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@sjoefsiuas I'll be looking at this app thankyou. I'm a midwife and so I'm very fortunate to see all shapes and sizes on a daily basis so I know that my baby and my bump are both fine, I think it's just the constant barrage of comments making me feel self conscious.

@sandee43 That's an amazing response, I wish I could take it lightly every time but it's vastly dependent on my mood at the time!

@twoohfour Absolutely. The only people who need to comment at all on size are the healthcare professionals doing your scans and measurements and even then the only size that matters is how well baby is growing.

@77darkhorse7 I have to do a lot of tongue biting when it's my family commenting. Easier to keep the peace overall.

@japenator Yes! I have diastasis recti also and I've even explained this to people who've given me unsolicited comments, but it's just brushed off "oh no that's definitely just a giant baby bump!". Oh ok thanks just ignore my medical condition, my requests for you to not comment on my body, and...

@afamilyundergod I find it so much worse when it's from my family. Strangers I can occasionally snap back at but I've tried everything with mum - being visibly upset, confronting, having a calm conversation and she still does it. We see her a lot so there's no escape. My only option is to suck...

@faithful39 It's the doubling down that gets me. If I defend myself or say baby is growing normally I'm met with further insistent comments. Take a hint you pricks?

@ugaris I don't think people realise (care?) how much anxiety their words can create. I'm a midwife and I find it amazing that so many of my colleagues are commenting on my size!

I'm 15 weeks pregnant with my second baby and never quite lost the bump after my first, so I look like I'm showing quite prominently. People (mostly my mum, but others also) seem to take great joy in telling me how HUGE I am, my dates MUST BE wrong, surely there isn't just ONE baby in there? It...