blrgh! I HATE ideas like that! How a woman carries depends on so many things, how much amniotic fluid there is, the position of the baby, the size of the baby, the time of day (i.e have you just eaten a big lunch?) oh and one other thing, the woman the belly is attached to!! Some woman pop out so quick and then only grow a tiny bit others hardly look preg and then bang, in fact I have a friend who has recently had her 5th child and I swear at 34weeks u wouldn't automatically be able to tell she was preg and she is a thin woman then bang by term she had a big bump

Nope you can't tell, especially when this is your first baby, its not like you are 3 timesthe size u were last time and so they can say, oh well this one muct be bigger etc

These woman don't know the facts and r probably just trying to be nice and have a conversation as annoying and frustrating comments like this can be sometimes u just have to smile and nod or just say something like, "well a qualified sonographer can't even get an accurate size estimation when they can actually see the baby, so I guess we will know how big he/she is when he/she is born, also I am measuring right on me dates"

You are growing what I am sure will be a beautiful baby and he or she is the perfect size for him or her whether that is 6lb or 9lbs. You are doing wonderfully and I think you should be proud of your bump big, small, whatever shape or high or low, thats another one I really dislike, ppl telling you oh u haven't dropped yet still ages when u r already overdue! What would they know I still hadn't dropped the day Sence was born