OHbaby! Forums : Tummy Sizes https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:53:13 +0000 Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:06:45 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2694 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : I second that, come on Gen, PHOTO...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50483&title=tummy-sizes#50483 Author: jax
Subject: 2694
Posted: 03 June 2006 at 2:06pm

I second that, come on Gen, PHOTO TIME !! ]]> Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:06:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50483&title=tummy-sizes#50483 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : Yeah... I wanna see!!! (and am...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50472&title=tummy-sizes#50472 Author: nikkitheknitter
Subject: 2694
Posted: 03 June 2006 at 1:15pm

Yeah... I wanna see!!! (and am now obligated to say "Beautiful!" - even though i do think all bumps are gorgy anyway )]]> Sat, 03 Jun 2006 13:15:39 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50472&title=tummy-sizes#50472 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : have you taken a bump photo yet...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50469&title=tummy-sizes#50469 Author: Sarah Beth
Subject: 2694
Posted: 03 June 2006 at 1:08pm

have you taken a bump photo yet paws]]> Sat, 03 Jun 2006 13:08:27 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50469&title=tummy-sizes#50469 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : Ohhhhhhhhh I like that idea!!!...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50464&title=tummy-sizes#50464 Author: Paws
Subject: 2694
Posted: 03 June 2006 at 1:00pm

Ohhhhhhhhh I like that idea!!! ]]> Sat, 03 Jun 2006 13:00:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50464&title=tummy-sizes#50464 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : Comments on bumps drive me insane!!!! I...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50461&title=tummy-sizes#50461 Author: nikkitheknitter
Subject: 2694
Posted: 03 June 2006 at 12:58pm

Comments on bumps drive me insane!!!!
I remember told "Oh, you are carrying really low" "Oh, you are carrying really high" "Oh, your bump is so small" "Oh, your bump is so big" - In the end just nodded and smiled.

People should be limited to being able to say "Your bump is beautiful" (and maybe a few variations on that theme - but you get where I'm going )]]> Sat, 03 Jun 2006 12:58:40 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50461&title=tummy-sizes#50461 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : when i was pregnant with ella...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50434&title=tummy-sizes#50434 Author: caraMel
Subject: 2694
Posted: 03 June 2006 at 9:12am

when i was pregnant with ella i was tiny to begin with and took ages to show. i put on lots of weight but everyone still kept telling me how little i was and predicted a boy because of the way i was carrying.
this time i got big fast but have put on hardly any weight and now i have people telling me i look like i'm due anyday despite having a couple of months to go. and i'm carrying exactly the same as i was with ella!]]> Sat, 03 Jun 2006 09:12:04 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50434&title=tummy-sizes#50434 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : I am huge. My dad described it...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50389&title=tummy-sizes#50389 Author: Maya
Subject: 2694
Posted: 02 June 2006 at 6:37pm

I am huge. My dad described it as 'monstrous'. But I am carrying very differently to with Maya - all out in front this time, whereas with her I just got fat in general. But I'm not much to compare to as a)I had a fat gut to start with b) I'm having twins and c)Maya was giant at birth which explained why I was so giant ]]> Fri, 02 Jun 2006 18:37:29 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50389&title=tummy-sizes#50389 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : I am tall and have a very long...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50368&title=tummy-sizes#50368 Author: Kelpa
Subject: 2694
Posted: 02 June 2006 at 4:11pm

I am tall and have a very long torso so lots of room for bubs in there as well.
I am carrying totally different to my first ...more all out the front but low. Im not too big tho.

Where are with Paige I was nice rounded and put on a bit of weight on my hips...which I have not this time.


]]> Fri, 02 Jun 2006 16:11:29 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50368&title=tummy-sizes#50368 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : I am not big for my stage I dont...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50320&title=tummy-sizes#50320 Author: mrs frantic
Subject: 2694
Posted: 02 June 2006 at 1:07pm

I am not big for my stage I dont think - I mean depending on what I wear some poeple who dont know me well dont even pick up I am pregnant! I was quite worried about it but had a good chat with my midwife and she said that because I am taller than average I will take much longer to show, and she also said that until she tells me something is wrong I musnt stress - so thats what I am doing. All the scans have said bubs is right on track - so now when I get the "ÿou are quite small" commments (and I do get them at least a few times a week) I just brush it off and scoff at the person talkign and say "wow i didnt know you were a midwife ha ha ha!" and taht usually shuts them up! ]]> Fri, 02 Jun 2006 13:07:31 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50320&title=tummy-sizes#50320 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : Ive always had big bump from the...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50272&title=tummy-sizes#50272 Author: kellverona
Subject: 2694
Posted: 02 June 2006 at 9:52am

Ive always had big bump from the start. now its really big and people say to me u look like ur gunna have bubs today. I dont mind though. Not stressing. midwife and scan says everything is fine so thats cool.

