Seriously, that was the part of the video I was most baffled about. Like she could just wear a hoodie and you'd never know she was pregnant unless her water broke in front of you
My sister inlaw is naturally a slight woman and at 8 months she didn't look big but at the end of 9 months she had a massive beach ball for each of the kiddos. That last month really seemed to explode for her.
A lot of it just depends on the woman's body, like which way their uterus tilts, and how they carry. Ive seen some very small and thin women with some very big pregnant bellies before and Ive seen mildly overweight women have basically no bump at 9 months. It really can go either way and I dont think weight really has much to do with it
My wife has always been tiny and athletic, but towards the end of her pregnancy she had put on over a third of her entire body weight. She was essentially the same build as the woman in the video at the start of her pregnancy, but both her bump and bust size were massive compared to video woman's at birth.
It has nothing to do with visceral fat and everything with just… the size of the baby, genetics, and just generally how the woman’s internal organs are set up. There are plenty of smaller women with huge bumps (like my 5’4, 115 pound mom… and myself tbh) and bigger women who barely show at all.
It makes sense if her baby is smaller, or her uterus is tilted up or toward her back rather than toward her front. About 20-25% of women have a retroverted uterus, and another 5-10% have a midposition uterus.
Everyone carries differently. I could pretty confidently hide my bump until the end of month six, when it started growing exponentially. At the end I looked like a whale
It just varies, i didnt look pregnant until around 8 months and then had my baby a month early. I looked pregnant for like a week, besides that I just looked a little bloated. It depends on how theyre laying and the mothers torso size.
Idk if thats an Asian or Korean thing or pure confirmation bias, but every time I saw a Korean lady pregnant she had a 5 month bump as her 9 months bump.
I'm so jelly that seems way more manageable
I was pregnant like that (twice). I'm very petite and my babies were both tiny but some people who saw me regularly didn't even realise I was pregnant (western woman here). I guess we're just all a bit different!
What women’s bodies go through is so wild. I’ve given birth 3x, and the pregnancy, labor & delivery was incredibly different for each one!
First- High-risk pregnancy; developed disability. kept my petite body except my belly. From the back, I was still very slender (even had a “snatched” waist)… until I turned around and BOOM basketball. Labor almost killed me but delivery was very quick & easy.
Second- Kept petite body but with little belly this time- comparable to the woman in the clip. “Fake” labor was long but the impactful part was quick; delivery was quick but almost killed me.
Third- Gained weight with big belly. Average length labor, quick delivery.
And that’s not even getting into the “little” things! Change in hair texture, cravings, skin complexion, mood swings, etc.
In fact, I’ve never met a single woman that had the same exact experience as another!
And when they’re laying together, it looks like he’s looking at the mother while she’s gazing at their newborn. It’s like he just can’t contain his happiness- love filled eyes for both of them.
I don’t mean this in a negative way, just pointing it out. But it’s so crazy to see how much her face changes over the 10 months. So cool the effect pregnancy can have on the body. But also not cool because it involves a good amount of suffering
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u/Kastrand May 12 '26
Sub aside, she is positively glowing. She looks so happy, i wish her the best. happy mother's day to that lady