Skinny women & pregnancy

Joellley

Just wondering if they're are any other soon to be moms that are still little like me? I am 5'4 & about 105 pounds. I just had my 15 week appointment & my baby measured to 15 weeks & 4 days. I'm not showing at all & haven't felt a weight change either

Love4littlethings24

Sooooo you can still fit into your normal clothes and have no issues painting your toes. This is an issue why?

cjd&k

I'm 5'4" and weighed 125 pounds before pregnancy. I'm a FTM, 17 weeks and weigh 130 pounds now. I popped so much within the past week.

But mind if I ask the point of this post? Do you have a question? A concern?

ashhsa

There are many other posts where people discuss weight gain/ lack of weight gain ect. Perhaps have a browse of the page? Personally I think most women at this stage are trying our best to focus on being healthy rather than weight at this point, which is pretty hard for me personally. Not sure what is the point of your asking this question?!

Cricket99

I'm also 5'4" around 105 pre pregnancy. I'm 16 weeks today and have just started noticing that I have a little bit of a bump. I still fit in all my normal clothes. I have put on 5 pounds which is exactly where my OB said I should be. I wouldn't worry too much about it. As long as you aren't losing massive amounts of weight just try to be healthy.

Edited for weird auto corrections...

Paige6410

Uhh, good for you?

jezygal

Yes I'm about 5'5' and 112 lbs. With my first I gained 20 lbs, but was all after 20 weeks. I didn't start showing until after 20 weeks also. She was small 5lbs, but healthy. She started measuring small around 6 months and they were worried something was wrong , but nothing was, I just make small babies. So far I haven't gained any weight, maybe a pound. I show sometimes it's mostly just when I eat a lot. I had  an ultrasound at 15 weeks and she is measuring 3 days big, so we wI'll she what happens. I haven't told anyone I'm pregnant yet, A friend I haven't seen in years saw me last week and said "you dont look like you even had a baby" I'm standing there thinking, so I don't look 4 months pregnant?

smoothobturator@hotmail.com

I think the op is worried about potential lack of et gain and whether baby is at risk for being small. You will have ultrasounds throughout where they measure whether baby is growing appropriately and starting in second tri, they will measure the belly (not that accurate). If you are small, you are more likely to have a small baby. If near term baby is less than 5% they may be concerned and induce early actually. But that size could also be normal for you. Just as there is worry of big babies, there is worry for small babies too (sga,iugr). But at this point you sound fine (your first baby and you are small yourself)

RepeatPostPolice

smoothobturator@hotmail.com said:

I think the op is worried about potential lack of et gain and whether baby is at risk for being small.

I think the OP didn't elucidate any concerns.
The only question I saw was whether there are any other moms to be that are still small.

OP for what it's worth, I'm considered average build and with my first I didn't pop until 23-24w. It just depends on the individual person as to how the pregnancy progresses.
Eta your doctor will let you know if they are concerned about any of the measurements they take.

kmcc14

What I gathered from this post:

holocene

I'm a thin woman, and yet I'm still highly irritated by this post. 

sarah92544

Really??? Im 14+4 with my third and im huge! Still only 125 but major baby bump. So what is your concern? If your doc hasnt expressed any concern you shouldnt worry.

DianaL92

I don't think being thin has anything to do with weight gain during pregnancy or when you will start showing. I have a similar build and my stomach is looking like a serious beer belly right now. I had a farewell ceremony for my pre-pregnancy pants last week. 

maddisonwallace

This needs to go away.

Snoopylovesbelle

Is there a point to this post? You didn't really ask a question.

Every body is different so everyone is going to show and gain weight differently.

maddisonwallace

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ChristinaAnneW

As of 16 weeks I had just broken even with my original weight since I wasn't able to eat much the first trimester. Two weeks later and hello bump and having to run to the mall yesterday! A lot of bump and weight gain starts to really pick up quickly (or at least in my case!) it's neat looking pregnant to everyone else finally!

maddisonwallace

LET IT DIE

jrouge12

If your doctor doesn't seem concerned than you shouldn't be. I guess all I can say is I'm sorry you think you're too skinny? 8-}

nickicb7

My sincere thanks, for giving my eating disorder a reason to remind me how fat I feel, so that I can feel awful about myself again, after finally finding peace in my healthy weight gain for the sake of my growing baby!

