I’m really short and petite. My last 2 pregnancies were large babies and at some point during the 2nd trimester during both ,I had strangers tell me I looked “ready to pop any day now”. I probably just laughed and moved on but gah…I had months left!

You don’t look 6 months to me,no.

When I was 4 months pregnant I was told by a co-worker that I was as big as I was when I was 9 months with Kellen. I’ve had people also tell me that I “must be farther along” than what I told them and the dreaded “are you sure there aren’t 2 in there” comment–both things said around the time I was 3 to 4 months.

I just normally curse them in my head and give a curt response back. People have no filter.

It’s amazing how few people don’t seem to realize that subsequent pregnancies result in the woman “popping” earlier.

I completely understand! My first was a csection at 39 weeks and he weighed 10lbs 4 oz! And I received many many comments on how big I looked and people would always argue with that there were twins in there! Like they new better than my doctor. Now with my #2 pregnancy its the same thing. I am measuring about 2.5 weeks ahead of the game and at my 31 week ultrasound my little guy was measuring about 4lbs 10z… putting him (already) in the 87th percentile! Some of us just grow big babies! What can we say! OO and by the way I have never had gestational diabetes like everyone always assumes!

Um. This is my first. And I looked about like that around week 15-16. I am now 29 weeks and I think I’m just carrying really high. I look farther along than I am, but I’m measuring on time. Baby is 56% percentile as of last week (as if that means anything). My friend saw a picture of me around 27 weeks and remarked that while I haven’t gained weight (noticeably) anywhere else, my belly was as big as hers at full term. Everyone carries differently. I just thank my 5’7″ height… only reason I’m not waddling yet.

I am, honestly, more sick of the comments about my husband’s size. He’s 6’3″ and about 230 lbs. Big, bearded, broad. Looks like he just walked out of 1860′s Appalachia. The comments I get from people! I swear! They make jokes as if I hadn’t fully considered his size when I married him. As if it should have occurred to me that his babies would be hard to birth. Ugh.

I have made a really conscious effort to not comment on other pregnant women’s size. Small or big, we are sensitive to any judgment (even if it’s not meant maliciously). I just try to tell women they look great and so happy. Other people need to turn the volume down on their nosy opinions. It just seems to spill forth like word vomit. Keep it in check, ladies. I think you look awesome! Keep on keeping on….

People always ask when I’m due, and when I say December 1, they look shocked. Sometimes they say, “you’re huge”, or “one or two?”. It’s amazing what people feel is ok to say and ask to pregnant ladies.
I am pregnant with twins (and thus really big), but I don’t always tell strangers that, just so they can feel awkward and not know what to say next.

I don’t think there’s a “right” way to look when pregnant. Different women carry differently for a variety of reasons including muscle tone, build, baby’s position, and whether it’s your first pregnancy or not. That’s why it’s not wise to specuate, EVER.

That’s a little smaller than I was when I gave birth @ a little over 37 weeks.

People are so rude about pregnancy. Well, bellies in general (I’ll never forget when my pharmacist congratulated me on my new pregnancy, reached over to pat my belly… just after I had completed losing 20 lbs. Guess it wasn’t enough. I was not pregnant.)

You do not look 6 months. But don’t worry about what people say–because they will be very vocal with their opinions, like a bun in the oven gives them license to be free with their words. You look fantastic!

By 28 weeks with all of my pregnancy, people think I’m term. They start getting nervous around me in public like I might leak amniotic fluid on them at any moment. Oh the horrors! I’m over it now. I’m pregnant with #4 and am arming my heart for the slew of comments I’m likely to receive when I start showing (currently I just finished my first tri but just look fat. lol so much for all that weight loss i had.. hmm) talking about how I have my hands full and if I know how this kind of thing happens and am I finally done having kids now, etc. etc. People are so ridiculous.

Funny at 6 mos you could just start being able to tell that it wasn’t a beer gut. Now at 8 mos ppl tell me I look like I’m going to pop or that I’m small. It’s all in the eye of the beholder.

people seem to feel free to tell you anything while you are pregnant like somehow that makes you best friends. I retained so much fluid with my son that I looked like the stay puff marshmallow man and could not wear proper shoes. People felt free to tell me at every turn that I was huge and looked like I was ready to pop at any moment like somehow or another when I was straining to find my feet that morning I did not notice that I was the size of a small building. I just used my inside my head voice and called them everything under the sun. To answer your question though, NO you do not look 6 months pregnant.

