I'm bigger than I should be!
 

Just got back from the doctor (14 week check up). I asked him about the size
of my uterus, as I feel really big, and he said if he didn't know any
better, he'd say I was 16 weeks along! We have ruled out twins, so it's not
that. Has anyone else had this situation? Did you stay bigger than normal
for the whole pregnancy?

TIA
Erin
edd 11/12/04

I'm bigger than I should be!
 

Steve & Erin wrote:

Just got back from the doctor (14 week check up). I asked him about the size
of my uterus, as I feel really big, and he said if he didn't know any
better, he'd say I was 16 weeks along! We have ruled out twins, so it's not
that. Has anyone else had this situation? Did you stay bigger than normal
for the whole pregnancy?

TIA
Erin
edd 11/12/04

Hi Erin,

I'm in a similar situation, since about 9 weeks I've looked very
pregnant, my belly hasn't grown that much since but it has grown and I
look 5 or 6 months along, I'm just 15 weeks, people are really surprised
when I tell them my edd they expect me to say August or September - not
November! When I asked my doc she just shrugged and said everyone is
different. I haven't gained much weight, it's all belly. This is my
first baby - I had a m/c last year but at 11 weeks and I wasn't even
showing then.

Anyone?
Bo

I'm bigger than I should be!
 

Steve & Erin wrote:
Just got back from the doctor (14 week check up). I asked him about
the size of my uterus, as I feel really big, and he said if he
didn't know any better, he'd say I was 16 weeks along! We have
ruled out twins, so it's not that. Has anyone else had this
situation? Did you stay bigger than normal for the whole pregnancy?

Heh, I wouldn't worry about it a bit. Guesstimating the gestational age of a
pregnancy by palpation isn't very accurate and the difference between a
14-week and a 16-week uterus isn't much (a couple of centimeters at the
most). If you were at the stage where a fundal height measurement was being
taken, you'd still have a perfectly "normal" measurement, since the
measurement is equal to the weeks of gestation in centimeters +/- 2=3 cm.
So, you may be slightly bigger than "average" but you're really not bigger
than you "should be".
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I'm bigger than I should be!
 

On Thu, 20 May 2004 17:24:36 GMT, "Steve & Erin"
wrote:

Just got back from the doctor (14 week check up). I asked him about the size
of my uterus, as I feel really big, and he said if he didn't know any
better, he'd say I was 16 weeks along! We have ruled out twins, so it's not
that. Has anyone else had this situation? Did you stay bigger than normal
for the whole pregnancy?

TIA
Erin
edd 11/12/04

Yep, when I was 12 weeks (my calculation) the doc said I was measuring
large. She said I appeared to be 16 weeks instead.
I went for an ultrasound and confirmed her suspicions... I was
actually further along than I thought.
In essence, I got to skip a whole month ;-)

Nan

I'm bigger than I should be!
 

On Thu, 20 May 2004 17:24:36 GMT, "Steve & Erin"
wrote:

Just got back from the doctor (14 week check up). I asked him about the size
of my uterus, as I feel really big, and he said if he didn't know any
better, he'd say I was 16 weeks along! We have ruled out twins, so it's not
that. Has anyone else had this situation? Did you stay bigger than normal
for the whole pregnancy?

In my first pregnancy I was palpated as being bigger than I should
have been at 6 weeks. Since DH had been out of the country until the
cycle I conceived I was pretty sure of my dates ;) It turned out to
just be normal variation and my uterus size was "normal" for the rest
of the pregnancy. Mind you, the OB I saw back then never actually
measured my fundal height, he just felt around a bit and said that it
was normal so I gathered I was ok.


--
Cheryl
Mum to Shrimp (11 Mar 99), Thud (4 Oct 00)
and Mischief (30 Jul 02)