U look fantastic. When I saw you last I thought you had a good bump. Look great.

]]> Fri, 02 Jun 2006 09:52:59 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50272&title=tummy-sizes#50272 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : Dontcha just love all those people...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50237&title=tummy-sizes#50237 Author: Two Blondinis
Subject: 2694
Posted: 02 June 2006 at 8:37am

Dontcha just love all those people that suddenly become "midwives" when you announce your pregnancy Yes - even the 7 men I work with and only 2 of those 7 have kids! ]]> Fri, 02 Jun 2006 08:37:11 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50237&title=tummy-sizes#50237 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : I get told at the moment that...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50232&title=tummy-sizes#50232 Author: Guests
Subject: 2694
Posted: 02 June 2006 at 8:21am

I get told at the moment that im way small for how far along i am, here i was thinking i was doing quite well lol

Everyone is different and carries differently, if there was anything to worry about your midwife would have said ]]> Fri, 02 Jun 2006 08:21:25 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50232&title=tummy-sizes#50232 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : I find that my tummy is also quite...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50226&title=tummy-sizes#50226 Author: Millie1976
Subject: 2694
Posted: 02 June 2006 at 8:13am

I find that my tummy is also quite big for nearly 5 months compared to other people that I have seen but I put it down to the fact that I was always quite small and never had a tummy and small waist plus a sway back! I will probably get comments in the next month or 2 saying "when is baby due" when I still have ages to go!]]> Fri, 02 Jun 2006 08:13:50 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50226&title=tummy-sizes#50226 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : If this is your first then it...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50204&title=tummy-sizes#50204 Author: mum2paris
Subject: 2694
Posted: 01 June 2006 at 9:28pm

If this is your first then it takes a lot for people to show. it all depends on your build, your body proportions and also your tummy muscles.. if you have good ones then they hold that baby tummy pretty tight until it gets too big. I used to worry about it with Paris, even my midwife said that she'd only be about 5 pound or just over, when i had 11 weeks to go, there were still people that were surprised to learn that i was preggers, let alone that i had only 11 weeks to go, i was pretty tiny by most people's standards.

The way i see it, there are usually two types of preggies on here, the ones who post saying "OH, MY, GOD!!! I'm growing huge so quickly!! argh!" and then theres the littlies, who post their worries about not showing, not being big enough, and have all of us reassure them that very soon, they will be feeling huge and uncomfy and thinking they should have kept their mouth closed! lol.

Actually i vaguely remember Roksana posting the same thing, and I'm sure that she can tell you,.. she soon popped out.

Your shape is fine for you, and as long as your midwife says that baby is fine and growing in all the right ways then be happy, that you don't have to go out and buy maternity stuff, you can probably get away with really baggy stuff, that's a size or so bigger, from all your favourite stores. that's gotta be a plus.

Paris ended up being a nice healthy chubby 7lb 3 oz, which for me and mike's builds, was a good size.
Second time around, i was much bigger, much much quicker.. and hello, Miss Ayja was a tiny wee dot and she still is... tummy size doesn't mean baby size.



Edited by mum2paris]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:28:04 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50204&title=tummy-sizes#50204 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : LOL - I still look 10 or 12 months...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50203&title=tummy-sizes#50203 Author: emeldee
Subject: 2694
Posted: 01 June 2006 at 9:24pm

LOL - I still look 10 or 12 months pregnant from the last pregnancy - this one just makes me look like I've been pregnant for the last two years....hold on, I have been pregnant for 14 months of the last two years.....]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:24:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50203&title=tummy-sizes#50203 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : I get really big really quickly...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50202&title=tummy-sizes#50202 Author: my2angels
Subject: 2694
Posted: 01 June 2006 at 9:21pm

