Worried my bump is too big for 16.4 wks - WARNING PHOTO

[MrsBumpBump]

NC. Sorry about the embarrassing photo but I am worried as I suddenly seem to have ballooned in the last 10 days.
For context I am normal tall size 12 with a flatish tummy. 10 days ago I was still in my size 12 jeans and looking normal albeit slightly bloated round the tummy. Now this which I feel is HUGE for 16.4 weeks??? I feel like I look 8 months pregnant. Is growth at this rate normal? It literally feels like it's happened overnight.

You most certainly don’t look huge.. or 8 months gone.

I’m 8 months gone my belly buttons just a flat weird thing now, my feet are a distant memory along with my fanny and I can’t for love nor money get socks on without a painful awkward shuffle on the bed. I fear if I try it standing I’ll end up like an upturned turtle lol.

You really really don’t look 8 months pregnant. You look like you have the start of a bump - mine arrived out of nowhere about the same time.

You should have seen me at 8 months pregnant (in fairness I had two lots of everything in there) - I was the size of a Winnebago.

There you go - not quite 8 months pregnant 😬

Looks like my stomache and I’m not even pregnant only joking. It looks normal to me, congratulations xxx

I was about that size at 16 weeks tbh and I was a size 10, 5ft 3in pre pregnancy. It's definitely not the size of an 8 month bump, you're in for a big shock when you're 8 months lol (mean that in a friendly way!)

Wish I had more of a bump! I'm a tall size 10/12 and 16 weeks tomorrow. I have a slight 'podge' but no bump 😔

It’s fluid retention and looks as you would expect at this gestation. Baby is still tiny at this point and your uterus is only just rising above your pelvis.

If you go on baby center website there are lots of pics of different people’s bumps they have uploaded at each stage, which may be reassuring.

Also, my stomach looks like that during every period - bloating and fluid retention causes it. I’ve had people think I’m pregnant before. I used to think I looked pregnant til I got an actual bump.

I was really bloated in early pregnancy which looked like your photo (different shape to a baby bump, basically the whole area a bit distended) then it went down about 15 weeks so there was nothing, then about 17 weeks I got an actual bump. Like I say though, I had two in there so I grew at an alarming rate once I started.

I'm a size 16. Took this Tonight at 17+4. I'm feeling pretty big at the minute. (Excuse the work uniform 🙄) x

Op I think your bump looks perfect for 16-17 weeks. No too big at all, you could still still easily it with a scarf or something.

It always feels bigger than it looks in my experience.

This is what 8 months looks like! I was bigger that you at 16 weeks

Ach you're all lovely!

My bump at 16 weeks measured at 30 weeks. Your bump is fine.
Everyone is different. By the time I had my DD at 37 weeks I was measuring 55 I was huge.

14 + 5

Op you look fab! Your bumps just popped out! It's because your not yet used to it, it's such a big change to a flatter stomach, it'll take abit of getting used too. You look lovely.

Ok thanks everyone. It's reassuring to know! I think the main worry factor was because it was all so sudden and I had assumed it would just grow gradually. I have indeed popped!

Also when I googled 16 week bumps I just got a load of skinny celebrities which didn't help!