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I feel TOO big. I'll be 25 weeks thursday and I just feel huge, like bigger than I should be. Baby is measuring fine, actually a little less than what is the "norm" but I just feel like I'm carrying a beachball. Does anyone else feel this way? It's really hitting my self-esteem.
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2180285 tn?1377866731
hey you look great i look about the same i am almost 26 weeks now i think i am huge compared to normal and i am on baby 3.  but i was told my uterus is already way high not wide and not abnormal but just way above my belly button infact my little one likes to kick me in the belly button.  
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4113227 tn?1353463794
Im 21+3 & Ive gained 16 lbs so far. I feel really big! Dont stress it!  
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4565938 tn?1357880653
20w tomorrow n feel that way but everyone says I only look bloated lol
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1961938 tn?1398718101
My doc always tells me not to listen to others and how. It they think I should be because each woman is different, carry different, ect. You look great pregnant mama.
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:( I'm 29.4 weeks and I'm not showing yet. I want a baby belly like yalls!
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554628 tn?1362777919
i think you look fine i just posted a pic im 22 weeks and look huge also and only gained 3 pounds after losing about 11 ive gained it all back plus 3 now ugh. but i think you look fine, sometimes when i look at myself i feel overwhelmed and huge but hey embrace the beauty of your belly.
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Yeah i dont get why people think its ok to say to a pregnant women she is big, fat  or huge in my case expecting twins!!!!!the worse and only people whobtells me that is my family innlaw, all of them!!!
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Very beautiful pregnant woman...I wish I could put pix up my phone wont let me upload
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4093350 tn?1358096154
I know its hard to look at your changing body and not be hard on yourself, but just remember you truly are beautiful!!
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4589197 tn?1375223396
I was massive with my first, I gained over 100 pounds and even at 30 weeks my belly hung out of XL maternity shirts lol. I was a 00 before I got pregnant and was fitting in size 3s by the time my second was 6 months old. Your body will never be quite the same but it will still be beautiful :)
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haha really? I'm going to look at your pics! I guess I was always under the impression that if it was your first baby, you wouldn't show until the end.
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4281488 tn?1353905580
You look smaller then me!! Lol I'm almost 22 weeks and look bigger than u! I think u r perfect size :)
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4516107 tn?1356304067
I was just thinking the same and I just turned 20 weeks today. I never lost all the weight from my last pregnancy so this is the most I've ever weighed. Only gained 5 lbs so far but feel like a whale :(
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I've lost 30, but gained about 5 of those back and it's all in my belly!
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4424188 tn?1355686856
Me too. I've gained 18 lbs in 19 wks. Yikes!
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yeah! this is definitely not the time to tell someone they look fat, because pregnant women always take it to heart. Just makes me want to eat more lol
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My little sister called me fat when I was preggo, I just ignored her cuz it was the time in my life I was allowed to be big & not care! I just think differently about her now, I don't like ppl who try to bring others down.
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aww thank you :)
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You can always work your body back to normal when ur baby is born:) show off your baby belly:)
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thanks guy. and baby2, I just looked at your pics, I guess I just look pregnant lol but all the women in my family are telling me that my belly is too big, and then they feel it, thinking it's all fat, and it's hard.
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2020005 tn?1628125976
Not at all! You look great!
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3763041 tn?1354906251
my belly is big too :) I have pics from like 23 weeks on here in my pics I think, and now im 27 weeks and even bigger :) my belly measures about 2 weeks ahead every time I go in and I have gained 24 pounds already but my doc said she isn't concerned so I try not to be. ps its a cute baby bump!!!!
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184674 tn?1360860493
You look just right! I'm 25 weeks 4 days and I'm pretty much the same size, maybe even a little bigger because I'm on #3, lol...I've already been "stretched out." Not to mention that I no longer have an innie bellybutton. :-P
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