yeah, most likely bloat. but let's not be so catty about it. also, to be fair, your uterus has doubled in size and so peritoneal structures (like intestines) theoretically must shift a little up and out from the pelvic space occupied by the growing uterus. (source: i am an MD and did plenty of cadaver labs)
Granted I'm still just a student but wouldn't that mean she has some extremely weak - to nonexistant- abdominal muscles? Those should be holding things in pretty steady at only 7 weeks (and for most first time moms for much longer than that.)
In memory of the baby Hufflepuff and all the angel babies of D14
@valeriec80 don't be scared to post and ask questions. Just be you. You don't have to be snarky to fit in. If you are asking a question that has been asked a thousand times then expect a little sarcasm. There is a place for everyone if that makes sense. Once the board gets settled it becomes easier to read tone and style of certain posters and it becomes easier to not get offended. Stick around.
Married: 5/21/05 **~** Emery Aylin 6/30/12
BFP#1-11/5/10- Surgery for ectopic pregnancy 11/15/10
BFP#2-11/1/11 Due 7/8/12 Born 6/30/12
Oops we did it again... BFP 03/23/14 Due 12/6/14 Nora Born 11/23/14
wow, this was my first time reading these and I feel like I am reading posts from caddy teenagers, not adults about to be parents. Is this really what this was created for? she asked the question because she was curious not to get made fun of. Now go ahead and reply with your immature comments... I am sure there are some smart ones brewing.
Seriously! The way some women react to questions on here is ridiculous. I'm pretty sure this site was ment for questions, support, and etc. Why make a first time mom feel crappy because she asked a question? I'm prettty sure we've all been there wondering if it's bloat or bump. Some people are so immature. I bet you all wouldn't be this snarky in person.
Oy. Let's unbunch the vag pained panties and put some big girl panties on. Nobody said anything hateful or mean, it was just joking around. I love how I can be snarky and I'm a shitty person, but you can sit there all high and mighty and call me a bitch? Ok, then. Also, to the people complaining about the snark- it's not going to change. It's the way the boards are. So you can put up and shut up, or you can leave. Or maybe pull the sticks out of your butts and have a little fun too. It's an Internet forum, people. It's not that serious. Also, it's "catty" not "caddy". If you are going to try to talk shit at least get your words right. /drops mic.
I don't mind opinions. I don't mind a bit of snark. But reading the posts everyday. You don't have to call people whiney bitches, berate them for not using punctuation,correct spelling errors. I have been a member of TB since M10, and I have never seen it this bad. It's one thing to offer an opinion even though the person might not want to hear it...but it's quite another just to tear people down. This is a pregnancy board, an open forum for people to ask questions, with the help of other women. So WHAT if she asked the same question. After the first few people gave her an honest answer, why not let it go. I fully expect people to be a tad bit rude, and flame...but there comes a point to just let it go. You have no idea what the person posting is going through, what their life is like or what kind of support they might not have - that's why they are here. And we treat them like crap ?!? Maybe it's time for Flame Free Fridays, one day where people won't be afraid to post ????!!!!!!
OP don't feel bad about asking this. I'm a 2nd time mom and I feel like I'm showing too. Bloat is definitely hard to hide in a petite 5' 2" frame, I'm right there with you.
Btw... I can't believe someone had the balls to ask if you were pregnant. I'm sure my coworkers are thinking it but it is fucking rude to ask.
OMG. For those of you thinking everyone is being too snarky, they're simply teasing!!!
WHY?
Because this has been posted a million times.
People are sick of seeing the same thread.
It's been answered.
Might you be showing? Sure. It's not baby. It's bloat. This isn't the first time this has been said.
We were all newbies once and perhaps we annoyed the regulars or "oldies" as well. My advice, OP? To save yourself the trouble, before posting, PLEASE you the search feature. Or at least scroll through a few pages because chances are, there is another post just like the one you are inquiring about.
Simple. Everyone needs to chill the fuck out.
