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Actual baby or food/bloat baby?

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L0ngg0ne · 19/12/2017 21:28

If I can suck my 17+ 6 weeks belly in some, does that mean the 'bump' is just bloat and not the actual baby? I can still see/feel the baby very low - in my pelvis - so I know that the WHOLE belly isn't the baby. Was kinda hoping that at least beneath my belly button was, though, but I can still suck it in quite a bit on cue.

Still a little anxious about bump non-appearance, as I'm almost 18 weeks and still not sporting a firm, 'definitely baby' bump! I'm sure there IS an actual baby behind all that bloat, it's just hard to know it for sure when your bump isn't a real bump, just a bloat bump!

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harrietm87 · 19/12/2017 22:28

Is it your first? My bump didn't pop until around 21 weeks. 24 weeks now and still don't look pregnant in certain clothes. Everyone is different!

CrmbleBee · 19/12/2017 22:37

By that point, the baby has pushed your intestines up and thus out, so whether or not the bump is all baby, you can say it's a pregnancy bump, even though some of it will be intestines. I'm only 14 weeks and in a similar place but not sucking in- it is what it is.

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