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!
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
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
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
Oh boy, when I was pregnant EVERYONE had an opinion. First of all I was huge, then tiny, got told oh no youll be having a small baby(by other people not a MW)...he was 8pd 6.5ozs and I only put on 6 kgs my entire pregnancy. If the MWs arent concerned then you shouldnt be! At 27 weeks my fundal height was 33cms..and Daniel was only 2 days overdue so pretty much on time. You dont have anything to worry about hun!
I understand how you feel. I got told that all the time. I shocked people all the way through my pregnancy at how far along I was. I even had to tell some people I was pregnant during the third tri. It must've just been the way I carried.
It used to worry me but I kept reminding myself that I was always measuring correctly & during scans all was as it should be size wise (except they always told me he was going to be short).
I got told at the 34 week scan he'd be about 7 pounds but was born 7 pound 13 at 38/4 so would've been a biggun had be arrived on schedule. He is however short but that was always expected as I'm only 5 1 & his dad is not tall.
My sister, when pregnant with her first, was told all the time she was huge. She was so sick of it. The baby was overdue and she just felt so big and over-full.
After a few days break from her morning walks (to finally have the baby), she returned to her local park pushing a pram. One guy, who said hello to her every day, said "oh, did you adopt a baby from overseas?" He had never noticed her bump!
Hey girls,
thought I'd add to the lineup of feedback. I'm in the "what, you're pregnant?...where??" camp and at 28 weeks today, have still never had a comment from anyone other than surprise and the usual comments about being small, then they regale you with stories about people they knew who also never showed at all! I think cos I'm IVF and paid alot for this bump and waited 15 years to get it (and sure aint going back for more), I feel ripped off that it's turning out this way. Aren't we supposed to be fending off belly pats in the street and being told we look like whales? Well maybe I don't' want that, but please, I've got a gorgeous big uncomfortable belly and I've barely put on 4kg if that. I don't have the small DH, mine's 6ft2 so who knows, but if I copped a comment like are you sure it's alright, yeah I'd fairly blow a fuse...how disgusting Mayaness!. Ha, I'm with JenC, tell em to stick it...if only...
I met a lady at the hospital yesterday, and we started talking, she was massive, not a big girl, but she had this massive baby bump, and i thought she would have been atleast 36 weeks, we got talking, and she was actually only 28 weeks....!!! She was a week less than me, yet her tummy was massive.
Maybe its just me and I'm wierd but doesn't bother me - though has mainly only been friends who have done so as we don't have family in Australia. My hairdresser did have a rub without asking (while not a friend have been going to her for years) but haven't had complete strangers coming up to me.
I think of it as them being excited for me - like Murph01 - ours is an IVF baby so we have waited for a long time for this moment so am making the most of it .................... will probably be a lot better than the "jelly belly" I'll be left with after the big day - Im sure I won't want people rubbing / jiggling that
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. 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!
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