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Lighthearted thread, but do you / did you get jealous of other people’s pregnancy bumps?

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NCTDN · 31/08/2026 22:36

My children are now old teenagers, but whenever I see pregnant women I always find myself comparing their bumps to what I was like. I massively regret not taking more photos whilst pregnant, but my bumps were tiny compared to most people (think I had a lot round the sides rather than all at the front). At no point did I notice a foot or arm or anything on my bump. Both DCs were born naturally, one was 6lb and the other 8lb.
This is lighthearted - I know how fortunate I am to have had two healthy pregnancies - but am I abnormal in wishing my bumps had been bigger? Aibu to have wished that?

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TheOriginalEmu · 02/09/2026 01:18

DBSFstupid · 01/09/2026 01:21

You hated pregnancy but you had 5 kids?

Yes. I hated being pregnant but i love having children, and because you can’t have children without a pregnancy i had to put up with that part of it.

TheOriginalEmu · 02/09/2026 01:21

PurplebudsWhitebuds · 31/08/2026 23:07

I'm not being dramatic.
I just cannot get over that a woman who was lucky enough to have 2 healthy pregnancies and has 2 living children is actually regretting the size of her pregnancy bumps. The world truly has gone mad.

she’s not regretting anything, she is just whistful for a big old
bump. The same way i think i would love to have a massive mop of curly hair, even though i know it would be way to much work for me to have it looking nice, i still think about it sometimes. no big deal.

maxslice · 02/09/2026 03:49

No. Not ever. Never considered it some kind of competition.

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