- Joined
- Sep 13, 2018
- Messages
- 14,363
- Reaction score
- 7,716
I bet the steroids aren't helping! They make you retain water weight like CRAZY and puff up! When we went to our birth center tour the other week there were two other women who were also due in Oct - one you couldn't even tell was pregnant and the other looked like me. We were all on our first kid. I'm like you, very small usually in a size 6 and small to medium tops depending on the maker, but this other woman who carried like me was much larger than me but our bumps were about the same. I know at my 20 week scan baby was measured at 13 ounces and 11.5 inches which is above average for 20 weeks (more where they're supposed to be at 22/23 weeks according to a lot of data I've read) and I know those aren't always accurate but man it's got me worried this boy is going to be a 9/10 pound baby! I'm holding steady at around 13 pounds gained this pregnancy and the bottom of my bump is stiff but the top is all squish (I blame the baby for pushing around my insides). My baby has been head down for all my scans so I don't believe he's flipping around or laying horizontally - did they tell you which way your boy was laying when you go for your scans?
I had growth scans with DD from 26 weeks and when I had a growth scan at 35 weeks they said she was gonna be a good size and when they induced me 4 days later when I was induced they felt my tummy and said she was going to be at least 7 and half lbs even 4 and a half weeks early but she was only 5lb dont worry hon