Isnt it interesting on how many people comment on your size.

I went out Sat night for the first time in a while and people commented on how small my bump was for the amount of weeks i were.

Then i come to work and people say oooh ur gettin big now

I dont mind either way 2be honest.

Has anyone else had plenty of comments?

:)

i had plenty of comments when i was pregnant, mostly because as the weather got hot and i got close to bursting i wasn't going to spend loads of money on new maternity wear, so was instead wearing hippy dresses that used to be loose but were far far too tight on a pregnant woman. people kept laughing at my bump because it really did look like a football jammed up my top. i used to get quite touchy about people saying how small it was - i had a pretty difficult pregnancy, and having people imply taht the baby hadn't grown properly despite my best effort was, to me, a little offensive. (1. myob. 2. that's pretty rude to pass judgement on my body. 3. it was a sensible size medically (i put on 28lb by the end), i just didn't binge when pregnant so put on a lot less weight than some people i knew, consequently my bump looked small by comparison)).

it was nice when friends commented on it ("you're b****y massive" etc), but i didn't like non-friends (or even complete strangers) thinking that it was ok to mention it. do i go up to strangers and comment on their fat legs or flat chest? no.

I had my daughter in 1984 but during the previous November/December my mum had to spend some time in Weston Park hospital and I used to visit her in my lunch hour. One day after I had been to see mum, one of the nurses said to mum looks like it won't be long before your daughter's baby arrives. The nurse was gobsmacked when my mum told her I had another 3 months to go! I was HUGE!!

I'm 26 weeks on friday and in the last 2 weeks my bump has really grown. people were saying I was small 2 weeks ago, but now people are aying I look huge!!!

I'm just over 19 weeks now and mine has grown dramatically in the last week or so but today I have had 'whoa your MASSIVE' and "o I didn't know you were pregnant'!

Great so either way I look fat lol! It never ceases to amaze me what people think they can get away with saying to you when your pregnant.

I went out on Sat night too - I did feel small. I was on a table of 7, which i only knew 3 people on. It was half way through the night when someone commenting on my baby and everyone was amazed i was even pregnant, neither mind 29 weeks pregnant!!

I want to get big so people can tell, but then i bet i want to be small as it will get in the way!

Amanda

with my 1st i didnt have a bump, (some who knew me thought i'd lost it and were scared to ask). i remember going out with pram for 1st time and someone asked who's it was:hihi: baring in mind i saw them the day before i gave birth. it was only with my 4th that people who didnt know me noticed and commented. but i didnt mind as i dont have streach marks:thumbsup:

Great so either way I look fat lol! It never ceases to amaze me what people think they can get away with saying to you when your pregnant.

I have to agree wiv u on this one, i kno she dunt mean no harm but Fatty isnt so good on ur confidence!!!

right im off 2bed, tryin to wind down from the lemar concert, sumhow i dont think bump will, he/she is kickin away lol not surprised tho, i was over excited. ragin hormones and a semi naked lemar at one point was too much lol

When I went to see my midwife at 28 weeks, I measured 34 weeks! And at 32 I measured 35weeks so seems to have slowed down but yeah people keep saying aren't you big! Which is nice!!!!

Its funny how when you first find out you are desprate to show but this time I didn't belloon so quickly.
However caught site of myself in the mirror at work earlier and just wanted to cry. I look like an elephant now and theres still 21 weeks to go! O and while I am moaning, who stole my 'glow' cos I sure haven't got it!

Right from 12 weeks everyone (even people I dont know) have commented on how 'big' I am, and I am getting a bit bored of saying 'no, its not twins'. Fortunately I am not big everywhere, just my bump, and dont really know why. Think my terrible posture may accentuate it. Its a bit scary as at only 20 weeks I am only half way there :shocked: Back & pelvic girdle problems probably on the agenda for me! Gastric reflux is well settled in :gag: But I dont mind :)

I had enormous problems with acid, used to get through 2 litres of milk a day. But then I really was having twins. The milk was good for the girls, a saviour for the acid and a drag for me.
Good luck, it's all worth it in the end :)

really gets on my nerves that people say whatever they want.its as though when you get pregnant it takes away your feelings or something.!!i was at the checkout in morrisons and the checkout woman said"oh arent you big,how long have you got to go?"it was still quite a few weeks and she commented that i didnt look like i would get out of the store without giving birth...cheeky so and so.i was fuming!!!

I can't help but feel that some people get a little too touchy about this. In general, many people are pleased to see a pregnant woman, they're benignly interested in the pregnancy, and they want to make a comment on it...often to show their solidarity or support, sometimes to compare it to their past pregnancy so that they have a chance to remember and/or to let you know they've been pregnant too, sometimes it's just more obvious than the weather...In a passing moment the easiest and most obvious thing is to comment on the bump. Often even people you know who haven't been pregnant aren't quite sure what to say either...or are genuinely interested.

The person who comments on your bump size maliciously rather than just to have something to comment on that's fairly safe (what would you rather they commented on? Your stretch marks? Your incontinence? Your hormones?) is an extremely rare creature.
Perhaps try having a little more patience, lol.

And boy did I have a bump to comment on...I looked like I had shoved one of those huge exercise balls up my shirt (tent). In fact, I looked like one of those balls, but with a head feet and hands sticking out (I'm very short, lol) I drew the line at touching, and to be fair no-one really tried, but I didn't bother losing my temper over people's generally well meaning if slightly inane comments.

Im going the opposite and to be honest getting rather worried now.

Im 30 weeks on Saturday and when i comment im pregnant people look at me as if im not telling the truth.

Ive been going to aquanatal now for 3 weeks and the more i go and see all these big bumps i feel so out of place.

Is there anyway of knowing if he growing correctly?? I do feel that my midwife is always in a rush, on the mobile phone and dosent have much time to ask any questions.

All women are different so all bumps are different but its still something we all worry about.

I agree that some of us probably are a little over sensetive but I would rather people kept their comments to themselves. It those days when everywhere you go people comment on your bump (or lack of) that get me down Feeling your bump is too big or small makes you worry there is something wrong with the baby and I don't know about anyone else but as a curvier woman anyway I don't find it that easy watching myself expand at a rate of knots. You wouldn't blurt out to a larger woman 'god your fat' (or at least I wouldn't lol)

As for the touching thing, that really winds me up up when its perfect or virtual strangers. However I do find that patting their stomach back normally does the trick.

Is there anyway of knowing if he growing correctly?? I do feel that my midwife is always in a rush, on the mobile phone and dosent have much time to ask any questions.
Make an appointment, tell her you have a number of questions you've been wanting to ask for a while. This should hopefully give her the hint that she'd better listen this time.
You'd like to know about your baby's measurements and approximate weight etc, let her know exactly how you feel and what your concerns are.

In the meantime, remember some women have surprise babies and do not know they are pregnant right up until the baby arrives or at least labour starts! They must have incredibly small bumps and the babies invariably arrive fit and well. Don't worry!

For the first 20 weeks people were commenting on how big my bump was, which I found I didn't mind at all - after all there is a baby growing in there!:)
In the last couple of weeks, though (I'm 29 weeks) I've had lots of people saying how small the bump is with such little time to go. Make your minds up!
I think a lot of it is peoples' perception of time passing...if you tell them that you only have a couple of months to go they assume you should be rolling round instead of walking!
So long as baby is wriggling around ok, I don't care how big my bump is! :bigsmile: