I am in 24th week. I am showing up, but not like a 6th month. It may sound a little silly for others, but I got so worried with comments I received. Whenever I meet people at office / social gatherings, they kept enquiring when I eat sufficiently. \" You don' t look pregnant\" is the comment I usually get with my loose dresses.

Last week I underwent a lot of unnecessary stress due to all these. Since this is my second, I myself realize that I am not pampering myself as I did for first. Lot of guilt added to it.

Finally i visited my gynec yesterday and cleared all my doubts. I even went in for an USG just to get reassured that the baby is doing well and gaining enough weight. All is WELL. Infact the baby is showing up growth for 25 weeks already :).

So my request to all the mother-to-be s like me, just ignore unnecessary comments, just eat well and all is fine. Its not necessary that you gain a lot of weight, steady increase is just fine. Similarly, showing up depends on your body structure and your skin tone. So please don' t get worried. It may not be directly related to baby' s growth.

Just enjoy !! .. Stepping into final trimester would be a lot of fun ..... some more weeks to go ..

Kalpana Asmi replied. Hi Kalpana,

Thanks for this update. I was also worried about my growth. I m in my 23rd week but am not at all \" showing\" .

Nobody will beleive that I am into my 6th month. As I was already overweight when I concieved, my doctors had watched my weight. So far I have gained 4 Kg.

I was not worried about the weight though. I was more worried about the showing up. But your post has reassured me.

I will visit my gynac next week for the titanus injection. I will verify my baby' s growth with her at that time.

Till then, this helped. Thanks 1ce again. Aparna replied. Hi Kalpana,

Good to know that your baby is doing fine and your apt went well. As you said, even I got worried last month when my friends said that I need to eat more. But as per my doc also, everything is fine.
I guess second time moms do feel that guilt as we are busy with taking care of first one, work and home. May be in a way its better that we are not too worried/concerned as we already kind of know what to expect :)
Yup, waiting to enter into 3rd trimister.