Tummy Sizes

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?

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...

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!

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!

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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!