BFP #1 5/12/12; EDD 1/20/13; Eliana Grace born 1/25/13
This is my second time on the bump and I must say it's far more snarky this time around. When I had my dd in 2012 I LOVED being on the bump. Moms/moms to be were so supportive and helpful and now I feel like I need to watch what I say and correct all of my spelling errors before I post. It's just not the best site anymore.
I can't stop the LOL's. If people think some gifs and some jokes are rude then this is not the place for you.
Also I love the double standard of calling people bitches for being bitches.
I'm guessing that many of you who signed up a month ago and have a wicked case of the butthurtitis will GBCB long before we have these babies. I've been here for 4 years now and it doesn't change no matter how many of your kind come here to give us mommy lectures.
Bingo on telling me in some form or fashion that I'm going to be a bad mom based on some gifs and laughs online. Guess what? I'm already a mom and I kick ass at it. So nah nah boo boo.
This is my second time on the bump and I must say it's far more snarky this time around. When I had my dd in 2012 I LOVED being on the bump. Moms/moms to be were so supportive and helpful and now I feel like I need to watch what I say and correct all of my spelling errors before I post. It's just not the best site anymore.
No offense, but then why are you still here?
I get that it's not for everyone. You don't have to be snarky to fit in. I guess I just don't understand why so many people are still here if they really hate the boards that much?
For the record, no one is perfect. People make mistakes. I just posted the wrong link on a thread I started. DUMB. I fixed it. No biggie. I know people don't hate me for it. Perhaps some grammar or spelling drive people (like me) crazy because of their backgrounds. We have a lot of teachers and other professionals that have pet peeves. NO ONE HATES YOU FOR THEM.
BFP #1 5/12/12; EDD 1/20/13; Eliana Grace born 1/25/13
K but seriously was I the ONLY one that read the OG post. She isn't asking an important medical question she's asking if she's gonna get fat because she is already "showing". So all you white knights might want to jump off your high horses and stop defending a post that can't possible have a serious answer.
OP congrats on your super sexy measurements, just because you are/aren't showing/bloated doesn't mean crap in the long run. Eat healthy and learn to google before asking question to avoid the giant bitchy bitch faces who are bullies and meanie (meany?) pants. They are buttheads and should be immediately reported using this form:
So I'm 7 weeks today and I feel like getting a little belly already?! Anyone else? I'm 5'2" and am 123 pounds....I'm a size two so I knew i would get a bump faster because of being smaller but this seems quick! I don't know if it's just me being boated or what. This is my first pregnancy and am worried im gonna get big! Anyone else around 7 weeks feel the same way?
I can bet my life if you go out and purchase Magnesium Citrate and sit on the toilet, and take a good shit; you will fit just fine in those size two's again.
K but seriously was I the ONLY one that read the OG post. She isn't asking an important medical question she's asking if she's gonna get fat because she is already "showing". So all you white knights might want to jump off your high horses and stop defending a post that can't possible have a serious answer.
White Knight or not, people are going to respond however they want.
Also can we slow down with the ridiculous posts my stockpile of gifs and pics is sorely depleted. Wasn't expecting this much MUD so early on. Pace yourself trolls we're here for the long haul.
K but seriously was I the ONLY one that read the OG post. She isn't asking an important medical question she's asking if she's gonna get fat because she is already "showing". So all you white knights might want to jump off your high horses and stop defending a post that can't possible have a serious answer.
White Knight or not, people are going to respond however they want.
So the white knights have free reign but the snarky people can't? Ooook
In response to the question as to why I haven't left yet:
-I like the little sig counter things that show how much the baby has developed. Seriously. I guess that's a stupid reason. *shrug* I keep going to baby center--which moves faster than the speed of light--and then coming back here and thinking... maybe it'll be better if people stop asking silly questions.
To be fair, I would never ask if I was showing. I also google like crazy. But I also would just ignore the umpteenth thread about that question. I may be new to being a mom and to baby boards, but I'm not new to internet forums, and that's my general go-to way of dealing with it. Ignoring. I've spent time on forums where people ridiculed newbies all the time and mobbed together and drove people off the site if they asked the wrong questions, and I've spent time on forums where the patient people handle the newbs, and the impatient people clicked off if they didn't want to deal. I like the latter better.
