Why is my belly so big already? Only 23 Wks

I was always big to i was told that it was becaue im short 5foot. i dont know if thats the real reason tho

I measured very large from the beginning...and then I gave birth to a 10 lb 5.2 oz baby hahahaha Do big babies run in your family????

Big babies don't run in my family.  When I had my ultrasound, the baby is measuring only at 15.5 ounces, which is normal.  I've seen other pictures on here of other mothers who are actually bigger than I am and only 22 weeks, but they have had multiple pregnancies.  I'm not as big as some of them, but having a large baby does concern me because this is the first I will actually give birth too!

I'm 5'7", and my friend is about the same size.  I just found it odd how close we are in our pregnancy, but yet, we look like we are months apart!

You may just be going to have a big baby... I am only 23 weeks too but I am the same size as one of my friends who is 35 weeks but my first baby was 9lb 4oz which is pretty big. I am scared because I have heard that the second is always bigger than the first and I had a VERY hard time pushing the first one out. lol P.S. Big babies don't run in my family either

Oh my god are you serious? I heard they're smaller...I have one due in January and my first was 10.5 and I'm working really, really, REALLY hard on a VBAC.... don't say these sort of things!!! :(

Quoting britmulvihill:

You may just be going to have a big baby... I am only 23 weeks too but I am the same size as one of my friends who is 35 weeks but my first baby was 9lb 4oz which is pretty big. I am scared because I have heard that the second is always bigger than the first and I had a VERY hard time pushing the first one out. lol P.S. Big babies don't run in my family either

Ya know...maybe you're retaining a lot of fluid or you're just really bloated. I was MASSIVE but I had the ten pounder and severe preeclampsia.... how's your blood pressure?

Well like you said everyone is different. Is this her first pregnancy? I am sorry about your losses, but my guess would be that is why you are showing bigger than her because your  body is already accustom to having a baby inside. But it could also be your baby is bigger than hers, or hers has not gone through a growth spurt yet or something. There really could be a million reasons, but as long as you are okay and she is okay I wouldn't worry about it. I am 21 weeks and people have just now started asking me about being pregnant (people who wouldn't know otherwise) but you can see by my avatar that I am very noticably pregnant.

My friend and I were only 2 weeks apart with our boys. She looked months ahead of me the whole way through. She did gain over 2x the amount I gained  though (I gained only 20 lbs). I thought her son was going to be huge, but her son was just under 7 lbs. She gained less with her second though, that baby was only a few ounces smaller.

TRY LOOKING AT IT AS SHES JUST SMALL FOR BEING SO FAR ALONG. JUST BE GLAD U KNOW ITS HEALTHY!!! MABYE U R HAVING DIFFERENT SEX'S OF KIDS TOO,, I BELIEVE IN THAT!! YOULL EVEN OUT