Plus size FTM
I’m due in April 2026 I haven’t really seen any representation of people who have my body type. I am a very heavyset woman. I am 322 pounds standing at 5’9.
I’ve been doing my research and a lot of plus size mothers say they don’t even feel their baby kick until later because of being plus size & their bellies don’t look as “big”. Some women say you can struggle to count the kicks of the baby being bigger. Has anybody else been close to this weight range and dealt with any of this? when did you notice the changes physically to your body? Were you able to ever see kicks? I just have so many questions an not enough resources around me to have these conversations with other women
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Hi! I was around 300 when I got pregnant. I’m 5’5. I had an anterior placenta so it took a while for me to feel kicks. I was about 20-25 weeks pregnant. And really felt them in my third trimester the most. Even with “less” kicks than most, it was still beautiful and amazing
Typically your weight won’t keep you from feeling baby, just from your partner. Although an anterior placenta will affect it. My midwife that I was seeing was more of the belief that counting kicks wasn’t as valuable a tool as many suggest, as women will think baby is fine because they hit some arbitrary number of kicks or be perfectly fine and not just being too very active. I just got used to the active patterns of my baby which was usually 2 active days followed by one that was much less active. If I did kick counts, I’d be stressing out every three days about my baby.
I was 275 pregnant. 5’7. Also really struggled to “feel” pregnant because I was able to hide it with clothes until I was 27ish weeks and my swelling got out of control.
You’ll feel it eventually! But it is hard. I never bought maternity clothes because I didn’t need to, my other clothes mostly fit. Buy some cute plus size maternity clothes and it might help you feel more pregnant.
I’m plus size and felt my first baby kick around 16 weeks and my second around 14-15 weeks! I could see kicks, with my first I didn’t get a bump until 22 weeks and my second one was earlier since it wasn’t my first baby.
Due March 2026, I’m 332 and 5’7. Just wanting to let you know I feel the same. Wondering when I’ll “show” and start to feel the baby. Only 17 weeks so not too worried but it’d be nice to feel something.
I was roughly 270 each pregnancy at 5’3 and the first one I rarely felt her move, but she wasn’t super wiggly and I had an anterior placenta. My second never stopped moving so I felt her much more! I did see them both move but not until close to the end of pregnancy. My belly got huge both times I was very obviously pregnant. I did not typically do full on kick counts especially with my first just made mental notes of when they were usually active and made sure they were consistent! Also my first my tummy “popped” around 5 months, my second was much sooner (which is normal) I think closer to 3-4
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