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when did you get your bump?

17 replies

ladylala28 · 22/10/2014 09:17

Im only 13 weeks and just at the looks like ive eaten to many pies stage. When did it become a obvious bump for you? X

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gargalesis · 22/10/2014 09:32

I'm 19 weeks and it's only started to become noticeable in the last week or so. There's a woman in my pregnancy yoga class who is about 25 weeks and her stomach is totally flat, and another woman is 16 weeks and she's huge. So it's anyone's guess really!

OhMjh · 22/10/2014 09:39

8 weeks! But I was a stick pre pregnancy and it plateaued at around 30 weeks so I now apparently have a very neat bump for 37! First picture is 8, last is 36 ( although I have dropped so it's shrunk even more). I know people who were tiny til 26 weeks then absolutely ballooned over night..check with your mum to see what she was like - apparently that's usually a pretty good indicator.

when did you get your bump?

when did you get your bump?

Funkyfairy2004 · 22/10/2014 09:49

I was about 25 weeks when I had a bump more than a pit belly! It's was quite handy though because I wore most of my pre pregnancy clothing! I am due on Saturday and I've only felt huge for about 3 weeks!

AnnyMummy · 22/10/2014 15:04

I got an obvious bump around week 30 :)

Burmama · 22/10/2014 15:52

I'm almost 26 weeks and have had what I think is a pretty obvious bump since about 22 weeks. But just had a meeting today w a colleague I haven't seen since before getting pg and he didn't even notice, I had to stop convo and point it out. So I guess still waiting for belly to really POP. Boobs on the other hand are ahead of the game.

PeppermintInfusion · 22/10/2014 16:29

I'm 22 weeks only really getting a little bump now, still can't see it in work clothes but jersey maternity tops (which I think emphasise your bump anyway) it is more obvious. Naked/gym clothes you would probably know.
Could still just pass for chubby mostly.

At my pg yoga people are all shapes, v reassuring as I was worried about my bump size for a while (bizarrely baby is measuring big, as in length not weight, but bump is small and only gained a 3 lbs).
Seems that of you are narrower hipped you show earlier.
I have big boobs and wide hips which I think disguises it slightly.

Loveinsea · 22/10/2014 18:03

15 weeks today - I think I am just looking fat now.

albertgirl · 22/10/2014 18:59

I'm 17 weeks and just feel a little bit lot fatter! Still in my normal clothes, although my work clothes are starting to get a bit tight. Can't wait til I start looking properly pregnant and not just chubby.

Roxie85 · 22/10/2014 19:45

I just looked fat until about 24 weeks. Then from 26 weeks it really grew but I was never huge (well I felt it at the time but looking back I was fairly small compared to lots I know) Wish I had taken photos each week!

PrincessOfChina · 22/10/2014 19:51

I'm 16 weeks and I'm visibly pregnant Now. I've been looking fat/suspiciously maybe pregnant since about 8 weeks.

This is my second. On my first pregnancy it was 20 ish weeks before I was properly showing.

SpicedGingerTea · 22/10/2014 19:56

About 20 - 22 weeks - that's when I started looking pregnant.

First pregnancy.

cruikshank · 22/10/2014 20:00

Around about 6 months for me, and even then it was more of a pot than a bump. When I saw my midwife for the booking-in appointment, we had the chat like you do and then she asked to examine me. She did, and then went "Wow, there's no mistaking you're pregnant but you really didn't look it". Also saw an osteopath for back pain a little while later and when I got stripped off (as you do) he said "Gosh, you really are pregnant, aren't you?" so I guess it was pretty well hidden even then.

SuperGlue · 22/10/2014 20:03

On dd I was very slim starting off and was longing for the bump to appear. I had a small bump by about 24 weeks but could still disguise it pretty well, some people in work didn't notice. I was never huge, gained very little weight. I am 5ft 9" and dd was 6lbs 10oz born.

9 years later and 1 stone heavier I am now 7 wks pregnant and already feel 'thick' around the middle. I feel an odd shape and the thing is I don't want anyone in work to know till I get well past the 12wk mark. Don't know if they won't have guessed by then!

I work with someone who had a full bump by about 13 / 14 weeks! She has a HUGE bump now, but tends to have very big babies.

Fifibluebell · 22/10/2014 20:11

I got mine about 36 weeks I just looked bloated!

Fifibluebell · 22/10/2014 20:12

I looked bloated before 36 weeks I mean

Spotsondots · 22/10/2014 20:21

About 11 weeks with my first pregnancy... I was literally all bump the whole way through (except from 37-42 weeks when I was pretty much ONLY bump!) my bump was enormous - lots of 'helpful' comments about twins (it wasn't twins) from 26 weeks-ish. Everyone is different.

Spotsondots · 22/10/2014 20:22

Oh yes - and DS was 9lb 9oz...

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