I’m tall and lean, and didn’t even start showing until 27/28 weeks, and most people couldn’t tell I was pregnant until 30/31. I just attributed it to being tall and having extra room, ha! A week before I gave birth, people couldn’t believe I was 38 weeks, and commented that I was going to have a very small baby, and was I was eating right, etc (I gained 30 pounds). My daughter was a healthy 7 pounds 3 ounces! Every woman carries different, and sometimes people need to hold their tongues when it comes to commenting on other women’s pregnancies.

I was one of those moms that never really looked pregnant – you should see my baby shower photos! I looked barely pregnant and out she came 2 weeks later (a month early, but still)… I know a lot of women were ‘amazed’ and wished they had stayed so ‘tiny’ as I had, but, honestly, I wanted to tell them to stuff it sometimes. Because as not pregnant as I looked, I was still pregnant! And feeling huge, even if I didnt look it to them. It felt like I didnt and shouldnt have the right to feel huge, because I was ‘oh-so-lucky’. I dont know if I would have liked being thought of as being further along any better, but at least then Id be allowed to ‘complain’ and be justified in my feeling huge :p People, geez. :p

does it really matter? you’re a growing a human being inside you…as long as he/she is healthy who cares.

I had my little girl this past April and to be honest that’s about how big I looked at 6 months, but everyone carriers babies differently with each pregnancy. I mean look at all the grief Beyonce has been getting and she’s due sometime next April. It’s okay to feel upset though, my whole pregnancy everyone kept telling me my belly was small, when I was measuring right on @ the doctors office and had an 8 1/2lb baby to boot. Some people just aren’t good with talking/ asking questions to pregnant women.

My uterus is tilted inwards, so I carried my daughter all inside so I looked very small.
I used to get comments about “Are you sure there’s nothing wrong with the baby? You’re awfully small for X months!”
What the hell?

Actually kinda funny you putting this out there because I am currently pregnant with my 4th child, however it has been 14 yrs for me and I am doing this all over again..Not sure if thats a good thing or a bad one..lol…Anyways, I am just days away from being 5 months and I have only gained 8 lbs total since day 1 and I look probably smaller than you in this pic or about the same…I am hoping I do stay small for the rest of my pregnancy in hopes of me and my ass not blowing up!!! LMAO…
Congrats :)

No, I don’t think you look like you’re 6 months along, but certainly understand that we all carry differently. Still, it was none of her business, and quite presumptuous, to think she knew what she was talking about. I am floored by some of the things people are saying to you all!! I am in week 26 and feel like I look every bit of 6 months. I haven’t had people comment about my size, but I have had people ask me if my pregnancy was a “surprise” because my boyfriend of 3 years and I are not married yet. I have also been asked if I was on fertility drugs because I am “over 35″ (answer is no, but what difference would it have made at this point?). People do think they can say/ask anything and that it is their business to get an answer! Great ideas about putting them in their places, Ladies!! Thank you for sharing!!

I am just 8 months and for the last month people keep asking me ” so when r u do? today!” Its irritating because when I say NO im not do till the end of december I get looks of disbelief my remark is always immidetly followed by “are u sure there is only one in there?” I always carry big but I didn’t even start to show at all until about 5 months. I understand ur feeling I guess there isn’t really a yes or no answer to how far along we lot ppl just base it on their own experience I guess

I’ve realized 2 things: 1, since women are so different, and no one else is paying as much attention as you think, you can get WILDLY different guesses on the same day. You know, the security guy says “You look like you’re about to pop!” and the cashier says “Only x months? You’re so little!” And number 2, this does NOT end when pregnancy does. People will make seemingly insane guesses about your baby’s age, and say weird things when they are wrong. “Well, we know she likes to eat!” or “She’s just so… petite.” After enough of them, you realize that NO ONE knows what they’re saying, so you let it go.

I definitely think the the belly in the pic looks 6 months especially with the long-looking torso. While a l women are bigger in subsequent pregnancies. Most I have seen aren’t this big yet until 5 1/2 or 6 months at the least.

@ASHLEY- you bring up a great point. there is no “right way” to look when pregnant. thank you for that reminder.
@KATIE- i love the idea of playfully messing with people. totally going to try it out… may make for a good post ;)
@MICHELE- “it’s all in the eye of the beholder.” in deed!
@LISA- yeah, do people really think you’re friends simply because they have no filter and feel comfortable talking to you about the current state of your body? odd, isn’t it?
@STEPHANIE- ha! give your sister a high 5 for me.
@SNAKECHARMER- good point. i wrote post just last week about never truly knowing when your due date is because there are so many different ways to figure out the estimation. the size of your belly isn’t necessarily telling you much of anything, except that there’s a baby in there. :)
@LEIGH- my jaw just dropped reading your comment. how horrid!
@TARA- good luck with your possibly big baby! solidarity, my friend.
@HOLLIE- excellent point about this not ending once your children are born. excellent, excellent point!
@JESSICA- i’m going to find a way to make sure to get your a photo of my rockin belly when i actually am 6 months along. :) rest assured, it will be awesome.

