When did your bump start to show?

[rosiehull4]

Hello all!

I am currently 17 weeks pregnant with my first baby. I was wondering at what stage anyone first noticed that they actually looked pregnant as opposed to just being a bit bloated etc.?

When telling people I'm pregnant, they keep saying 'Oh well you don't look pregnant' even though I bloody well feel like I am! I used to do a lot of tummy/abs exercises prior to pregnancy so I figure the muscles might be holding everything in place at the moment.

I can't wait for my bump to pop out, and was wondering if I'm being impatient!

[CuppaTeaTeddy]

I could tell I was started to get a bump around 20 weeks because some clothes started feeling tight and I was putting on a little bit of weight by then.

Other people are only just starting to notice now and I'm 7 months on Tuesday!

[donkey86]

I'm 18 weeks and I still just look fat. My clothes have been right for a few weeks now, but I don't really have a bump as such - just a big stomach. I hope it rounds out soon.

[donkey86]

*tight, not right

[rosiehull4]

Hey! thanks Cuppa and donkey86

Hopefully not too much longer to wait then, I just can't wait to actually feel pregnant as opposed to just a bit fat!

[Hollyhop17]

I sadly looked a bit pregnant before I was so my bump has pretty much always been there. But from 20 weeks it was much firmer. Am 27 weeks now and look closer to 37!

[HappyLollipop]

I'm 26 weeks and I haven't got much of bump it just looks like I'm a little bloated, so many people don't believe me when I say my baby is due in July!

[Sparklyuggs]

From 14 weeks I had a solid bump rather than bloating, it popped overnight! I'm a small build with a short torso and no abs so I knew I'd show early. My cousin who is 5'10 with a bigger build didn't get a bump until 20 weeks, we're all different.

[blue2014]

I hadn't told anyone til 21 weeks so much after that. About 27 I think

[haveacupoftea]

This is the annoying bit about pregnancy, you think you'll have a bump from 8 weeks and its more like 28 weeks for most of us!

[rosiehull4]

Wow everybody is so so different. I suppose it depends on many different things!

[ImYourMama]

22 weeks, and I delivered at 28, I felt robbed of a 'proper' bump

[mrsbumblebees]

My midwife told me that if you have good abdominal muscles from exercise then it can take much longer for your bump to show. Mine aren't great (I'm fairly slim but with a bit of a podgy belly!) and at 14 weeks I think I'm just starting to see my 'podge' change shape slightly! I think it will be a fair while before I have a proper bump though.

[Maggy74653]

First person guessed with me at 14 weeks.

[bambi2908]

About 13 weeks, but I'm having twins

[mummabubs]

Similar to Bumblebees, I'm 16 weeks tomorrow and have got a definite bump. It's mostly hard, although occasional wobble if I've been in the bath for more than 20 minutes. I'm slim but have non-existent stomach muscles so that's probably why I've started showing as early as I have! 😂

[60percentofthetime]

1st baby: 20 weeks, 2nd baby: 7. I had intended to keep it quite at work but there was no chance!

[SayNoToCarrots]

First pregnancy, nothing until between four and five months, so about 24 weeks. Second pregnancy five years later, I was in maternity jeans from six weeks and hiding a sizeable bump by twelve.

[arbrighton]

I popped quite visibly after 15 weeks. Fairly strong abs, bit of podge, first baby

[TallRedhead]

With my first I didn't show until 25 weeks. Good abs, pre kids!!
With #2 bump came earlier and with this pregnancy #3 I'm sure I had a bump as soon as I did the test!!
For your first pregnancy you just want to 'look' pregnant so others know, I remember feeling that too.

[beingsunny]

20 weeks ish

[hangingkebab]

First bump was noticeable to others at 12/13 weeks. Second time round someone noticed it at 10 weeks, I'd been able to see it since 8 weeks. Very jealous of all you late bumpers!

[sortingmylife]

1st pregnancy first person (at work) noticed at 18 weeks at which point i could tell for a few weeks. I'm currently 7 weeks pregnant with DC 2 and hoping to keep it a secret at work for another 4 weeks or so but worried it will be harder this time around as I'm all flab & 0 muscle so I'm just expecting it to "pop" out one morning and that'll be it....

[SpwJd]

With my first I didn't show until I was 5 months. I just looked bloated. ( I'm slim too so would have thought it would have shown early.)
With my second it showed a lot earlier and currently pregnant with my third and I was wearing pregnancy jeans from 6 weeks 😱 your tummy muscles are probably clinging on.
With each one I think you show earlier. X

[ColourfulOrangex]

I'm 27+3 with my second and I have just started to show, annoying sometimes as I get all the symptoms and tiredness etc but people assume because I hardly have a bump I'm fine and can do everything normally

[chelle85]

Around 23 weeks I started to get a more noticeable bump but still feel more like I look a bit fat rather than pregnant. Bump is nice and hard in the morning but small but later in the day I get bloated and massive but my belly feels softer. Everyone keeps telling me I am tiny for 5mths but I feel huge! Off on holiday in 10 days so hoping it pops a bit more before then so I look pregnant in my bikini rather than chunky!