Bump anxiety

I can fit into my normal clothes. How has it changed so much in 2 weeks when the 20 week scan they didn’t pick up on anything? Xx

I can relate I had some issues felt like my bump took forever to come in I fit into my regular clothes my whole pregnancy pretty much there was a few items that almost didn’t fit me towards the end of my pregnancy well towards the end of my pregnancy I was told to expect a big baby because what he was weighing at his last ultrasound we were induced at 39weeks because of my gestational diabetes he was only 6 lb 2.8 oz at birth

I carried small but didn't have low papp-a. My bump was barely noticeable to other people until I was into my third trimester! Constantly had comments that I looked 'neat' and 'small'. I absolutely hated being told that, despite a normal growth scan. I wore form-fitting maternity wear to accentuate the bump as much as possible 😅 Do you have extra growth scans booked? Or nothing now?

Yeah i have a growth scan at 28 weeks then every 4 weeks from then so they are monitoring me closely. I just thought i would actually look pregnant by now! And people commenting on how small i am just sends my anxiety through the roof! I think i will be induced too, they said probably around 37 weeks

I didn’t have low PAPP-A with either of my pregnancies but I didn’t show w/ my first until the last month and I didn’t show until maybe a month and a half before due date with my second. I got so annoyed with the “you don’t even look pregnant” and the “I couldn’t tell from behind” once I did start showing in the front. Especially the second time around when I’d hear it from people that were around for my first pregnancy🙄. That being said, even though they always looked good in the scans and there wasn’t anything I needed to worry about I still got worried

Ah good you have scans booked. Do you think it would help your anxiety to have extra private scans or not really? What sorts of people do you find are commenting? People you know well or not really? I told close friends and family how self conscious I was about the size of bump (actually I think my OH told a few of his family too to stop them mentioning it). It's trickier to stop the people you don't know well - I don't know why people feel it's okay to make a comment at all.

Well i got maternity uniform in work and I've been asked a few times why I'm not wearing it (i just don't need it yet) and family friends saying how "neat" and "small" i am. They don't mean anything by it and i know that! Just gets to you when you've heard it enough 😂

I've read it's not good to have too many ultrasounds so I didn't think it was a good idea!

What is it with the neat and small?! 😅 it really does get to you. I know what you mean. Tbh when you're having scans every 4 weeks there's very little use of having them any more frequently, although you've got something like 6 weeks to wait until your next one. They are very safe in pregnancy but ofc it's your decision! Don't get more if you'll only worry about it.

I still fit into my normal clothes up until about 29 weeks then my bump popped and then only went up 1 size. I was always told I had a small bump and that it was cute. She’s now a very healthy nearly 11 month old

I had low papp-a with both my girls, I'm naturally small (size 6-8) anyway and was so nervous with my first but she was healthy and I was induced at 39 weeks exactly (she came out at 7.12 3 days later) and with my second I had my cesarean at 39+6 she was born at 8.3, both my babies are absolutely perfect and I bounced back quite quickly with the first (9 months I was back in my normal clothes) but with my second it was even quicker, she is 2 months and I'm already back into my old jeans. It's normal to be nervous ect but honestly don't panic every baby is different, I had a bump from 4 weeks with my first but it was so tiny that you would think I was just fat, it stayed that way for ages and then I dropped at 24 weeks and I had a bump, with my second I felt huge but everyone said when I was about to drop that you couldn't tell from the back 🤣 you get used to it and it becomes a compliment the more you hear it. I'm 25 had 2 babies and apart from the fact I have a weird pouch from my cesarean, I look great 🤣