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Decoding Your Baby Bump

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Your baby bump can reveal a lot about your pregnancy. While how you carry doesn’t predict the sex of your baby, it can reveal many other things like abdominal strength. Women with stronger abs often carry lower, according to Julie Charlton, CNM, certified nurse-midwife at Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialists of Georgia, part of Pediatrix® Medical Group, and they don't usually show as soon. It can also indicate diastasis recti, which Charlton said can result in a wider, larger baby bump, or fibroids or an unusual uterine shape. "Women with large fibroids or an abnormally shaped uterus (bicornuate, for example) can have an uneven or misshaped bump," said Charlton.

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