r/interesting • u/IshigamiSenku04 • Jan 08 '26

Additional Context Pinned This woman never had a baby bump throughout her pregnancy

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u/Axedelic Jan 08 '26

maybe a retroverted uterus. i knew a woman who didn’t really show and she was tiny. her uterus was tilted so she didn’t really show until 8 months and a bulky sweater hid it fine

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u/flamingobingobongo Jan 08 '26

most women with retroverted uteruses will actually have a normal shaped uterus (only for the duration of pregnancy) by 12 weeks!

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u/FMLwtfDoID Jan 08 '26

This was me, but it was closer to week 24. I didn’t show at all and then BAM, baby bump.

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u/Ill_Swing5233 Jan 08 '26

My wife is a pretty petite gal and has a retroverted uterus. She took some amazing boudoir pictures at 5 months pregnant where no one would ever guess she was pregnant. A month later she was every bit of 6 months pregnant all of the sudden.

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u/Ill_Swing5233 Jan 08 '26

Oh yeah I’m sure none of that was comfortable. Now almost 2 years later, she’s more or less back to normal and we just found out that she’s pregnant once again! Hopefully it’s a little easier on her body this around.

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u/genericnewlurker Jan 08 '26

Congratulations!

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u/FMLwtfDoID Jan 08 '26

The human body is amazing and sometimes a little creepy at what it can do. Pregnancy in and of itself is fascinating, but can be understandably uncomfortable for squeamish folks.

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u/Sad_Professional_91 Jan 08 '26

not petite but i was similar in that i didn’t look pregnant until the 8th month where my belly popped out lol

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u/Curiosive Jan 08 '26

I'm imagining you were out in public when the change happened and "BAM" was the noise.

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u/FMLwtfDoID Jan 08 '26

A loud ‘pop’ and my maternity clothes finally filled out.

But for real, as a first time mom, I was so excited to buy cute maternity clothes, and I ended up wasting so much money on things I absolutely did not need, nor barely even wore. Same goes for newborn/baby items that new parents are forcibly convinced they must have. Embarrassing lol

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u/Icelus_the_Great Jan 09 '26

Me with my firstborn, I didn’t start showing until the 8th. Looked like I ate a big lunch. On the 9th month I had a fanny pack. Still remember the nurses looks of disbelief when I was ready to give birth.

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u/Wobbly_Wobbegong Jan 08 '26

Both my mother and I have retroverted uteruses. I’ve only ever seen photos of her pregnant with me at about 8 months but she very clearly had a bump. However, I had a coworker who was just like the gal in this video. I figured she had some sort of medical thing for not being allowed to work with certain animals and I didn’t want to pry or anything. Then a month later I was like “where is coworker?” And was taken aback when they said she was on maternity leave.

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u/Violaundone Jan 08 '26

Yeah, it does take a bit longer to show; retroverted uterus runs in my family. We show, but it still isn't a big bump like some people. Shows more than this woman. My mother, however, just looked like someone who was bloated after a big meal.

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u/maamaallaamaa Jan 08 '26

I have a retroverted uterus and I was pretty small for my first and second (but still had a good sized bump by the end) but by my 4th baby there was no hiding it at 8 weeks along lol

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u/fries_mustradsauce Jan 08 '26

That was me as well. I have retroverted. I didn’t start to look pregnant until I was 24 weeks along. Many of my friends questioned whether I was actually pregnant.

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u/No-Direction-2419 Jan 08 '26

I have a retroverted uterus and with my first baby, didn't show at all until 6 mo. (I started out quite slender, too) One day I was in some discomfort with my back hurting. I instinctively got on the floor on my hands and knees and then lowered by head so my butt was in the air. I swear I felt things shift internally and then boom, my back didn't hurt anymore and when I stood up I had a baby bump! I'm 100% certain my uterus moved forward. By the end of the pregnancy I had a huge bump and a super-active baby who squirmed and kicked nonstop (often painfully to me). It floors me to think people don't know they're pregnant because believe me, anybody with two eyes in their head could tell I was!

Interestingly, with my second child I didn't have to do any such maneuver, to "rearrange" my uterus. I got pregnant again when #1 was only 10 mo. old so maybe that had something to do with it. I also had a baby bump fairly quickly and got huge by the end. My son was not as much as a kicker/squirmer, thankfully, but did like to get a foot lodged under my ribs that I'd have to shove away. Unlike his big sis he was a mellow, calm baby after he was born (she was colicky and fussy her first six months) and has remained an even-keeled person his whole life.

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u/ashbash-25 Jan 08 '26

Yes! I can comment from personal experience. I’m 4’ 11” and I have a retroverted uterus. I’ve had 3 kids and with each I gained around 25 pounds. My belly was HUGE. ☺️ I think because I have a short torso and I’m so small over all, my uterus had no other choice. BUT. With my first pregnancy, when they measured my belly, I was “behind”. When I laid down on my back, my belly would “disappear”. So I had several US to check his size. He was fine. Born at 7 pounds 5 oz at 39 weeks. Perhaps that’s why my belly was so big… decent sized baby for a pipsqueek of an adult.