Also, I think it's a valid point that it's hypocritical to insult people because they insulted other people. Not only that, it's never going to get those people to stop, because people lash out when they are personally targeted. And the more they are personally targeted, the stronger they get in their position. This is why I do my best not to personally attack people. I try to remind myself that people on the internet are real people too. But I realize that my way is not everyone else's way.
To the contention that having your feelings hurt on the internet means that you are either "too sensitive" or "taking things too seriously":
This is another veiled insult, I think, because it serves to invalidate the way I feel, implying that I'm doing something wrong by being upset or by taking my own emotions seriously. I think it's a deflection because the person who said the thing that hurt my feelings doesn't want to confront the consequences of her actions... or the fact that her actions can in fact affect other people. It sounds to me like she's saying, "Oh, here on the Bump, it's totally okay not to care if I hurt someone else's feelings. Here, hurt feelings are funny. And here, stupid people should be held up in ridicule for everyone to laugh at."
In no way do I think that the "snarky" people are bad mothers, cruel people, or otherwise detrimental to society. I think they're totally normal people--probably very nice people most of the time.
So, you know, maybe that's why I keep coming back, truthfully. It's not because of the sig as much as it is to see if they do stop being mean when there aren't anymore newbies (and most people with December due dates should know by now, right? So, we should be hitting our stride.) To see if there's more to them or not.
Or maybe it's also kind of like a very, very tame 4chan for girls. And if you've ever been to 4chan, you know it's really hard to stop reading it.
No. You know what? I'll admit it. Conflict is entertaining. Hell, I write stories for a living, so it's not like I don't know this. I'm probably just popping popcorn like everyone else. And so, by actively opposing the snark, but deriving pleasure from the opposition, I'm a hypocrite too.
First of all she didn't innocently ask a question. Asking a question is when I posted on another board "when do you feel the baby move?". The answers to me were perfectly appropriate. She assumed she was getting a baby bump from the op and asked if anyone else felt the same way. AND she actually says she is "worried about getting big." Don't get pregnant if your big concern is your damn hot body. Secondly wrong forum. Most women would give their right arm to have a beautiful happy healthy child regardless of whether their ass grows three sizes. I didn't care before but quit dramatizing that this poor innocent first time mom came on and asked 1 ques and got her ass handed to her. Didn't go down like that.
Re: Baby bump?
Married: 5/21/05 **~** Emery Aylin 6/30/12
BFP#1-11/5/10- Surgery for ectopic pregnancy 11/15/10 BFP#2-11/1/11 Due 7/8/12 Born 6/30/12
Oops we did it again... BFP 03/23/14 Due 12/6/14 Nora Born 11/23/14
I fully expect people to be a tad bit rude, and flame...but there comes a point to just let it go. You have no idea what the person posting is going through, what their life is like or what kind of support they might not have - that's why they are here. And we treat them like crap ?!?
Maybe it's time for Flame Free Fridays, one day where people won't be afraid to post ????!!!!!!
Btw... I can't believe someone had the balls to ask if you were pregnant. I'm sure my coworkers are thinking it but it is fucking rude to ask.
OMG. For those of you thinking everyone is being too snarky, they're simply teasing!!!
WHY?
Because this has been posted a million times.
People are sick of seeing the same thread.
It's been answered.
Might you be showing? Sure. It's not baby. It's bloat. This isn't the first time this has been said.
We were all newbies once and perhaps we annoyed the regulars or "oldies" as well. My advice, OP? To save yourself the trouble, before posting, PLEASE you the search feature. Or at least scroll through a few pages because chances are, there is another post just like the one you are inquiring about.
Simple. Everyone needs to chill the fuck out.
BFP #1 5/12/12; EDD 1/20/13; Eliana Grace born 1/25/13
BFP #2 12/11/13; EDD 8/23/14; M/C 6 weeks
BFP #3 4/3/14; EDD 12/13/14
Also I love the double standard of calling people bitches for being bitches.
I'm guessing that many of you who signed up a month ago and have a wicked case of the butthurtitis will GBCB long before we have these babies. I've been here for 4 years now and it doesn't change no matter how many of your kind come here to give us mommy lectures.
