Why is my belly so big at 6 weeks pregnant
Why is My Stomach So Big in First Trimester?
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Why is my stomach so big in first trimester?
Are you expecting twins?
The odds are against that.
The odds are that someone will suggest that’s the reason your stomach is so big the next
time you complain about it.
The odds of that are maybe one in a hundred.
The odds are closer to one in sixty if you are in your thirties and up to fifty – fifty
if you used fertility drugs.
This was an all natural event.
Then I’d ask if you’re sure of the due date.
If you mistook light spotting at the end of the first month as a period, you’d be a
month off.
That would only make a difference in stomach dimensions if I was around the fifth or sixth
month, explaining the differences between the size of a basketball versus a blimp.
If you’re eating for two instead of one point two, that could explain the extra inches
on your stomach.
I’d also be adding inches to my thighs and hips if I was doing that, in addition to the
stomach and breasts that already seem to be ballooning.
If you had six pack abs, your stomach would not stick out as much as it would if you were
out of shape.
My body was stretched out of shape when I had the first kid.
The second pregnancy and subsequent ones tend to show earlier because the muscles are all
already stretched out.
So I’m stuck wearing maternity clothes a whole trimester earlier.
You already have an excuse for the Mom in sweatpants look if you want.
I want to know why I’m showing this much.
It is not possible to get so bloated that it affects the stomach, though you can have
so much fluid retention that your ankles and legs swell.
If my legs swelled up like my abdomen, I’d be concerned about a blood clot and preeclampsia.
If you’ve lost weight since having the last kid or you’re losing weight due to all the
vomiting, your growing belly could seem more stark against a thinner torso and limbs.
If I look like a starving African kid, there’s way more to worry about than my belly sticking
out more.
Then you’re sticking out more because the body is already stretched out, farther along
than you expected or you’re having more kids than you expect.
Do you have any other answers as to what it could be?
If in doubt as to what might be the reason, talk to a doctor.
And if it is anything out of the ordinary causing it, you’ll need to talk to a doctor
anyway.