I get really big really quickly in fact with Kobe I stopped going to my regular petrol station for a while cos they kept saying I looked like I was due any time and I felt so bad I said yes and then just didnt go back until I had him. I think Ive been telling people Im due in a few weeks for about the last 3 months. I would much rather be smaller than bigger thats for sure.]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:21:25 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50202&title=tummy-sizes#50202 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : If there was anything about Baby...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50161&title=tummy-sizes#50161 Author: daikini
Subject: 2694
Posted: 01 June 2006 at 8:04pm

If there was anything about Baby that influences your size to worry about, it would have come out at your 20 week scan... and you would have heard about it by now! The only reliable comparison is to your body last time... and as this is your first baby that doesn't quite work yet, but now you can file this memory away for next time when you can say "I'm just the right size for this stage in my pregnancy" with the authority of experience!

I went to my scan last week thinking I was a little small for nearly 20 weeks as I have 2 previous pregnancies of my own to compare my bump to... turns out my dates were a month out and I was nearly 16 weeks instead!]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2006 20:04:12 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50161&title=tummy-sizes#50161 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : Hey Kellz, I get that from people...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50154&title=tummy-sizes#50154 Author: Paws
Subject: 2694
Posted: 01 June 2006 at 7:39pm

Hey Kellz, I get that from people too....particuarly one annoying person at my work who I'm sure we are all now familiar with, who always tells me I'm having a 10pounder and will have to have a c-section and how huge my bump is.....just because she barely looked pregnant as she gave birth. *sigh*

People are all different sizes so I wouldn't stress about it at all! ]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2006 19:39:22 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50154&title=tummy-sizes#50154 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : Haha I&#039;m a short arse and...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50145&title=tummy-sizes#50145 Author: stevie_88
Subject: 2694
Posted: 01 June 2006 at 6:43pm

Haha I'm a short arse and a little fatty haha... but oh yeh im waiting for them to come and come real bad! haha... we'll see what happens.]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:43:35 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50145&title=tummy-sizes#50145 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : I have the opposite problem! I...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50144&title=tummy-sizes#50144 Author: Kellz
Subject: 2694
Posted: 01 June 2006 at 6:43pm

I have the opposite problem! I am quite small and have had a very obvious baby bump since I was 13 weeks. By the time I was 17 weeks I was seriously contemplating telling the next person that asked, that I was 6 months preg, cos the ammount of people that told me there must be something wrong with me or baby cos I was so big, was really starting to piss me off! I was getting worried too,...but like u my midwife says its fine- People and babies come in all sorts of shapes and sizes!
]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:43:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50144&title=tummy-sizes#50144 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : Hey Stevie, not to rain on your...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50141&title=tummy-sizes#50141 Author: fattartsrock
Subject: 2694
Posted: 01 June 2006 at 6:37pm

Hey Stevie, not to rain on your parade, but i didn't get any either... until last 2 weeks, i kid you not... ]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:37:21 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50141&title=tummy-sizes#50141 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : I have a friend who is tall, and...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50140&title=tummy-sizes#50140 Author: fattartsrock
Subject: 2694
Posted: 01 June 2006 at 6:36pm

I have a friend who is tall, and long in the torso area as well, and even at nine months pregnant, she was smaller than my 5 months self. She has big bubbas, all over 9lbs. You will find it easier and less awkward to get around, bend over, etc, than "dumpier" folk like myself, who was fondly known as "hindenburg" by DH...]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:36:33 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50140&title=tummy-sizes#50140 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : I&#039;m pretty small and I&#039;m...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50139&title=tummy-sizes#50139 Author: stevie_88
Subject: 2694
Posted: 01 June 2006 at 6:35pm

I'm pretty small and I'm only 26 weeks... It's only been the past few weeks that you can notice I'm pregnant. Not many stretch marks... but I'm touching wood.
We'll see how much bigger I get and how many more stretch marks I get.]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:35:03 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50139&title=tummy-sizes#50139 <![CDATA[Tummy Sizes : I am 28 weeks and have been told...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50136&title=tummy-sizes#50136 Author: EthansMummy
Subject: 2694
Posted: 01 June 2006 at 6:29pm

I am 28 weeks and have been told by a lot of people that i am small for my date.

I talked to the midwife and she said not to worry because everything is sizing up right inside and that i am quite a bit longer in my torso (tummy area) than other people. But i am just not sure i am not worried but its not the nicest thing to be told.

What are other people like?]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:29:20 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2694&PID=50136&title=tummy-sizes#50136