Bingo on telling me in some form or fashion that I'm going to be a bad mom based on some gifs and laughs online. Guess what? I'm already a mom and I kick ass at it. So nah nah boo boo.
No offense, but then why are you still here?
I get that it's not for everyone. You don't have to be snarky to fit in. I guess I just don't understand why so many people are still here if they really hate the boards that much?
For the record, no one is perfect. People make mistakes. I just posted the wrong link on a thread I started. DUMB. I fixed it. No biggie. I know people don't hate me for it. Perhaps some grammar or spelling drive people (like me) crazy because of their backgrounds. We have a lot of teachers and other professionals that have pet peeves. NO ONE HATES YOU FOR THEM.
BFP #1 5/12/12; EDD 1/20/13; Eliana Grace born 1/25/13
BFP #2 12/11/13; EDD 8/23/14; M/C 6 weeks
BFP #3 4/3/14; EDD 12/13/14
2. To get support you must give support
3. Silly questions get silly answers
4. There are many other pregnancy forums around. You must find the one that is best for you
5. Never take the internet too seriously
6. Lists are fun
OP congrats on your super sexy measurements, just because you are/aren't showing/bloated doesn't mean crap in the long run. Eat healthy and learn to google before asking question to avoid the giant bitchy bitch faces who are bullies and meanie (meany?) pants. They are buttheads and should be immediately reported using this form:
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This is what you FTM's have to look forward to!
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Also: a Golden Girls gif followed by a New Girl gif? Day made!
Being a member and only reading never posting = lurking.
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Eta:well something is tingling
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-I like the little sig counter things that show how much the baby has developed. Seriously. I guess that's a stupid reason. *shrug* I keep going to baby center--which moves faster than the speed of light--and then coming back here and thinking... maybe it'll be better if people stop asking silly questions.
To be fair, I would never ask if I was showing. I also google like crazy. But I also would just ignore the umpteenth thread about that question. I may be new to being a mom and to baby boards, but I'm not new to internet forums, and that's my general go-to way of dealing with it. Ignoring. I've spent time on forums where people ridiculed newbies all the time and mobbed together and drove people off the site if they asked the wrong questions, and I've spent time on forums where the patient people handle the newbs, and the impatient people clicked off if they didn't want to deal. I like the latter better.
Also, I think it's a valid point that it's hypocritical to insult people because they insulted other people. Not only that, it's never going to get those people to stop, because people lash out when they are personally targeted. And the more they are personally targeted, the stronger they get in their position. This is why I do my best not to personally attack people. I try to remind myself that people on the internet are real people too. But I realize that my way is not everyone else's way.
To the contention that having your feelings hurt on the internet means that you are either "too sensitive" or "taking things too seriously":
This is another veiled insult, I think, because it serves to invalidate the way I feel, implying that I'm doing something wrong by being upset or by taking my own emotions seriously. I think it's a deflection because the person who said the thing that hurt my feelings doesn't want to confront the consequences of her actions... or the fact that her actions can in fact affect other people. It sounds to me like she's saying, "Oh, here on the Bump, it's totally okay not to care if I hurt someone else's feelings. Here, hurt feelings are funny. And here, stupid people should be held up in ridicule for everyone to laugh at."
In no way do I think that the "snarky" people are bad mothers, cruel people, or otherwise detrimental to society. I think they're totally normal people--probably very nice people most of the time.
So, you know, maybe that's why I keep coming back, truthfully. It's not because of the sig as much as it is to see if they do stop being mean when there aren't anymore newbies (and most people with December due dates should know by now, right? So, we should be hitting our stride.) To see if there's more to them or not.
Or maybe it's also kind of like a very, very tame 4chan for girls. And if you've ever been to 4chan, you know it's really hard to stop reading it.
No. You know what? I'll admit it. Conflict is entertaining. Hell, I write stories for a living, so it's not like I don't know this. I'm probably just popping popcorn like everyone else. And so, by actively opposing the snark, but deriving pleasure from the opposition, I'm a hypocrite too.