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When did your bump appear??

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lilaki15 · 23/04/2021 09:23

Hello, can you tell me please when did your bump started to appear? I am 15 weeks and my belly is exactly the same as before pregnancy.. I ve seen hundrends of tiktok videos of #15weekspregnant and everyone has big rounded bumps, i am so nervous...

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ConradKnightSocks · 23/04/2021 11:32

On third pregnancy and only just starting to show now at 24 weeks. I've been a bit worried because I'm still so sick and not eating much so not putting much weight on. Finding it hard to remember what happened with my previous babies but I think I didn't show until around the same time with them too.

Everyone is different though op, you might find it just suddenly appears one week! Good luck for your scan.

HopingForOurRainbowBaby · 23/04/2021 11:48

I've been Pregnant 5 times but never carried past the 1st trimester. During my 4th one it was pretty prominent from 6-7 weeks though and by the 9th week most people were asking if I was sure there was definitely only one in there. It's strange though because my uterus tilts backwards which usually means you don't show until much later so the only thing I can think of is previous pregnancies have pushed it back into its normal place

honeylulu · 23/04/2021 12:03

With my first baby, was ages before it showed. I think maybe around 5 months and then only when wearing a slinky dress and having a slightly rounded tummy. I was still squeezing into my size 8 work suits at nearly 6 months. I only wore maternity clothes for a few weeks as I have birth not long after the 8 month mark.

Second baby felt much earlier but hard to tell exactly I had lots of really bad digestive bloating and my lungs/ribs seemed to expand massively really early on. I managed to hide it until 20 weeks but then I had to go into maternity clothes.

First baby was bigger than second baby!

Pesimistic · 23/04/2021 12:04

In my second pregnancy my bump didn't realy appear until I was about 27 weeks, first pregnancy it was about 17 weeks

ToffeePennie · 23/04/2021 12:07

Mine never showed. I just looked like I’d been on the Chinese a bit heavy the night before. Literally a little bloated but that’s it. And that’s with both of my pregnancies (both boys)

Don’t sweat it too much.

BleepBloopBlop · 23/04/2021 12:15

I can't really remember with my first, but with my second I didn't want people to know and pretty much hid it until 7.5 months.

I am now expecting my third and I'm the size of a house already at 17 weeks but I have noticed I am getting a lot of bloating and actually when I am not bloated I just look like I've had a big meal. I saw people from work a couple of weeks ago and they were very amused by how big I was already. I have a sneaking suspicion this baby is going to be a whopper! DP is 6ft 4 and has a massive head! Eeek!

romdowa · 23/04/2021 12:23

I'm 11 weeks and I'm conceived it's not all bloat

Ageisjustanumb3r · 23/04/2021 12:30

Mine never appeared with second pregnancy , I was a size 12 and put on 5 pounds ! First pregnancy I was humungous ! Start weight 11 stone , after birth I was 9.10!!

Ellasmummyx1 · 23/04/2021 12:34

When I had my first, I was very slim and my bump still took about 22-25 weeks to appear! Some days it looked bigger than others too and time of day impacted it too so I was slimmer in the morning than in the evening

Goblin74 · 23/04/2021 14:12

I didn't start showing until around 22 weeks. It wasn't properly noticeable until later...maybe 26 weeks roughly

Matilda15 · 23/04/2021 14:54

1st pregnancy I could have realistically hidden I was pregnant until about 26 weeks, 2nd pregnancy probably showed properly at 20ish weeks.

Saoirse82 · 27/04/2021 05:19

I'm 11 weeks with my first and definitely have a bump, much bigger than I expected. My last pregnancy was a mmc though where the sac continued to grow til 12 weeks so that may be part of the reason why I'm showing earlier like a stm. My sister didn't show til around 25 weeks with her first and 20 weeks with her 2nd my mum was the same. I've worried my bump is too big as I expected to be like my mum and sister but there's nothing I've read to suggest either way that bump size means anything. Congrats on your pregnancy

DinosApple · 27/04/2021 06:48

First pregnancy, around 24 weeks.
Second pregnancy about 15 weeks

Parkerwhereareyou · 27/04/2021 06:55

Mine always at around 22 weeks properly. Hard before but small.

ChampionOfTheSun · 27/04/2021 07:04

I just looked fat until about week 24, after which I knew I looked pregnant as customers at work started asking when baby was due, where previously I'd been getting the "is she pregnant or just piling on the pounds" side eye for weeks I never had a "nice" bump like you see on the TV though

CoconutChair · 27/04/2021 08:26

Really quickly. Although I was pleased I managed to wear all sorts of elaborate scarves to conceal it from work until 18.5 weeks. I’d have liked to keep it quiet for longer 😆

MinimumChips · 27/04/2021 08:28

First pregnant nothing until around 18 weeks or so - but just looked like I needed the toilet/had a big meal tbh until much later. Second baby had small bump by around 14 weeks.

Glitterblue · 27/04/2021 08:34

I was around 17-18 weeks. We'd had a lot of snow over the Christmas holidays and our office had to close for an extra week, so people hadn't seen me for about 2.5 weeks and when we went back, I looked pregnant. I was glad I had told them before the holidays 😂

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