thread: Where's my belly?

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  1. #1
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    Oct 2006
    Gold Coast, Queensland
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    Don't worry, I was the same. I started out overweight (not too bad, but definitely overweight). I really wanted to "show", but it took forever. And even then, if you didn't know, you would have thought I was just putting on weight. Even now at almost 35 weeks, I still wear my pre-pregnancy shorts. I can't button them up anymore, though. I just wear one of those belly bands over the top. My neighbour actually asked my husband yesterday if I was pregnant. She said until this week she just thought I was gaining weight.

    As much as I disliked my belly being on the small side, I am now thankful that it is. I am not nearly as uncomfortable as most of my friends were at this stage, it's still easy to move around. And for the first time in years I hear people saying "you're tiny!" or "you're looking trim for the third trimester!" I decided to enjoy that for as long as I can.

    My midwife assures me that the baby measures just right and is growing at a healthy rate. Most of the babies on my side of the families weighed somewhere between 4 and 5 kgs at birth, so I hope a small belly means that my baby is taking after my husband's side of the family and be more in the 3-4 kg range.

    If you want to "show" more, wearing maternity tops made a lot of difference with me. Because most of them tie under the bust, the accentuate whatever belly you have.

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Dec 2006
    Melbourne
    3,737

    Mine is small too, and some days it appears to get smaller. I had my 20 weeks scan on Saturday and there was a nother lady who was also 20 weeks and had a huge belly.

    I am a plump lady but I think part of my problem is that I have been pretty sick with m/s and haven't put on any weight so I look almost the same. Its starting to look more rounded now which makes it look more lake a baby and not just a tummy roll.