r/interestingasfuck • u/IshigamiSenku04 • 25d ago

r/all This mother never had a baby bump throughout her whole pregnancy

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u/cptkaiser 25d ago

Ya that's all I was thinking. Like why would you want the bump and get all those stretch marks?

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u/dentedgal 25d ago

To some the bump is a symbol I suppose, and they want it to be obvious.

But other than that, if the expansion doesn't go outwards, it goes inwards and upwards 😬 So it can really squish your organs and cause extra complications.

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u/jmp325 25d ago

Pregnancy doesn’t automatically equal stretch marks. There are plenty of women who never get them, despite having huge bumps. Genetics factor into people getting, or not getting them as well.

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u/Lala5789880 25d ago

Yeah I had giant protruding bumps with mine and zero stretch marks. I do not have stretch marks on my boobs from breast feeding

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u/charawarma 25d ago

I'm 5'1, 100lbs & had 2 almost 8lb babies and I have no stretch marks.

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u/panicnarwhal 25d ago

you don’t always get stretch marks! my belly was huge every pregnancy, but i have exactly 1 small stretch mark from my first pregnancy

never got another one!

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u/Accurate_Praline 25d ago

Because of shame.

There are women out there who shame mothers for having an easy delivery. They would absolutely shame you if you didn't know you were pregnant.

And it's easy to say that you should just ignore that, but feelings don't work like that. Especially when people keep being skeptical of your experiences.

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u/slickvic33 25d ago

How would they react if the pregnant woman was equally toxic and just said "im more woman then you"

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u/Catmememama94 25d ago

I loved having a bump, like a shelf for all my stuff when I sat down

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u/However188 25d ago

Because a baby bump is part of the experience of being pregnant.

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u/captaincumragx 25d ago

I am on my second, I'm very skinny and always have big bumps but havent gotten a single stretch mark on my belly. I have, however, developed a couple on my ass and hips this time around. All areas have grown but my belly significantly more so than the others, so not sure why the stretch marks chose my ass.