Is my baby going to be huge?!?

[Lj8893]

Hi,

Probably a really silly naive question but here goes!

I am 20 weeks pregnant and my bump is very big already, however I am naturally a larger girl and have always had a slight pregnancy type paunch! So I was always going to carry a bump well.

A woman I work with keeps telling me that because I'm so big, I'm going to have a big baby and she reckons it will be about 10 pounds!!!

Is she right? The bigger my bump is, the bigger my baby is going to be?

No- thereis no correlation at all.

I was big before I got pregnant- my bump hardly showed at all until very late on and even then wasn't huge- and my ds was nearly 11lbs! (Incredibly easy 3 hur labout, by the way!) They can't even tell in the hospital either- they often get it wrong. So don't worry.

Hi, don't worry about your bump meaning you have a big baby. It could be to do with how much liquid is in the bump or it might slow down a bit and not grow so much every month. I'm sure your baby will be a perfect size. Think of how big you and your DP were, it is often similar to the parents or grandparents.

Ohh thanks both of you! A big relief!

I was 7 and a half and dp was 8 so fingers crossed our baby will be the same! (However my brother was 10 so hopefully won't take after him!)