Fashion designer explains her ‘tiny baby bump’ is due to endometriosis

Popular fashion designer Yiota Kouzoukas has spoken out on social media about her pregnancy.

After receiving hundreds of messages asking her why her bump was so small and if she was doing "some crazy diet" while pregnant, the brand owner of Sabo Skirt decided to defend herself by explaining exactly why her bump is smaller than "usual". She described that her past endometriosis surgeries - along with the tilt of her uterus and her naturally slender physique - made her pregnancy somewhat unnoticeable.  She decided to dedicate a post on Instagram to discussing her bump size. She wrote:

"For the first 4 months of my pregnancy, my uterus was retroverted/tilted which means that I was growing backwards into my body rather than outwards."

She continued...

"The backwards tilted position paired with decade old endometriosis scarring that I have on my uterosacral ligaments. Basically, these ligaments are acting like anchors keeping my uterus “inside” rather than “outside”, which is why I appeared smaller than most people for the first 4 or 5 months."

The Australian brand owner is now nine months pregnant and awaiting the arrival of her first child.