Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 7892 Location: *UPTOWN*NEW ORLEANS*, La
At the Dr.s Office.... Posted: 03-14-06 10:52am
Yesterday in the waiting room there was a
girl who looked about my age. I'm 33
weeks and she looked like she was about my
size and build too. So I asked her her
due date and she said "tomorrow"!!!
Ahhhhh...My mouth dropped. She asked me
mine and I said "not until the 1st week of
.May".....Then her mouth dropped!!!
Lol...Oh my .God.....We were like
comparing bellies and mine was def.
Larger.
She was with her mom and her mom was like
I think they need to check your due date
again. Now, we have the same .Dr. So I
know, they know how good he is. Everyone
in the waiting room started looknig at my
belly and laughing like "honey you're
really not gonna make it"!! My fiance was
cracking up because as I posted, he
doesn't think i'll make it either.
So I asked my .Dr as soon as I got in the
room if he thinks i'm going to make it to
my due date. He told me i'd probably go
past it being that i'm a new mom and due
date are never "right on". I don't get my
cervix checked until my next appt. So I
wouldn't know if anything is wrong. I
feel fine, just tooooo much pressure in my
pelvis/hip area.
Now, if I wasn't insecure about how big my
belly was before, I really am. People
stare at me!! :cry: :cry: and I still
have 7 weeks left!!!!
Sarah
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poohbear101
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Nov 2004 Posts: 383
Posted: 03-14-06 13:04pm
Your belly size doesn't really have
anything to do with your due date. Some
woman are just smaller and some are
larger. I'm almost 37 weeks and a
relative of mine is 32/33 weeks and she's
bigger than I am too. It's like looking
at a woman whose barely even showing and
saying well she's going to go a lot longer
than 40 weeks because she's so small lol
just doesn't work that way.
I wouldn't worry about what other people
think. This is your pregnancy and you
should enjoy it as much as you can. And
since you still have 7 weeks to go you can
probably expect to get a little bigger.
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Eyes Wide Shut
Especially EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 7892 Location: *UPTOWN*NEW ORLEANS*, La
Posted: 03-14-06 13:59pm
Lol....That's the scary part. I was
petite when I got preggy, so I knew that I
would get relatively large....But my belly
is measuring 45 inches around. My Dr.
Hasn't pulled out the tape measurer to
measure my fundal height so I don't know
if I really am measuring large or what!!!!
He does a "hands on" feeling of my uterus
and baby when I go. He thinks i'll be
right on track.....It's just hard to
believe that I have 7 weeks to go. It's
not that I don't think I can make it..I
don't think my body can!!
Thanks for your response!!!!!
Sarah
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tsweitzer
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 95 Location: Maryland
Posted: 03-15-06 00:19am
Yep..It's true size has nothing to do with
it..My sister was barely showing a bump
when she went into labor and me well let's
just say I jumped about 4 jeans sizes up,
and I had my baby on the 26th of feb and I
have only lost one jean size..So be
patient..It's better to go long as possble
anyway..The baby will come when he is
ready..Oh and don't stress about your
growing belly..Pregnant women are
beautiful=) good luck and happy
delivery..Tiffany
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 7892 Location: *UPTOWN*NEW ORLEANS*, La
Posted: 03-15-06 13:58pm
Thank you!! I know that my baby needs to
be there for at least 7 more weeks. I
just have a hrd time explaining how
important it not to jinx me. I am a
strong believer in jinxing and having
people tell me constantly that "i'm not
gonna make it to my due is" is really
starting to take a toll on me.
Granted, I do like everyone being sooo
nice to me cuz of my big belly. The other
night, me and my fiance went to this
awesome chineese buffet and this older man
and his wife were in front of us waiting
to pay. And the man turned around and
asked me if this was my first. I told him
yea and he stuck out his hand to shake
mine and congratulate me. He then shook
my fiance's hand and was acting kinda
weird. All of a sudden he pulls out 30
dollars and tells the cashier to put this
towards our bill. My fiance repetatively
told him it wasn't neccessary for him to
do that and he got kinda mad. He said "i
just did"...And I was like..Hey...I don't
mind at all!!
I was like that couldn't of happened
.J.U.S.T because I was preggy with our 1st
child!!! Come on...So we went back and
gave our waitress a 10 dollar tip!!!!!!
