Big bump = big baby?

[Barbsta]

My midwife said she doesn't feel big but I don't know if she was just trying to stop me freak out. It's my first baby and I've always been just above the middle line but at my 38 week appointment I'm very close to the top now. This is my first baby and I am petrified of how much more difficult and painful or being rushed for a c section :s

My bump is measuring 35 weeks but I'm actually 32. I have regular growth scans due to being diabetic and my baby is perfectly average size. So, no, it doesn't necessarily mean anything!

Big bump = big baby OR big load of fluid and normal sized baby:) If you are/were a normal and healthy weight, the latter is more likely.

It also depends on your own body size and shape and the way you carry the baby, etc. Try not to worry about it unless you find out you need to.

I am 35 weeks and huge. I was measured last week at 37.

I'm having an extra scan next week as I had one the week before last and he was a little long. So I think he is going to be big.

BUT 3 midwives have said that it may make for an easier birth as the bigger the baby the more pressure on the cervix so he may come out quicker, plus once engaged they don't tend to go anywhere, whereas small babies and get themselves into awkward positions. And it's the contractions that hurt and they'll be the same regardless of the size of the baby.

They may have just been trying to make feel better though. It has worked!