Can I squish my baby??

[sarahmia]

I'm 16 weeks and worried That sometimes I'm squishing my baby when I wear my non maternity skirts which are tight. Like maybe I could be cutting off their oxygen supply or something??
Is that possible?

[Dumbledoresgirl]

I don't think so. You are squishing yourself sweetie, not the baby, who is protected in a sac of waters.

If your skirts are tight, do yourself a favour and find some looser clothes. By the end of the pregnancy, you will wish you could walk around naked (at least, I did, I found tight clothes so irritating).

[jasmine51]

Yeah - get shopping its part of the fun!

[Deliaskis]

You won't be squshing the baby but you are squishing yourself - time to ditch the tight stuff!

Dumbledoresgirl I am 38+3 and these days am stripping down to pants and T-shirt when I am home in the evenings, ladylike me!

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[sarahmia]

I know I must buy new clothes but still trying to hide it so wearing normal clothes. Ridiculous really. Should just give in, only another couple of weeks till 20 week scan and then hopefully I can breathe again!

[mousymouse]

not really. that is what the amniotic fluid is for: to protect baby from beeing squished.
not much longer and you can play "guess the extremity" :o

[Deliaskis]

Wow no way could I have hidden it until 20 week scan!

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[growing3rdbump]

I couldn't hide mine either!!! Have you tried attaching elastic bands / hair bobbles round button to keep skirt done up? I did that for quite a while.

[suedehead]

yep, I did that too. A few longer jumpers / blouses and then normal trousers with hair bobble fastening did the trick for a while (not as far as 20 week scan though!)

Also bought a couple of pairs of work trousers just in a size bigger than usual - figured they'd be useful once I'm trying to get rid of my baby bump after the event.

I read this thread actually as I worry about squishing the baby when I'm asleep. I always used to sleep on my front, which I wasn't able to do from about 3-4 weeks. I'm now 26 weeks, and am being v good and sleeping on my side. Sometimes I wake up, though, and I'm resting on my bump about as far towards my front as I can comfortably be - do you reckon that's OK? I'm trying my best!