I was about that size when I was six months pregnant but then again I have a diff. body than you and it was my first pregnancy!

I am so glad I’m not the only one…

Story for you :)
I found out I was pregnant with my second little one begining of May, and since my husband is in the military and he had just returned from his basic training and tech training the insurance had to be renewed meaning they had to wait to see what his next step was. There for we didnt get into a doc right away not knowing where we could go or anything.
Anyways after 3 times of the insurance being denied because they were mixing up paper work they finally gave us the go ahead to get to a dr.
I’m having to deliver on a military base hospital where they deliver 200 babies a week! and I have the special expirence of playing bingo when it comes to dr’s they have 20 drs and 12 midwives…
Moving right along I go into my first appointment where I still had a flat tummy and didnt look pregnant at all even though I was already 16 weeks minimum… The lady said we would just do paper work today and get me in the system and then schedule my check up after that… I had just spent the last hour in the waiting room filling out every single question she asked me. I insisted that I see a Dr. for a quick glance to make sure everything was ok. I had been having severe cramping earlier that week and couldnt get out of bed. she had the nerve to step around the corner and tell the dr that would soon be examining me that i was maybe 8 weeks along from the looks of it but im insisting that im at least 16 weeks….
After the ultrasound where they tried to probe me first the doctor indeed dated me at between 16 and 18 weeks he couldnt tell for sure because the baby was so low and curled up. the ladys jaw dropped when I returned and when asked the question of my due date i said roughly feb. 1st. Yes im between 16 and 18 weeks thank you very much I was pretty bitchy mostly because she had the nerve of completely ignoring the fact that I told her how far along I was and then to make the comment just around the corner!
ugh people!!!! Being pregnant is hard enough without all the remarks and judgements. people still think im in my first trimestor. Let the baby be and if it wants to hang all out then let it! ;)

i had to take my 2 year old to the doctors for a cold. while there one of the nurses said to my son “wow look at mommy, she looks like shes about to pop” she then asked me when i was due. i told her i had 3 more months to go. she looked at me stunned and said ” are you sure you don’t have twins in there?” nope only one i said.

On the other hand I am 4 and a half months along and Ive had two different people ask me if Im having a midget, along with almost everyone else who keeps telling me how small I am. Im petite and this is my first baby but it’s hard not to be concerned, despite my OBs reassurance that everything is fine.

Everyone carries differently, and don’t even mention subsequent pregnancies. With my first, I was about your size in that photo at 6 months — my 2nd and 3rd? Forget about it!

And about unfiltered things people say? After delivering my third, on the way out of L&D and to our room, one of the effing nurses looked at me and said, “Are you sure you don’t have another one in there?” Good lord. I was so stunned and in such disbelief that I just sort of giggled as they wheeled me on out. I totally wish that I would’ve said something — anything! — including things way more vulgar than I would ever typically say. Some people! And especially some people who should know better!

I’ve had people tell me I look like I’m about to pop and others tell me I don’t look nearly as far along as I am. I don’t think there’s one set size or shape that says “I’m ___ months pregnant.” I wasn’t showing as much as you are at four months, but this is also my first pregnancy. I’ve heard from many women that you show earlier with the second, third (etc) pregnancy. I think you look great!

I have PCOS and look maybe 4 mo. pregnant on a good (non-pregnant) day. So when I was pregnant with my first and two different women said (one of them a so-called friend who is very overweight and should know better) “Wow! That’s gonna be one BIIIIG baby!”…well, when my friend said it, I burst into tears. I hope she felt like a real heel, especially when she later cradled my 6 lb 5 oz newborn. Grrr!

It always upsets me when people feel it’s their job to tell us whether or not we are too large or too small…. I know that every man woman and child who said this to me has a doctorate in gynecology so I guess I let it pass. But @#$%$ I wanted to comment back to them…. I worked at a country club with my first two pregnancies and darn it if I wasn’t asked if I was SURE it wasn’t twins up until I was due…. I also never understand why people get less intelligent when around pregnant woman… You look great! I have a friend due around the same time and it’s her third, you are right about the same size as her!!

@MARCELLA- AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! oh thank you, i needed that laugh.