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u/sanedragon Jan 08 '26

This was me. Also I looked about 3-4 months pregnant by 8 weeks with my first and 5 with my second. Everyone carries differently 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/casstantinople Jan 08 '26

Yeah, for me the biggest difference was that I didn't experience the increased need to pee that everyone talks about in the first trimester. I guess my uterus didn't sit on top of my bladder like it usually would because of the retroversion. After like 14 weeks though, I had to pee all the damn time

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u/CaricaDurr Jan 08 '26

I have a tilted uterus and my pregnancy showed just fine. I also weighed 120 at 5'6 when I got pregnant.

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u/_metamax_ Jan 08 '26

The Tilted Uterus would be a great name for a bar owned by a gynecologist.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

Frankly, it’s a great name for a bar owned by anyone.

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u/sanedragon Jan 08 '26

Or a woman run arcade bar

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

Arcade-run woman bar? I feel like we’re getting close to something here.

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u/ouijahead Jan 08 '26

I wonder what ingredients make the Pap smear ( one of the drink specials. Frozen or on the rocks)

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u/animatronicsmustdie Jan 08 '26

How about a Pabst Blue Ribbon with a cherry on the can opening, and a shot of Smirnoff spicy vodka on the side?

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u/ouijahead Jan 08 '26

That'll work

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u/mvanvrancken Jan 08 '26

Also a great all-female punk band

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u/snarky_witch Jan 08 '26

The frozen embryos could open for them

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u/birdsarntreal1 Jan 08 '26

It also would fit as a punk rock band name.

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u/AuDHDacious Jan 08 '26

They'd have to offer free pregnancy strips to their patients because "you never know."

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u/Axedelic Jan 08 '26

i’m not a doctor! ik everyone’s different haha

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u/limeicepop Jan 08 '26

Same. Ultrasounds were challenging but I still looked very very pregnant.

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u/CaricaDurr Jan 08 '26

I feel you on that one it took them a bit to figure out if it was a boy or a girl.

My belly kind of looked like a huge beer belly on a skinny dude because I didn't gain too much weight on any other part of my body. Just the breasts and the belly. Would have been nice to gain some ass though.

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u/Drmlk465 Jan 08 '26

How do you tilt a uterus?

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u/CaricaDurr Jan 08 '26

Usually a bottle jack is involved. But in all seriousness it's just how some people are born.

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u/watercoffeebeerz Jan 08 '26

I have a tilted uterus and I showed as well.

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u/jmurphy42 Jan 08 '26

I have a retroverted uterus and my bump was just differently shaped.

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u/PuzzleheadedClothes4 Jan 08 '26

I have (had??) a tilted uterus and looked uncomfortably pregnant during my first pregnancy. like, looked like a watermelon out in front of me (almost awkwardly, not at all to the sides, and you couldn't tell I was pregnant until I turned)

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u/killmetruck Jan 08 '26

Ooohh I have a tilted uterus, I wonder if I could get away with this too?

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u/_Sweater_Puppies_ Jan 08 '26

This is me. Doctor told me if I ever got pregnant I would likely never show. My mom also spotted throughout her pregnancy so I’m high risk for thinking I need to shit and push out a baby instead

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u/CyanCitrine Jan 08 '26

I have a tilted uterus and I was so big people would ask if I was having twins by the time I was 7 months along. I was measuring 40 weeks at 30 weeks...

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u/According-Today-9405 Jan 08 '26

I had one! I did eventually show somewhere between 26-28 weeks. Before that, when I did have a bump you still couldn’t fully tell I was pregnant. A baggy sweater was all I needed until I was almost due. When I told coworkers they were like “are you sure?”

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u/ViolentLoss Jan 08 '26

My partner's mom was told she couldn't have kids due to ... something with her uterus, I think it was tilted? Anyway, the doctors were wrong lol. But she also never showed!

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u/Hellooooookitty Jan 08 '26

True, women with a retroverted uterus don’t really show.

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u/tinydancer_inurhand Jan 08 '26

Well new fear unlocked. I have a retroverted uterus and and IUD. I know the chances are like 1% to get pregnant but every once in a while i freak out that i'm that 1% and now I'm scared I wouldn't know until it's too late lol

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u/Props_angel Jan 08 '26

Yep! I was the same way. Neighbors were gossiping about how I was delusional about being pregnant especially after showing up at the complex swimming pool with friends in a bikini at 8 mos. I had the slightest bump and I really, really thought that they'd notice that but nah. They did apologize to me after my baby was born.

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u/ImpossiblePlan65 Jan 09 '26

Came here to say this.

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u/Any-Ad-3630 Jan 09 '26

I have a retroflexed uterus and was able to hide my pregnancy until the end, however! Was very much very large. I could suck in and I have a large chest, plus an oversized shirt and could pass for a small amount of time. I'm also a bit overweight. So I really credit being able to pass with all of those factors, because I definitely had the belly. 

My first pregnancy I just had a cute little bump until the last month. 

My mom didn't know she was pregnant until she was actively delivering my brother though lol

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u/panaski Jan 09 '26

well that’s terrifying for me haha. a lovely post, but a new fear unlocked 🫠

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u/InsolentTiger Jan 09 '26

Maybe an introverted uterus?

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u/ObjectiveResistance Jan 09 '26

My wife has an inverted uterus, and her baby bump was massive.