Updates: Duchess of Cambridge Allegedly Embarrassed to Appear in Public because of Baby Bump

By Mike Emaneke Oct 15, 2014 07:27 AM EDT

Kate Middleton Pregnancy Rumors and Updates: Duchess of Cambridge Allegedly Embarrassed to Appear in Public because of Baby Bump

The last time that Kate Middleton was out in public was during the poppy installation at the London Tower which was some time back in August 5^th since then she has systematically being pulling out of royal engagements and missing out on her duties following the announcement of her second pregnancy on September 8^th. The palace ha s also confirmed that she has been suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum. This is an extreme form of morning sickness which intensifies all nausea a symptoms of the mother to be and she also had it when she was pregnant with Prince George.

Apparently, the rumors suggest that this is not the main reason that she does not want to be seen in public. Apparently, she does not want to be seen looking bigger, so to speak in the early weeks of the pregnancy. Her calendar was said to already be filled with royal events for the months of October and November. As such, a palace insider had previously confirmed to the Daily Mail that the Duchess was well enough to resume her royal duties. However, she has pulled out on two of her royal engagements for this month. For example she was supposed to make a charity visit to London's Art Room, where is a patron. However, she gave a personally written message expressing her apologies for failing to attend to the staff and the expectant children at the Clore Art Room. She also called off her visit to OLD Portsmouth in order to meet with Olympic sailor Sir Ben Ainslie due to the morning sickness.

According to the Inquisitr, the Duchess of Cambridge declines to be out in public because she does not want to show off her burgeoning baby bump and bloated features to the world. There are even reports that she has retreated to her hometown of Bucklebury, Berkshire in order to be with her parents as she recovers from her pregnancy sickness, though this has not been confirmed at all.