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Aw I'm sure you and your bump look wonderful!! I don't understand why people think it's suddenly OK to tell a woman that she's HUGE just because she's pregnant.

ugh, I hear you. I'm honestly not looking forward to that part, where you are so "noticeable" and strangers feel like they have a license to comment. I have body issues anyways! 30 lbs at 32 weeks sounds pretty good to me

My SIL had twins and she was really big. My DH and I never said anything to her about it, but honestly, it was hard not to notice and feel for her. It's not something we were used to seeing.

Anyway, it may be hard to respond to strangers, but can you ask your mom to stop? ie: "I know how big I am. So does my doc and he/she assures me the baby and I are healthy and normal. So let's not talk about my size anymore ok."

Show off your bump and who cares what others have to say about it! People should just learn to tell pregnant women they look fabulous. I can't really relate yet as I'm only 18 weeks along. So far everyone says I look so tiny which I guess isn't a bad thing. But no pregnant woman wants to hear they're too small or too big. My sister called me fat over the weekend. Then a lady in sephora was mad at how tiny I was.... She kept saying "uh I can't believe how tiny you are and you already know what you're having!" That was my first comment from a stranger and I'm not looking forward to more that are sure to come as I get bigger.

I had this happen this weekend, there are 4 of us in my DH's family's circle of friends all due within 6 weeks of each other. I'm 2nd to go but have the biggest bump by far. The other 3 are all extremely tall and thin girls. I think my body type just causes me to have a more noticable 'bump.' But that made everyone at the hometown celebration comment on how "big" I'm getting and lots of belly rubs!

I always had people ask if I was having twins. It got annoying. LO was a big girl, and I knew she would be because I measured big. So naturally my bump was big too. Now that she's out, everybody loves my chubby LO!

I think having the baby in the opposite season (with more "revealing" maternity clothes) plays a big factor into this too, Wagon. I've gotten some "big bump" comments (mostly from my mom, but she's an Asian mom and always talked about my size anyway), so I try not to let it bother me.

Bumps are beautiful! I hate that people, even strangers, feel the need to comment on a woman's baby bump. They wouldn't comment on someone's stomach otherwise.

I've heard quite a few "you're huge" or "look at your growing belly" comments - but the one I heard last weekend took the cake. It was from a very awkward neighbor that I haven't seen in quite a long time. He's pretty socially inept and his joking style is a bit different, but when he saw me he said "you're fat," and walked away. Well, ok then. Thanks?

I know how you feel. I am just a petite person and am huge...had a pretty big bump at 15 weeks. 27 weeks now and the comments are ridiculous...everything from "wow, no boobs all belly," to "you still have 3 months? You look like you could go any day!"

I loved my pregnancy body. I've struggled with my weight my entire life and being pregnant allowed me to embrace my body in a completely different way. That being said, people were down right rude and said the stupidest things!

I was constantly being asked if I was "sure it wasn't twins." Um yeah, pretty sure. Want to consult on my next ultrasound? It was just rude. I only gained 26lbs and was damn proud of that. I also had tons of people telling me that I wouldn't make it to my due date. DS was 2 days late. People are just ignorant and need to learn to filter!

Embrace your bump! You are beautiful! You're growing a human!

Post bump pics so I can tell you how gorgeous you look!
Everyone told me I was huge and asked if I was having twins.
I would tell them no. I gained over 50lbs-- it's mostly fat

Oh man! I SOOOO feel your pain. I get told by everyone constantly that i am gonna have a BIG baby and am I sure I am not having twins. to make it worse i have a friend who is two weeks ahead of me and a lot smaller and then yesterday we went to my friends preschool and she has a coworker who is super small and only 2 weeks behind me. I try ot to let it get me down but it does. I really would prefer not to have a super huge baby or feel super huge right now. I realize i am for sure in the larger end of my group for showing but I am not jessica simpson big and even if i was it is not because i sit and eat nachos all day like she does. I take good care of myself but i have already gained close to 30lbs myself at 26 and a half weeks. I wish people would learn the ettiquette on this. I even told a friend about it and that many people don't realize, including myself before pregnancy, that a pregnant woman feels very bad when she hears "You are so huge." Her reaction was to say "Well now i don't want to say anything because i don't want to be one of those people. Real nice. Yeesh.