Big bumps mean big babies.    Er, no. If you're tall and have good stomach tone, you may barely look pregnant, even though the baby may be big. If you're little, your bump may look huge, but your baby is more likely to take after you and be small. And if the head has engaged, your bump may look smaller.

 You will put on two stone "Not necessarily - and it's not a problem if you don't," says Ong Guay. "We don't pay weight gain a great deal of attention now. Many pregnant women aren't weighed at all. Putting on loads of weight doesn't mean you're having a big baby, either. A lot of that extra weight will be water and fat."

 Everyone gets stretch marks
Actually, only 50 per cent of women do. It's thought the tendency to get them is inherited, so if your mum didn't, then you probably won't.

You'll ´bloom´ in the middle months of your pregnancy
Don't bank on it. Spots, greasy hair and exhaustion can plague some of us right through our pregnancies. So if you do feel marvelous, then think yourself extremely lucky!

 You're expecting a boy if your tummy gets hairy
Well, at least it's not a werewolf. You'll be relieved to know that it's all down to the increase in male hormones during pregnancy. Rest assured that plenty of women who sprout lustrously hairy tummies go on to have girls.