2nd Trimester

Anyone else's belly look bigger than everyone thinks it should?

Just curious...I'm about 18 weeks and people think I look huge.  I think it's because I haven't gained anywhere else and am short waisted so I'm just sticking straight out. 

Re: Anyone else's belly look bigger than everyone thinks it should?

  • opposite for me- people think im too small for as far along as I am...
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  • i'm almost 14 weeks and my friends were amazed at how much I'm showing already.  I'm sure alot of it is bloat but i'm short waisted and petite so there's nowhere for it to go but out:)
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  • You look adorable!  I am short as well so he has nowhere to go, but out.  Yesterday I was shopping and the lady at GAP maternity said I looked like I was about to pop....so I guess I look larger than what she's used to.
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  • Me!! everyone swears im further along.. i just hope it doesnt grow WAY more..
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  • I get embarrassed because everyone thinks I look huge!  Except this morning I was convinced some of this baby belly is still bloat.  I woke up this morning feeling much smaller and could actually suck some of it in. 

    Interesting!!!

  • This is baby #3 in three years. I have people asking if I am due any time now. You should see thier faces when I tell them I am due in Feb.

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  • Yup - I almost smacked the girl at Home Depot on Friday.  We were getting the paint for the nursery and she asked when I was due and I said New Years Day and she said "WOW you are HUGE!  I was expecting you to say late October!"

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    Me!! everyone swears im further along.. i just hope it doesnt grow WAY more..

    It will!  But that just means your LO is growing! 

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  • I don't think you look huge...you look beautiful!  Try to remember that everyone carries differently.

    Yesterday, I was at a party and one of the other women there was 32 weeks.  My 21 week belly looked much larger than hers (more out and in front) but, we are just carrying differently. 

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  • Me too! I am really short (5'1) so baby does not really have anywhere else to go but OUT. I get all kinds of comments about my size. When I tell them I am not even in my last tri they look at me like I am crazy.
  • Yep, strangers have been noticing I'm pregnant since about weeks 13/14.  I get a lot of shocked faces when ppl find out I'm not due til Jan 5th.... It is what it is I guess!! 
  • me too... but this will be my 4th baby, and i wasn't "small" i had some junk in my trunk, but my mom and bestie says that it looks like i'm having twins...lol.. it has been confirmed that there is only 1 baby! lol... i haven't gained much weight ither...but the belly is poking out.
  • Definitely! makes me think I'll be huge by my Halloween.

     

  • mine looks like yours - I posted a pic this morning on my boy/girl poll on BOTB if you want to see.
  • Definitely.  A saw an old friend Saturday and she was shocked that I was only 15 weeks.

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  • imageAnna&Matt:
    mine looks like yours - I posted a pic this morning on my boy/girl poll on BOTB if you want to see.

    Yep, I'd say we're both sticking straight out!

  • thanks for the reassurement!  I guess it's just embarrasing/upsetting/weird to have people give you a shocked look when you say you are 4 1/2 months pregnant not 6 months and that you're not having twins!  On the flip side, if people were saying I were too small they'd probably be concerned the baby wasn't ok or something.  The reality is people that aren't pregnant have no clue.  Some of my comments have been from people who haven't even had a baby themselves-so I guess there goes the credibility!
  • Your belly looks like mine and we have the same due date.  I am small too and haven't even put one 5 pounds but without much torso room the baby just needs to go out :)  I wouldn't worry about it, everyone develops differently but I think (read: hope) that it evens out in the end!
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  • Yup, I'm just shy of 23 weeks and people think I'm ready to give birth any day now! I started showing early and baby has just been growing like crazy ever since!

    Oh, I do have to disagree with the PP- it doesn't necessarily "even out" in the end. Check out the 3rd tri board. The ladies over there have hugely different sizes in bumps and it all depends on how much weight you gain and how you carry!

  • I get it all the time.  I was at Sam's this morning and ran into a woman who's pregnant also.  She asked when I was due and I told her Feb 1st.  She is due in Novemeber.  She asked if I was sure I was due then...I told her yep, I am 18 weeks pregnant today.  The look on her face was hilarious. 

    I got this a lot with my 2nd baby as well, but I am definitely bigger sooner this time.

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