RepeatPostPolice

Joellley said:

Just wondering if they're are any other soon to be moms that are still little like me? I am 5'4 & about 105 pounds. I just had my 15 week appointment & my baby measured to 15 weeks & 4 days. I'm not showing at all & haven't felt a weight change either

Sooo basically to sum up what everyone's saying,

nickicb7

laurenmichaels

Everyone's bodies are different. Everyone starts showing at different times. End of story.

aleonard12

I think she was just concerned if she was healthy or not and wanted to see if anyone could relate to her. Jeez.

Paige6410

That's what doctors are for.

Lljbean

Jeez!

RepeatPostPolice

aleonard12 said:

I think she was just concerned if she was healthy or not and wanted to see if anyone could relate to her. Jeez.

You're at liberty to interpret it any way you like, as we all did.
The OP was not at all well-articulated, and the additional statements are only vaguely correlated to her question.

deaddahliah

ETA: Not really sure what this gif is supposed to be, but it seemed oddly appropriate.

Lljbean

OMG that gif is terrifying. 

Joellley

Wow most some of you are all really rude.. I was in no way dissing on anyone who was bigger than me, or "bragging" that I'm small. I was told by a friend that this was a page where I could ask other mom's questions, so I was? I just wanted to see if I could relate to anyone else who was small.. Definitely won't be returning to this page.

sarah92544

@Joelley Sorry but it seemed like bragging you never expressed any concern and asking is there any skinny women like me is kind of rude considering your in a community full of different types of women. Maybe next time articulate your question a little better. Just my opinion

SummerOH

It really doesn't matter if you're skinny. I was super skinny with DD (5'8", 125) and wasn't visibly pregnant to strangers til 6 months. Oh, to have my 18 year old abs again! I am thin but more average-thin now and didn't show til 18-19 weeks with DS. I'm 15w2d with my third and not showing. I can still button my pants. Some women just don't show as fast, especially FTMs like yourself.

jodieHxx

Hi there, everybody is different and have different experiences during pregnancy. I started showing at around 14 weeks, at first it looked like I had eaten too many pies. But now I'm nearly 18 weeks and I've got a proper baby bump now, it's starting to feel more real now as well. I've also felt my little mate moving around quite a bit in the last few days :-)!!!
A girl I new was 6 months pregnant when she got married, and you should have seen her tiny waist! No one knew she was pregnant at the time either, and you would never have known that she was.
So yeah, it's different for us all. Good luck to you with everything xxxxxxxxx

MommyHeid

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jodieHxx

I agree with your wanting to relate statement xxxxxx

RepeatPostPolice

Actually, no one bashed her body type at all.
Clearly some people were bothered by the fact that she didn't appear to have a point to asking the question. How would her fetus's size have anything to do with whether or not another thin pregnant woman is still thin?
And just because someone says they're thin and asks a pointless question on a public forum doesn't mean that they do have body image issues either.

sarah92544

Not to be rude but thats why there is a search engine (i searched this same topic and found lots of results) and a daily symptoms and concerns thread....just saying.

MommyHeid

sarah92544 said:

Not to be rude but thats why there is a search engine (i searched this same topic and found lots of results) and a daily symptoms and concerns thread....just saying.

sarah92544

@MommyHeid of course there are skinny women on here! Hence the search engine. You look up your question if it has been posted then connect with the person if it hasnt than ask away.

MommyHeid

sarah92544 said:

@MommyHeid of course there are skinny women on here! Hence the search engine. You look up your question if it has been posted then connect with the person if it hasnt than ask away.

RepeatPostPolice

MommyHeid said:

sarah92544 said:

Not to be rude but thats why there is a search engine (i searched this same topic and found lots of results) and a daily symptoms and concerns thread....just saying.

And @RepeatPostPolice, there were some posts that if the roles were reversed and she was asking about an "undesirable" body type, there would be an uproar of people saying they were being bashed. Just my opinion.

Actually there have been quite a few threads on this particular board with plus-size mamas asking all kinds of questions. I'm sure that probably none of them feel like they have been bashed for asking if a certain pregnancy thing will be different for them because of their size.
I presume that is what you mean by "undesirable body type" for you, and if anything in this thread is offensive, it is certainly your poor word choice.
For asking why people are "bashing" the skinny girl you seem to be doing a good job of retaliating in kind to the opposite end of the spectrum.