https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:59:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-937074 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 20:37:54 +0000 MsLipGloss 937074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: You were obscenely cute! Fo shizzo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-937073 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 20:37:34 +0000 MsLipGloss 937073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: My LO is in the 50th for height/head, but she is still in the 35th for weight (she was 17.9 at the 9.5 month checkup). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-937063 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 20:35:32 +0000 HappyJax 937063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a smallish bump and gained 20 lbs but was measuring on target. Everyone said i was small but Baby was 8 lbs 8 oz. I think everyone carries so differently </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936973 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 20:06:39 +0000 GrapeCrush 936973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i felt huge with DS. My OB said i was a measuring big "not a lot, but big". he guessed i was going to have an at least 8 1/2 - 9 lb baby. when the doc got in there(csection) one of his first words were "he's not as big as i thought! lets put him back in" he was 7lb, 12oz 20.5 inches, so average(ish?) i also had him at 40w 6d </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936901 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:41:12 +0000 AprilFool 936901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am short and everyone kept telling me how big my belly was and how I was going to have a big baby. She was 7lb 5. A friend didn't pop until after 30 weeks and have a 10lb baby. </p> <p>Who knows? haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936884 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:33:41 +0000 lawbee11 936884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: I remember being shocked when you announced his weight! You were so little! </p> <p>@Beebug: Gah! Ok there goes my theory! </p> <p>@PrincessBaby: Ditto on the XL thighs (I keep telling myself that it's water weight/swelling and not the McFlurrys I've been eating)! </p> <p>I do have shorter legs and a longer torso, so maybe she's just stretched out in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936870 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:27:02 +0000 anbanan15 936870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: I was alway told and/or lead to believe that bump size is NOT an indicator of baby size. </p> <p>I carried rather small. DS was 9 days late and 7 lbs 7oz. OB/midwife couldn't believe he was that big. They estimates at 39 weeks, just barely 6 lbs. </p> <p>I think I am carrying small again and baby measured 57th %tile at last u/s. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936864 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:23:34 +0000 matador84 936864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was hugeeeee. Everyone thought I would have a 9 lb baby. He was 6 14. I had tons of fluid and water weight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936860 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:21:34 +0000 Ree723 936860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a very short torso but also carried small (consistently measuring 2-3 weeks behind) and I had a perfectly average sized baby at 7 lbs 6 oz. My midwife said it also depends on how tight your abdominal muscles are - mine just refused to stretch that much so my bump never got very big....I'm sure it will be a very different story with this next one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936853 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:20:13 +0000 PrincessBaby 936853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: The irony is that H is a total heiffer now! Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936846 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:17:39 +0000 MsLipGloss 936846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: My LO was 6.4 when we left . . . that *is* really runty! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936842 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:16:07 +0000 PrincessBaby 936842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I carried small (in my stomach...my thighs carried XLARGE) but H was a beanie-weanie at 6lbs9oz and was 6/3oz when we left hospital so she was a little runt:)</p> <p>ETA: And you know we're similar height/prepreg weight! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936827 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:10:40 +0000 Anutka 936827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I looked like I had a small bump, but baby was all up in my rib cage and came out at 9lb14oz. Everyone was surprised though. My midwife said "where did that come from??". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936797 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:56:56 +0000 cmomma17 936797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: no! I was told the whole time I was measuring "ahead" and "way ahead" and I would birth a monster. I had a perfectly average 7lb 15oz babe.<br /> I had a big bump due to extra fluid, not extra baby ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936786 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:54:37 +0000 Beebug 936786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: I love you. lol.</p> <p>I was scrolling through this, I didn't get an HB notification that you @'ed me and was like bam....oh there's me....haha.</p> <p>I was always measuring 2-3 weeks behind, have a long torso, and had a 9lb 1oz baby :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936755 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:47:27 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 936755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a long torso and am measuring on the small side - curious to see how big baby will be! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936725 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:38:18 +0000 sorrycharlie 936725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes they're crammed in! I measured several weeks small with a long torso but my baby was average at 7 lbs 10 oz and 18.75" long (40 weeks). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936696 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:30:17 +0000 bpcmarj 936696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am very tall, had a HUGE bump, but a 7lb6oz baby. But, she was 22 inches. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936682 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:26:37 +0000 oliviaoblivia 936682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Huge bump. Huge baby.<br /> Gained 22 birthed 10.1 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936677 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:24:57 +0000 lolabee 936677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was same as @TurtleDoves:. I had a small bump, measured small and no one ever believed how far along I was. Doc was also surprised by LO's birth weight (which I think was affected by fluids given) of 7lbs 11oz. I delivered exactly 14 days early.</p> <p>I attribute it to being a little taller than average (5'6") and having a long torso. It's the one and only time in life where having short legs was good! LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936658 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:17:28 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 936658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: hmm, could be very true!<br /> I have a long torso and I measured small.<br /> I know @beebug: has a longish torso and she carried small but had a big baby (don't remember weight but bigger than mine). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936655 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:15:58 +0000 rachiecakes 936655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everyone commented how huge I was and DS was 8lbs 2.9oz, 21.5".<br /> I'm also 5'3" &amp; normally around 118lbs </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936653 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:15:03 +0000 chanzi 936653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With me my mom was so small they did an ultrasound because they were worried I wasn't growing. I was born right around my due date at 8 lbs, 6 oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936652 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:14:52 +0000 yoursilverlining 936652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was as huge as a house, I got almost daily comments from family and coworkers (and strangers!) about how large I was and how I would never make it to my due date because I was so big/how I must be secretly having twins and LO was 8lbs exactly! She never measured big or small, just right on schedule.</p> <p>ETA: OB said part of the reason I carried large was because I have very long legs and a very short torso, so there wasn't much space but OUT to go! haha not sure if this is true or not<br /> ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936640 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:11:56 +0000 LemonLong 936640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a small bump and my LO was 5 lbs 2 oz </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936634 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:09:56 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 936634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a small bump. I always measured small and no one EVER believed I was as far along as I was. My OB said my baby would be no bigger than 6.5lbs.<br /> He was exactly 7.8lb<br /> In her defense, I was 3 days late too. Still...for as small as my bump was, I expected a baby in the 6's. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936631 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:09:38 +0000 autumnlove 936631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My coworker's wife gained 21 lbs and had a 10 lb 4 oz baby!</p> <p>I thought my bump with my first was pretty average and she was 8 lbs and 1 ounce. I didn't gain a lot of weight with my second and she was only 2 ounces lighter...7 lbs and 14 ounces at 39 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936630 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:09:22 +0000 Pepper 936630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a big bump and he was 7 lbs 9 oz. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936627 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:08:21 +0000 MsLipGloss 936627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a small bump and my baby girl was 6.14. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-big-bump-big-baby-small-bump-small-baby#post-936624 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:08:01 +0000 avivoca 936624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I keep getting comments about being huge. Whatever. I have a short torso, so there's nowhere to go but out. Both my husband and I were small-average, I was a week late and weighed 7.5 pounds, he was early and weighed 6.4 pounds. </p>