No bump at 18 weeks?

[Ttc321]

Hi all
I haven't got a bump and I'm 18 weeks and I keep seeing other pregnant women who are due near to me and they have a big round bump? Is this normal? I'm pretty sure I've been feeling the baby move around.

Yes, I didn't get a noticeable bump until around 24 weeks. I'm quite tall (5.9) so not sure if that has anything to do with it. I really only looked properly pregnant from 28 weeks. That week I just 'popped'!

7 1/2 months until anyone believed me. I'm tall but not fat, just carried well until pregnancy 3

Hey there,
I am 17 weeks and I have (what is in my opinion) a huge bump and I hate it as I am now reaching the stage where I am going to have to go clothes shopping...
However! My PT has just had her baby and at 37 weeks she was still skinnier than I was before I got pregnant in my size 10 clothes and her baby was born absolutely fine with no issues what so ever.
Everybody and person is different so unless you have bleeding or SEVERE pain (in which case please contact a dr or a midwife quickly) then I would not worry :) And just be happy that you can wear your normal clothes! :)

Is this your first baby op? With my first I didn't really show until quite late. I remember buying maternity jeans at about 25 ish weeks and it was only at a friend's birthday in early October (baby due in late December)that people started to comment that I looked rally pregnant! I was around a size 14 so not very thin so maybe that me a difference?

With my second baby I needed the maternity clothes from about 9 weeks!

I bought maternity jeans pretty much as soon as I found out but started wearing them at week 27. I'm now 31 weeks.

Most of my pre pregnancy tops still fit

Totally normal.

With my first I started getting a bump at about 22 weeks. With my second I was still in my regular (although size 16) jeans at 28 weeks and just looked a bit bloated. Didn't get a proper bump until 32 weeks!

Lucky you!!

2nd pregnancy and I'm huge!!!

I didn't have a bump until about 24 weeks. I'm tall though.

I never did buy maternity clothes, just wore roomier dresses and leggings instead of fitted dresses, trousers or jeans nearer the end. I could do up my normal jeans when I was 41 weeks pregnant, I just didn't because it felt a bit squashed.

I basically just looked normal for six months, thick waisted/a bit fatter than usual for two months and pregnant for a month then I had a baby. I wouldn't worry.

I would say I didn't really look pregnant till 6 months / 25 weeks

I'm also 18 weeks and hardly any bump at all - I was worried just like you. Had my anomaly scan today and everything is fine and I'm sure you'll be the same...try to relax if you can! 😊

Lucky you; I'm the opposite - currently 19 weeks with DC1 and measuring 25 because I have ridiculously huge fibroids (plus I'm a short arse and have a slight build so the only place for bump to grow is out!).

I say enjoy it while you can!

I had a bump that looked like gas until I gave birth and bought no maternity clothes whatsoever. I pinged back to a flat belly within 2 days of giving birth. Ds was a bit on the small side 5lbs 9oz on arrival 10 days early. He is now 14 and a strapping 5ft 10 with size 9 feet!

I did however start to show at around 20 weeks with my 2 dds (10 & 2). Middle dc was my heaviest at 6lbs and a week early. She is of average height for her age. Still trying to lose the fat from having the youngest .

Just enjoy it op, I've seen people look like they are about to give birth at 6 months!

First time I went in holiday at 24 weeks comfy in my normal jeans. A week later I put them back on to fly home and had to sit on the plane with the top button undone. At 17 weeks I was at GP for antibiotics forna UTI and when i said I was pregnant he seemed surprised not to be able to tell.

This time I've been looking noticeably round since 16 weeks but today at 18 just still in normal clothes.

I didn't show until week 21 (so 2 weeks ago) and I'm taking ages to adjust. I don't feel pregnant, just fat.
Mind you, I'm also back to how big I was before I got pregnant as I suffer from HG so I lost 2.5stone. Not that I've put that back on, my stomach is just back to that size.
My MIL didn't show until she went on maternity leave at 8 months. And only really showed much when she had twins. They were all big babies So they do grow regardless of your bump six.
So don't worry If you don't show yet. Everyone's different.

Thanks all!! It's my first baby that's why I was worried and everyone seems to comment that I don't look "big enough" or pregnant at all. I suppose we all just carry different, I have gained some weight but not as a bump, i am pre pregnancy size 10 but wearing size 12 now depending on the flexibility x

hi im 18weeks, 3 days and i dont really have a bump apart from after i eat a big meal , has anyone else experienced this, im not quite sure if ive felt movement yet ? x

I'm' 17.5 weeks and just have a thicker waist and it all feels a bit more solid. I can tell I'm pregnant but can still wear the same clothes, and with clothes on look much the same (I think). Haven't told that many people at work I'm pregnant tho so they are probably all thinking that I got fat :)