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Do people always get more chubby in the face when pregnant ?

18 replies

Beaverfeaver · 24/04/2013 21:01

Just wondering is all

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abigboydidit · 24/04/2013 22:00

My face totally puffed up with DS but didn't even slightly with DD.

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Catsycat · 24/04/2013 22:01

I got more chubby everywhere...

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CitizenOscar · 24/04/2013 22:03

No, my face got slimmer last time. Haven't paid much attention this time so not sure!

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SourSweets · 24/04/2013 22:04

I don't think so. I haven't, I think like most things in pregnancy it varies from person to person and pregnancy to pregnancy.

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Ezza1 · 24/04/2013 22:10

My face (and the rest of me) ballooned at 37 weeks with DC1 but that was due to pre eclampsia. Was induced but still remained chubby for a week after.

No problems in subsequent pregnancies.

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MeanAndMeaslyMiddleAges · 24/04/2013 23:03

Not for me - I lost weight.

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MisselthwaiteManor · 25/04/2013 11:55

Mine is chubbier but I've always had a chubby face, I think it's just where my fat lies.

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lynniep · 25/04/2013 11:59

No everyone clearly. But I do think its quite common. I've seen a lot of women lately who don't seem to have put on weight on their bodies (other than in the obvious place) but their faces are noticebly chubbier.

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weeblueberry · 25/04/2013 12:14

I've developed a ridiculously fat face since being pregnant. I don't think it's baby related though. I think it's Percy Pig, cheese and peanut butter on toast and Cadburys Flake related.

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polkadotsrock · 25/04/2013 17:09

I honestly thought everyone did Blush. Me and all the mums I know from tot group always laugh about how huge our faces were!

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SneezySnatcher · 25/04/2013 20:12

A work colleague asked me if I was pregnant when I was 11 weeks. She said she could tell by my face!

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Steffanoid · 25/04/2013 20:33

I thought mine had but saw a friend who I've not seen for about 6 weeks properly who said the only place I've put on is boobs and belly x

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beachesandbuckets · 25/04/2013 21:06

I have been huge generally with all 3 pregnancies but face has remained strangely the same, someone even commented today that I don't look pregnant from shoulders upwards!

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Michellephant · 26/04/2013 08:34

No, all my extra weight went to my bump when I was pregnant with baby #1 so everyone thought I looked thinner despite getting rounder at the tum!

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thegoldenfool · 26/04/2013 11:31

i didn´t put much weight on elsewhere but it was lovely looking in the mirror post birth and seeing my old face back only a few hours afterwards :)

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MyNameIsAnAnagram · 26/04/2013 17:22

Nope, I just have a bump, nothing different to face and you can't tell from behind.

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2Labradors · 27/04/2013 09:48

I get chubby all over Grin

My face does too though. I had my Costco membership card picture taken when I was about 8 months pregnant with DD. I found it a long time after membership lapsed and was shocked at how big my face was. I was blissfully unaware then.

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Charters92 · 05/06/2013 01:07

I'm 20 weeks now and people having been saying to me that I look slimmer on my face.

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