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What do people mean by 'you've got a really neat bump'?

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BedHog · 04/09/2011 09:28

I've been told this many times over the past few weeks (I'm 32 weeks preg), and I usually smile and say thankyou as I presume they mean it as a compliment. But to be honest I haven't a clue what they mean! Do they mean small? All out front? A definite bump rather than flab? Symmetrical? Confused And what would a 'messy bump' look like? To me, my bump looks just the same as all the other baby bumps I see.

Has anybody else had frequent comments about the neatness of their bump? What do you think people mean?

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deemented · 04/09/2011 09:31

I think it means that you don't look like a big fat heifer.

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BedHog · 04/09/2011 09:34

Until I turn around and they see my big fat pregnant arse!! Grin

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LawrieMarlow · 04/09/2011 09:34

I think my sister has a neat bump. I think what I mean is that she is still thin but with a bump stuck on.

DilysPrice · 04/09/2011 09:36

You clearly look like a normally slim woman with a watermelon stuffed down her frock. Within reason that's a very good thing, congratulations.

KikiRC · 04/09/2011 09:46

I told my friend who was about 38 weeks she had a neat bump. I meant that she looked really well, and hadn't put on much weight anywhere else, just the bump itself. I meant it as a real compliment!

CroissantNeuf · 04/09/2011 09:52

I always imagined that it meant a bump that hadn't spread to your arse, hips, thighs (and every far corner of your body).

Like Dilys said "a normally slim woman with a watermelon stuffed down her frock".

megansmummy1 · 04/09/2011 14:26

having a neat bump means you are one of those pregnant women I am always jealous of! I carry with so much weight everywhere else that people cant tell if I am pregnant or just a gregs sausage roll addict really fat. Is much nicer to hear about your neat bump than my usual "are you sure its not twins?" type comments.

G1nger · 04/09/2011 15:22

I get told I've got a neat bump, too. But I know for myself that I've put weight on my bum that 'stops me falling forwards'.

Sandra2011 · 04/09/2011 15:41

I would think it means that your pump is not hanging :)

somewherewest · 04/09/2011 15:43

Thanks for explaining. I was wandering about this too. Given that I've gone from 8 1/2 stone to almost 11 stone and look really wobbly with no clothes on I'm now feeling quite relieved/flattered Grin

sjuperwolef · 04/09/2011 15:47

my best mate had a neat bump, she is a wee slim thing and just had this space hopper beach ball down her front Grin my bump is humungous when im standing but when i sit down i look like a big fat fatty which i was before i fell pg admittedly

Mum2be79 · 04/09/2011 20:45

I've been told I have a neat bump. Assuming it means that I am slim with a melon stuck down my top that is perfectly round and in proportion. Quite glad when people say that considering I was a fat lump of lard beforehand and being pregnant has 'slimmed me out'.

Loving my bump at the moment. I get lots of wanted attention from people! :)

Ilovekittyelise · 04/09/2011 20:59

haha this is funny....i agree with the other posts, it means you arent a ginormous whale. no-one has accused me of having a neat bump, bump and cake just merge into one expanse of white flesh for me....

2cats2many · 04/09/2011 21:01

I think they mean that you aren't a total fatso, like I was. I usually got gasps of horror, sympathetic questions about how I was 'coping' and enquiries as to when the twins were due (I wasn't pregnant with twins).

Ilovekittyelise · 04/09/2011 21:26

god the twins thing. people are total bastards. no-one walks up to a non-pregnant fat person and comments.

thegingerone · 04/09/2011 22:24

I have been told by people recently that I have a neat bump. It seems to come from people who want to be polite to me and I think it is meant as a "you look nice" comment. I, of course, at 30 weeks, would rather that people told me I looked massive. (However a routine MW appointment confirms I'm on dates so I'm less paranoid about my "smallness" now)

Ironically I spent most of the start of my pg being asked if I was pg with twins.

Theala · 04/09/2011 22:32

Ilovekittyelise god the twins thing. people are total bastards. no-one walks up to a non-pregnant fat person and comments.

They totally do. I have had four people in the last few months commenting on my 'pregnancy'. Whereupon I've had to explain that I'm not pregnant, I'm just fat. Blush

eurochick · 04/09/2011 22:37

The first post has it - it means you don't look like a bit fat heifer.

SheldonsBazinga · 04/09/2011 22:41

Some of us look as though we should be given a set of scaffolding in our Bounty packs. This is the opposite of a neat bump.

HPonEverything · 05/09/2011 12:49

I call it a Barbie Bump, like one of those stick on ones that when you remove it you've just got a normal Barbie.

Barbie is one lucky b$$$$

TrillianAstra · 05/09/2011 12:51

There is no possible way it could not be a compliment.

Just as slim as ever plus a watermelon or beach ball (depending on stage of pregnancy)

AppleyEverAfter · 05/09/2011 13:15

Some people told me this but after weighing myself last week and finding I've put on 3 stone, I think they must be either blind or being polite. Swollen ankles, fingers and face not doing much to make me feel like I have a 'Barbie Bump' either!

moomsy · 05/09/2011 13:50

I have had this said to me all pregnancy. English is not my first language so I just took it as a compliment and brushed it off lol

Having said that... I have always had a big bump!!

I don't like when people ask if 'I am sure there is only one baby in there'

That's Milf's fav question Angry

moomsy · 05/09/2011 13:51

Ooops Did I say Milf? I meant MIL... sorry ;o)

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