To wear a bikini with a noticeable bump?

[Bishopston]

I'm currently pregnant and have booked a holiday in August with a friend. I'd love to wear a bikini as I'm not used to one-piece swimming costumes! Problem is many people seem to think that you should only show your belly off if it's as flat as a pancake!

[whois]

A baby bump belly is very different to an obese rolls of fat belly.

Bikini totally fine.

And anyway, even if it were just a fat belly, who cares? Wear what you like.

[RubbishRobotFromTheDawnOfTime]

No matter how insecure you might feel about your body, there will always be someone who looks worse than you in a bikini! (I'm cringing at the thought of the fat, topless, middle-aged, hairy European women who lets it all hang out - there is one on every beach across the Costa del Sol)

That's not very nice of you.

OP I doubt everyone will be thinking about your bump as much as you are, wear a bikini if you want but don't keep going on about it or they may well have a problem!

[Bishopston]

People seemed to be much more conservative then!

[Viviennemary]

It's one of these things that would have had people clutching pearls years ago. But when you think of it really why not.

[Bishopston]

I love my big belly though - I'd love to be pregnant again next summer!

[Bishopston]

Everyone's got different ideas about what looks good.

I'm planning to wear a bikini in August at a family barbecue - don't know what some family members are going to make of me baring my then heavily pregnant tummy!- there's no-one else in the family pregnant at the moment I know of.

[MamaLazarou]

YANBU. Bikinis look great with bumps. You don't have to hold it in!

[idokidok13]

Id definitely wear a bikini with a bump, a one price swimming costume would make a pregnant woman look like a giant tank! I do t think anyone is likely to care tbh

[batfish]

I personally don't like seeing big bumps in bikinis - no idea why as I have always thought pregnant women look great! So personally I don't want to show off my bump in a bikini and have bought some tankinis for my hols. However I don't think anyone should cover up just because I don't particularly like seeing it - there is no reason why they shouldn't wear a bikini if they are comfortable and happy. My husband thinks bumps in bikinis look great and doesn't know why I want to cover up!

[Bishopston]

I see what you mean Bunbaker - I don't like tankinis either.

[Bunbaker]

I must admit that I don't really like seeing crops tops over pregnant tummies. I'm not suggesting that pregnant women should wear frumpy smock tops, but I just don't think crops tops over a pregnant tummy are a good look.

[Radiatorvalves]

I wore a bikini and no issues. I looked at maternity cozzies and they were so awful, I stuck with usual bikini. DH was somewhere hot...with his submarine. So I was there round the pool with all the other guys too.

[Bishopston]

Another good thing about wearing a bikini while pregnant - apart from the convenience when weeing - is being able to lie on the beach and watch the movements in your belly!

[Bishopston]

Thanks Bunbaker I didn't think about the weeing aspect of it but yes, - MUCH more practical.

Yes my friend has got a 'classically slim' figure but since being pregnant I love having bigger boobs and a growing belly!

Practically all my weight gain seems to be going on my 'tum' so by the end of August I expect to have a huge bump!! I'm hoping to wear more crop tops at that time as well.

[KnitFastDieWarm]

you will be weeing a lot more so a bikini will be far more practical than a one piece.


^^
THIS! (18 weeks and am currently pissing like a racehorse every 15 minutes )

[KnitFastDieWarm]

WEAR IT! pregnant tummies in bikinis are beautiful!

I wore a bikini a few weeks ago at 16 weeks pregnant, I'm a size 16 and have a bump that still could pass for 'I've eaten a burrito the size of my head' rather than a baby - and I felt bloody brilliant.

My mum is 57 and a size 22, has the tummy of a woman who has carried two big babies, undergone an emergency c-section, and enjoys a pint and she still wears a bikini on the beach and looks bloody gorgeous, simply because she does not give one shiny shit about what anyone thinks.

It's ALL about attitude.

[Bunbaker]

Go for it. Besides, you will be weeing a lot more so a bikini will be far more practical than a one piece.

[Fluffyears]

If someone has a problem then it's their problem and not yours. I'd rather see a pregnant belly than a fat beer belly.

[morelikeguidelines]

Yanbu . I always wore a bikini when preg as it's the easiest thing. I did take extra care with sunscreen on the bump though, although I'm not sure if it needs more than ordinary care.

This year I will wear bikini with somewhat "unrecovered " tummy.

I have to mix and match them though as the boob parts I bought when pregnant are all too big but I need the slightly more generous bottoms!

[Mermaidhair]

Anyone should be able to wear a bikini, as long as your privates aren't hanging out go for it!

[PurpleSwift]

I've just been on holiday and I saw plenty of woman with baby bumps in bikinis. Totally fine

[Ledkr]

I wore one with all mine.
By number 5 I was more inclined to wear one pregnant than not

[TheEponymousGrub]

Your friend has the perfect body?
When I was pregnant those were the ONLY times I felt my body was perfect. Instead of trying to 'suck it in' I was proud to stick it out!

[Bishopston]

emzii - I'll remember that tip for when my time comes! :)

[emzii206]

Bishopston I am convinced all the swimming is what may have helped DD decide she was ready to come out...someone told me it helps loosen up your pelvis...don't know how true that is, but my waters broke that night!