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My bump is ENORMOUSLY FAT

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BroccoliSpears · 30/01/2008 19:58

Second pregnancy.

First time around I wasn't exactly a cute little Hollywood starlet with a neat little bronzed bump, but at least it was firm and full of baby.

This time... well, I'm HUGE, and I've got months to go yet. I've started avoiding the question when strangers ask me when I'm due because I'm fed up with them spraying their Starbucks latte at me in shock.
The thing is, when you squish the bump it's mostly fat because I'm being such a lardy hog and eating mountains of buns and delicious things. (I hope it doesn't wobble when I walk). My stomach muscles have totally separated already (the midwife agreed). I'm being a lazy moo and not doing any core clenches or pelvic floor exercises.

I'm just a big fat hoggy lardgut, disguised as heavily pregnant with triplets. Elephant triplets. And I'll probably start smelling of wee soon if I don't start clenching.

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fingerwoman · 30/01/2008 20:01

aww I was the same. well, actyually I was massive with both mine (in my defence my babies were quite large).
but was also a bit fat piggy eating lots of cake.
got so sick of people asking if it was twins

mum2bagain · 30/01/2008 20:15

LOL - I was totally fed up till I read this message - you made me laugh if nothing else.

There's no point in getting down over it now, just deal with it after you've given birth. Just think of your beautiful baby at the end of the road. x

VVVQV · 30/01/2008 20:16

And it's only downhill from hereon.......

Octothechildherder · 30/01/2008 20:19

ROFL

But did you see that Jamie Oliver programme - has put me off some food completely!

Love the term lardy hog btw! Fat is good for brain development btw!

When I was pg with ds3 - I thought my waters had broken but had simply pissed myself and it took two midwives to confirm that

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BroccoliSpears · 30/01/2008 20:31

Well at least I'm not alone.

I'll be so embarrassed if I have a section and the doctor has to cut through three inches of donuts before he reaches anything.

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scaryhairycat · 30/01/2008 20:50

rofl at "three inches of donuts"!
I felt like this too, but my bump 'filled out' by about 7/8 months, (and mine did wobble when I walked!)

LeonieD · 31/01/2008 07:50

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Minkus · 31/01/2008 08:07

lol at "big fat hoggy lardgut"

I didn't ever get a nice taut round bump with ds - so am a little at your first pregnancy! I even retained a stupid "waist" so my bump never looked round, it was just like the michelin man

Am heading for the same with this pregnancy to, am 17 weeks and all I've got is flubber. So just like before basically!

LadyVictorianSqualor · 31/01/2008 08:15

BS, I too have a huge big fat lardgut, but I had HG for the first 5ish months, and lost about two stone in weight and still had the big fat lardgut, I'm 30 weeks now and am only just beginning to feel like my bump is actually full of baby, You've probably just got big quicker because it's your second pg, with my 2nd and 3rd I looked about 6months by 6 weeks. It'll fill out, don't fret.

EEC · 31/01/2008 09:24

Thankyou thankyou thankyou for your post. I feel so much happier now that I am know I am not the only one with 'big fat hoggy lardgut'. I am so pleased that I don't know any other pregnant people at the moment so I don't have to compare bump size. Was definitely not like this first too times, but am being so much greedier and lazier with this one. AM also not doing pelvic floor excercises - I've no idea why not as I spend loads of time feeling guilty about it. Would be far simpler to do them!

Just off to the shops for some more mars bars...

Mumblesmummy · 31/01/2008 14:27

Hehe this totally cracked me up, and fear not because I am in the exact same boat. When my tummy's getting big anyway, I can't stop munching ice cream and crisps and toffee crisps mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm scrumptious.

I'm eating a huge bag of walkers sensations as I type this!!

Not too much fat on the bump but I'm about 4 metres wide and my boobs would rest on the floor if they didn't have a baby-shelf.

And this is my first!! people are being lovely and commenting on my neat bump rather than my moon-face and 30 chins.

I'll just have to starve for a year after baby gets here!!

