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Q: Apparently 7 Weeks - could I be further on or am I getting fat?

asked by: **Rachael** on November 19th, 2007

New User

so according to my doctor im on my 7th week of pregnancy, this isnt accurate as i managed to get pregnant whilst being on the pill so she referred me to the hospital who were supposed to get in touch with me for an early scan to check dates but as yet havnt heard anything.
but for 7 weeks i seem to be gettin a huge belly, im normally pretty slim, im kinda confused people keep asking me if im further along because i have a proper little bump going on........

could i be further or is it just me gettin fat??

im not entirely sure when i concieved and neither is the doctor as the time before my missed period i had an abnormal period which she said could be inplantation bleeding, hence the need for an early scan so in theory i could be 9/10 weeks maybe??

has anyone else had this??

Replies(21)

tiamccoy819

replied on November 19th, 2007

Active User, very eHealthy

Im not farther along...I though I was around 7 weeks but when I went for my scan I was only 5 weeks. So anything could happen...when was your last period??

**Rachael**

replied on November 19th, 2007

New User

was 4 weeks before my missed one which was the 2nd November, but it lasted a day and was nothing compared to the three days it normally last for as im on the pill which makes mine pretty much identical

cln1812

replied on November 19th, 2007

Active User, very eHealthy

Usually, those early dating ultrasounds are fairly accurate (they have an error rate of about a week, I think). I'm guessing if they estimated 7 weeks, it's pretty close.

Bloating is extremely common in early pregnancy and it can make your belly seem much bigger and your clothes not fit right. I took a belly pic at 9 weeks, and I was so bloated then, it looks identical to my 19 or 20 week belly pic. For me, the bloating went down around 11 weeks.

browneyed_gemini

replied on November 19th, 2007

New User

I agree with the bloating. Have you been overeating? If not, then it's just bloating which is so common at that stage of pregnancy. Congratulations and Good Luck.

jessamyn

replied on November 19th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

I went to the BODIES exhibit and the had a prenatal portion... at 7 weeks youre like nothing... so you might just be gaining weight or retainign water if you are for surely 7 weeks

PenguinsRus

replied on November 19th, 2007

Moderator

oh man, I just went to the bodies exhibit the other day. there is some crazy stuff there.

jessamyn

replied on November 19th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

PenguinsRus wrote:

oh man, I just went to the bodies exhibit the other day. there is some crazy stuff there.

did you like it?!?! dod you go into the prenatal portion (you have teh otpion not to)

my brother is in med school so we went together... we were there for hoursssss

PenguinsRus

replied on November 19th, 2007

Moderator

jessamyn wrote:

PenguinsRus wrote:

oh man, I just went to the bodies exhibit the other day. there is some crazy stuff there.

did you like it?!?! dod you go into the prenatal portion (you have teh otpion not to)

my brother is in med school so we went together... we were there for hoursssss

I did like it a lot. Some of it was really crazy. It was hard for my mind to grasp that the bodies were real. I did go into the prenatal portion. It was interesting to see some of the defects, etc, but the section made me a bit sad.

rosejackson

replied on November 19th, 2007

Supporter

in the early weeks you'll probably get alot of bloating

**Rachael**

replied on November 20th, 2007

New User

i havent had the scan yet thats what i mean the date i got was the doctor going by what i told her because i was on the pill at the time of conception. and i hvnt really been over eating so im guessing it is just bloating although i dont feel bloated i feel normal just my jeans dont fit he he.

Mabel

replied on November 20th, 2007

Moderator

Did your doctor do an internal exam?

**Rachael**

replied on November 21st, 2007

New User

no she didnt why?

Mabel

replied on November 21st, 2007

Moderator

You had your first pre-natal appointment with no internal exam? When was our last pap smear?

young Girl

replied on November 21st, 2007

Especially eHealthy

they didnt do a pap test?!!!!!!!

rosejackson

replied on November 21st, 2007

Supporter

when i was pregnant with william i didnt get a pap test or an internal exam at all. i guess different places do it differently

Mabel

replied on November 21st, 2007

Moderator

In the states, at your first prenatal appointment you get a pap smear and an internal exam. Your breasts get checked. You get weighed. A pregnancy test. The whole work up.

It would be unusual NOT to get these things done at a first appointment.

Bridget

replied on November 21st, 2007

Especially eHealthy

maybe she hasn't had her first real appointment yet? my first appointment was just paperwork, family history, and general pregnancy health info.

Angflo

replied on November 21st, 2007

New User

I'm eleven weeks pregnant and got a papsmere shortly before I got pregnant but my doctor said if I hadn't he wouldn't have given me one until after the pregnancy beacuse the hormone levels tend to make the results apear abnormal

**Rachael**

replied on November 22nd, 2007

New User

well i dont live in the us and have no idea what a pap smear is??? we have smear tests but we dont get them till were 21 or 25 something like that.
i live in England the only reason i went to the doctor so early was because i had 5 tests come back positive she said their tests are exactly the same as home tests, so an early scan would confirm and determine actual dates because of the pill. it wasnt a pre natal appointment. we just talked about dos and donts and sent a letter to the hospital. i hvnt even been assigned a midwife yet.

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