Sick of people saying...

[first_time_mummy]

Sick of people telling me i dont look big enough to be 29 weeks.
I think ive ballooned but EVERYONE i see or talk to tells me i dont look 29 weeks. Ive put on 6 kilo....Is that not much for 29 weeks??

My partner is very small, only 55 kilo, as hes bred to be a jockey, could it just be a smaller bump cause he is smaller?

Its getting me worried that the doc was wrong with the estimate of how far along i am...maybe im only like 20 weeks and she buggered up in telling me...???

[Salad]

Dont listen to them what would they know - last time I checked there was no uniform size of a 29 week belly. I used to get the same thing. Dont worry soon enough they will be asking havent you had that baby yet - you look huge lol.

Great EDD too - thats my birthday

[*LittleMissSummer*]

Hi there. I've never been pregnant. But one of my SIL has 4 kids and she never really had a bump, she didnt get very big at all! i wouldn't worry too much i just think those people are being rude! not every woman is going to have a huge bump!

[Lulu]

This you have to get used to.

In the same day I've had one person tell me how tiny I was, the next told me it looked like I was having TWINS. Der

[Ellee05]

I was told this too - and I gained 14kg!! 2 days before my sisters due date we were shopping and a lady asked her when she was due, she told her anytime and the lady told her she must be wrong cos she was too small and hadn't dropped yet. A few hours later she went into labour. Soo wanted to go back and tell the shop lady

Everybody's bump is different just as our body's pre and post baby are.

[willow5]

This you have to get used to.

In the same day I've had one person tell me how tiny I was, the next told me it looked like I was having TWINS. Der

Me too I think sometimes people comment just for the sake of commenting!
If all your checks with the doc/midwife/scans have been fine I wouldn't worry.

[chickenlittle]

I think too when people say you look small they're just trying to be nice in telling you that you don't look like an enormous whale! I would try to take it as a compliment!
But it's true - pregnancy is like having an idiot magnet on your head - so many people feel compelled to say something stupid to your face and think nothing more of it.
Pff.
It could well be if you are indeed measuring small that it is genetic - small father could indeed be the reason for a small baby - but that's no indication that there's any problem.
I'd be more worried if your husband or partner was a giant... hello, where's my pain relief.

I get conflicting comments all day...
"you sure there's only one in there?" is followed by "gee you're so tiny!" is followed by "still 9 weeks to go? Are you joking?" is followed by "you're very petite".

[me83]

Hi first time mummy. I was also repeatedly told the same thing. In fact when I was 12 days overdue, people didn't believe that I was about to have the baby.

My midwife even told me that based on my measurements, I was going to have a small baby and he came out at 4kg. I wouldn't worry too much about what people are saying. Hopefully if you don't get too big it will be easier to lose the weight later?

You should be fine if you rely on the ultrasounds etc.

[~mamaspice~]

Sooo many things can influence the size of your bump -
The tightness of your tummy muscles, whether your uterus tilts forward or sits deep within your abdominal cavity, how much amniotic fluid you have, the list goes on.
Don't worry sweetie, you will be a perfect 29 weeks size for you.

[Indadhanu]

I got the opposite, so just shows idiots will comment regardless, they just can't help themselves. Unfortunately it doesnt stop

[KimmyF]

all the way thru my pregnancy people were saying i was little, in the last few weeks people were telling me i would go late for sure as i hadn't dropped or whatever (i started to not listen i just heard blah blah lol) they also said i'd be lucky if my baby was 6 pound and how good the birth would be with a little bub. (since when is any birth easy lol)
Well the truth was i did not go late (1 day late doesn't count) and my DS was 8pound 8 so not exactly small.
The moral of my little story hun is try not to let it bother you, your body will be growing your baby perfectly and i'm sure your dates won't be mixed up.
Good luck all the best for the rest of your pregnancy xxx

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Please don't stress yourself, everyone is different, my entire pregnancy with Ava i looked tiny, i am quite tall so lots of room to hide but she was just a small baby 6lb 11oz.

I am now pregnant with #2 and am 19wks today and i am prob bigger now than i was 3/4 of the way through with Ava.

Enjoy your pregnancy and your beautiful belly (no matter what size) and don't stress about other people.

[Smoke Jaguar]

I was told by a twit where I worked during my first pg, "gee, you're so small - are you sure the baby's ok?"... she's lucky I was working on 'zen' and didn't deck her! Not that I believed there could be anything wrong, but maybe to reboot her 'filter' so that she could use it next time she felt like opening her mouth to someone who might be a hell of a lot more sensitive than I...
Most people I'm interacting with this pregnancy know me enough now to keep quiet. No-one surprised that I'm going homebirth this time and few people are brave enough to question me on how I'm going about this pregnancy
Still, it's hideously annoying when people make dumb@rse comments. Filters on, please people!!

[~Trish~]

I have a small belly this time around compared to my previous pregnancies and most people look shocked when I tell them I have a week to go, but our baby is fine and our dates are fine .

Re: comments - everyone has an opinion! DH & I the other day commented on how my tummy has dropped, then the next day another mum I was speaking to said I won't be going into labour soon because my belly is still high . A couple of days after that a midwife commented that my belly was nice & low and the baby is ready to come out any day now - so at least DH & I know what we are talking about LOL!

[Stevie]

Yup *sighs* it can grate on ones nerves.
I get told im huge.. i get told im tiny.
I happen to think im quite small for almost 30 weeks.
Plus who cares what everyone else thinks? as long as the doc is happy with the way you are then it doesnt matter

[jenc77]

Don't listen to them Stevie! People just comment for comment's sake. As long as your ob is happy, as long as your scans are showing normal growth, then it's all ok. Everyone is different.
I do know how you feel though. I have only put on a small amount of weight too, and 30 weeks with twins! But I have a long body and one of them is so low he's almost in my thigh and my tummy is way smaller than my other preg friends who are only having one and are less preggers than me.
I felt really worried about it for ages. But my ob said it was all just fine.
So tell 'em to stick it!
Jenx

[koru]

I can join in this chorus
How big your bump is on the outside is NO indication how big the baby is. My bump is pretty small but all my measurements are fine for gestational age so the MW's at my birth centre aren't the least bit concerned.
So relax and block out those silly comments - you're doing a great job growing your baby

[Lolli]

Annoying isn't it? And everyone has an opinion.