It's too late now... I suggest you eat chocolate to comfort yourself join the club.

gillythekid · 31/01/2008 17:18

This is soooo funny. I'm 16 1/2 weeks and have really spread around the middle. I've just had a bath and my belly just looks fat and lardy! Pre pregnancy I had a very healthy diet and didn't eat meat, as soon as I conceived I stuffed my face with crisps, white bread and sausages. I'm still experiencing nausea and am snacking a lot to alleviate it, not exercising enough, just the odd 40 min walk once a week, feel so shite that I can't get out of the door!

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BroccoliSpears · 31/01/2008 18:18

Well at least we can all be enormously lardy together. And at least we can laugh about it.

Sooo... chocolate leibnitz biscuits or nutella straight from the jar? (Just while I'm deciding what to have for supper tonight).

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FrannyandZooey · 31/01/2008 18:20

god mine is sticking out SO MUCH

and I have 2 friends who are pg and their's are lovely and neat and LOW
mine starts just under my breasts and I am only 17 wks and I know it is pie

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BroccoliSpears · 31/01/2008 21:09

Just so that I feel better - does anyone else find that the bump band on their maternity trousers cuts their tummy in half horizontally, making it squidge out below and above? Attractive, isn't it?

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FrannyandZooey · 31/01/2008 21:18

my tummy does that without aid of maternity band tbh

scaryhairycat · 31/01/2008 21:28

at this thread! I believe nutella is supposed be a 'healthy start to the day'! See this
There, you can gobble it to your hearts delight now coz they said it's healthy!

drewie · 11/02/2008 21:04

PMSL at you lot!!! I am only 7 weeks (apparently) with my third - and yes I know my youngest is only just one but even so...I look five months gone - everyone knows I am pregnant because they can see it VERY CLEARLY. I am in full on maternity wear and yet according to all the websites my baby is the size of a small bean... A SMALL BEAN!!!! More like a small planet!!!!

Jood · 12/02/2008 10:34

gotta love this site
i am 23 weeks pg and look like i am about to drop triplets. it's 90% cake and 10% baby, somewhere underneath all the lard...
a good friend just had hers at the weekend and she was smaller than me last week!
i was pretty big to start with and then had 2 months of constant nausea which was only relieved by copious quantities of chips and cake.
it's too late to care now!

dizzydixies · 12/02/2008 10:40

I had scan the other day, am 16wks and I had to pull my lardy tummy up out of the way so they could get to where they needed to be

am also going to begin to get seriously miffed if people don't start asking if am pg rather than just avoiding asking me about weightgain lol

in my defence this is my 3rd, first was 10lb4 and 2nd was 11lb1 - goodness known what this one is going to come out as [panic panic panic emotion]

Pinchypants · 12/02/2008 10:42

I am also big fat hoggy lardgut, at 12 weeks I look like I did at 5 months first time around. I bought a tub of raspberry ripple into the sitting room after supper last night and DH looked at me pointedly and said 'did you go for a swim today'. He's not fooled - he knows it's all flubber and the baby is about the size of a 'lipstick case' (thanks Babycentre for that totally irrelevant comparison. I did kill him with the spoon, though, obviously. Right, must go and have lashings of toast with peanut butter and jam before heading off for our scan...
Pinchy xx

dizzydixies · 12/02/2008 10:45

pmsl at pinchy my poor dh wouldn't fecking dare although am sure he was worried when I started demolishing a roast chicken with my fingers last night - ah well, for better for worse eh?!?!

indiechick · 12/02/2008 10:52

Oh thank god it's not just me. I'm enormous and not due 'til May, I look like I could give birth now. People also spit their lattes at me in horror. But weirdly I've only gained half a stone in the second trimester, it's just that all my fat has migrated to my belly. The baby is almost certainly surrounded by chocolate, fruit gums and crisps.

Jood · 12/02/2008 10:55

indy, i couldn't tell you have much i have gained as the scales cower in horror whenever i enter the room. Even my midwfe and GP don't weigh me as they know it's irrelevant to the baby's weight!

dizzydixies · 12/02/2008 10:56

how about we all start blaming the sperm? we could come up with a theory that they are infact ridicliously high in calories which in turn becomes fat cells around the baby as the male's way of protecting their offspring?!?! anyone or just me on my own with this

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