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Anyone else with a big bump - ie.not "average for dates"?
I have posted before about other people having comments about the size of your bump, I am sick of other people's comments, but getting worse now!
I was at mw on Tue for 28 wk check and am measuring 30cms. Last time I was 25 cms at 24 wks and mw said this was fine as they allowed 2 cms either way. She wants me back in 2 weks instead of 4 to have another measure and see how bump is getting on. With my other 2 babies I must have measured average as there was never any mention of this. I just wondered if anyone else had experienced this and what/if anything happened? I have not gained weight anywhere else and just look like I have stuck a football up my t-shirt! To make matters worse I saw a girl on the street the other day who is due the day after me and she only has a sort of swelling all round the middle - ie. no huge bump! I felt like crying. I look like I am months in front and this is her 4th!
Please help before I punch someone!?!:?
I was at mw on Tue for 28 wk check and am measuring 30cms. Last time I was 25 cms at 24 wks and mw said this was fine as they allowed 2 cms either way. She wants me back in 2 weks instead of 4 to have another measure and see how bump is getting on. With my other 2 babies I must have measured average as there was never any mention of this. I just wondered if anyone else had experienced this and what/if anything happened? I have not gained weight anywhere else and just look like I have stuck a football up my t-shirt! To make matters worse I saw a girl on the street the other day who is due the day after me and she only has a sort of swelling all round the middle - ie. no huge bump! I felt like crying. I look like I am months in front and this is her 4th!
Please help before I punch someone!?!:?
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But I know what you mean, I was talking to a girl I used to know the other day and when she asked when I was due and I told her she turned round and said ''oh a girl at work is due around then, she's not as big as you though'' I though oh great-thanks, way to make me feel good about myself.
Im like you though I havent put much if any weight anywhere else-Its all in the bump
Caz
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I also had a scan at 30 weeks because the baby's kidneys were slightly enlarged and at that stage he was measuring 33 weeks. But when I looked at the charts for size he was actually still within the normal range for 30 weeks, just right at the top. They do have growth spurts and these are all just estimates anyway. So I doubt it's anything to worry about, they are just keeping an eye on things which is good!
As far as how other people see us, I think they have a fixed view of what a pregnant woman should look like and if we don't fit that exactly they will comment on it negatively! But we're all different. I've constantly been told that I'm very "neat" but my measurements have all be average or high. And I feel like I'm huge... But I really know I'm not... I'm just pregnant!
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They also say that it can also depend on how your baby is lying and if you have a full bladder? So I am still not sure how accurate they actually are!
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i'm 28 +1 and measured 29 today. my bump i big and i' short and just about everyone i meet feels they ave to comment on it! everyone seems to think they are an expert. as in Boots last week and lady on till asked me when due. when i told her she said i was carrying too low and must have my dated wrong!! i was also told in the same day by lady at golf club that i would be a very big girl if i wasn't careful.nice.
i totally sympathise with you all!! baby is happy and healthy so they can all sod off!!
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