Sarah
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Sarah1978
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Joined: 15 Sep 2005 Posts: 123 Location: NZ
Posted: 03-16-06 17:43pm
45 inches round your belly - I have been
measuring that big for the last 2 months
and I still have 5 weeks left. My belly
grew all of a sudden when I was about 5-6
months and it hasn't really grow since,
(just changed shape as baby dropped).
Don't worry about your bellysize people
have been telling me (since xmas) that I
wasn't going to make my due date and the
doctor must have my dates incredible worng
(ha - like I didn't have any idea) my
hubby and I had been trying for a few
months before I became pg so I have a
pretty good idea of when it happened.
Don't listen to them - your precious
little bundle will turn up when he/she is
ready and not before.
Good luck!
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 7892 Location: *UPTOWN*NEW ORLEANS*, La
Posted: 03-17-06 15:00pm
Thank you for your response! I actually
conceived about 3 weeks before .Hurricane
.Katrina. I don't know exaclt which day,
but I have a pretty good idea. It's funny
when people think you're clueless about
your own pregnancy huh?! Lol...Strangers
crack me up!
I had something happen to me that I know
has happened to others, but it just kind
of bothers me. This stranger out of no
where just starts rubbing my belly!! Ihad
to mentally back up and breathe. I guess
my eyes gave my anger away and she
immedietly pulled her hand away. She
appologized repetedly stating that she
didn't even know me and how could she do
that? Lol...I then started laughing
because I didn't want to make her feel any
worse than she did.
Is that strange?? It's like the only
person i'm comfortable with touching my
belly is my .Fiance. It's like everyone
else wants to feel her move and they want
me to let them know when she does and I
lie and say she hasn't moved. (she'll be
moving when I tell them this) I never was
a touchy feely person and thought i'd get
over it...But it still bothers me after 34
long weeks of being preggy....
Am I wrong for doing this??
Sarah
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 03-17-06 17:36pm
Sarah, I hated people coming up and
touching my stomach. I never had a
stranger come up and do it, but sister in
law constantly did it. So I just grit my
teeth and bared it. Her 2 girls 10 and 13
would also do it a lot, which wasn't as
bad....But I didn't even feel comfortable
with kids touching it! But what was worse
is my sister in laws husband (my hubby's
bro-in-law) would come up and put one hand
on my back and the other on my stomach,
that made me super uncomfortable and I
said "when i'm up and walking around she
doesn't move" and we ran into them at the
store, so I really was up and walking
around. I don't think it's wrong for not
wanting people to touch your belly. Just
because your pregnant doesn't make you
public property! That's still your belly
and that baby doesn't belong to anyone
either! So I feel your pain. Don't
worry it will soon be over and you will be
able to hold your baby and your belly will
eventually go away.
Now my problem is I don't want everyone to
hold my baby. I don't want anyone to
really visit me either, even tho I love my
whole family (and *most* of my in laws)
it's just that I just went through all
that work and I want to enjoy her for
awhile. I feel bad when I take her back
from someone that just got her, but hey
she's mine. I especially don't like kids
holding her. I love kids, but they
definately don't need to be carrying
around my newborn. If they sit next to me
on the couch they can, but they want to
walk around with her and I don't allow it.
Wow, this is a long post. Sorry about
that. I had to vent a little bit lol.
Anywho don't feel bad for not wanting
everyone touching you!!!
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 7892 Location: *UPTOWN*NEW ORLEANS*, La
Posted: 03-17-06 20:50pm
Thanks for you rreply. It's good to know
that i'm not alone. I don't even like my
mom to touch it! Lol...I know that I was
in her but it's not the same.
My fiance's brother always thinks its ok
to come up from behind me and straddle me
and my belly. Now before I was preggy he
would do that to hug me. By the way,he's
like 6'4/6'5 so it never bothered me
because he never bent over. But now that
I have a belly he like humps me!
Wow...It's so offensive and I always tell
him about himself, but he's the real
arrogant type. Ya know?? And I tell my
fiance but he's like "he just loves you"
and caca like that....It even gets to the
point when he kisses me goodbye I do the
whole turn for the cheek and he insists on
full on kiss...Like lips and all!!!! He's
always talked about how attractive he
finds pregnant women, but I didn't think
he's act like that towards .M.E!! Of all
people...He's seriously like my brother!!
What should I do about this?! It seems
like every time I push him away or cuss
him out it makes no difference because the
very next time I see him, he's acting this
way!!
