Hiding a bump

[CZL07]

Hi all! I’m attending a wedding next month and I’ll be 16/17 weeks pregnant. My partner doesn’t want to tell the groom and his coworkers about the pregnancy yet ( it was a wee surprise! And we’ve had a few complications so not wanting to tell anyone other than immediate family until 20 week scan). Any ideas on how to hide a bump? Don’t want people asking and taking away from the brides wedding day, and partner won’t budge on telling people earlier. Thanks I’m advance!

Have you picked a dress yet?
If you went for something full length and floaty you could still be warm and because of the style it'll move with you.

I'm 16 weeks too and I just look bloated more than anything x

Can you get a style of dress that kind of flows over your bump rather than tight fitting? Or perhaps have a bigger than average clutch type bag you can hold over yourself

Congratulations, hope you have a smoother time from now on, they're little monkeys!

My bunk was tiny at 16 weeks. Just looked a little bloated. Go for something looser around the tummy.

It all depends on your bump and frame; I probably could have hidden quite well at that point with a dress that wasn’t gathered at the waist plus a jacket but if it’s obvious then it’s not your fault

A skirt might hide it better? If it sits in the right place then it would interrupt your bump half way down.

Is it your first pregnancy? If so you may not have much of a bump by 16 weeks, I didn’t really show til past 20 weeks on my first. Any loose-ish dress should be fine. Good luck!

Some patterns help hide and nothing tight or fitted. If I remember rightly it's larger prints that work best like floral rather than stripes

"partner won’t budge on telling people earlier."

Your body, your choice.

If you want to hide it, wear a loose fitting dress or maybe a skirt and loose top.

But if the idea of hiding it is stressing you out, just tell people.

If my DH tried to dictate anything about my pregnancy, he would get shot down.

I'm 17 weeks and don't really have a bump, you should be able to hide it with relative ease at that point

I assume you've come up with an excuse about why you won't be drinking alcohol? Or will you just have an alcoholic drink in your hand and not drink it?

Something peplum! I'm in a similar position, out for a family event next weekend and not told everyone yet. Chosen a peplum blouse type thing. I also don't really drink so that's not a problem!

Is it your first? Because women tend to show quite late with their first compared to subsequent pregnancies. I wasn't showing at 16 weeks, just my breasts looked a bit fuller and perkier (which was nice ).

A-line shape dress or skirt and floaty top will easily hide the bump. I hid mine at an engagement party around this time, although a little further along. Only because my husband hadnt bothered to tell a lot of people about the pregnancy and I didn't obviously want to announce it at someone else's party. Not first pregnancy.

Congrats on your pregnancy!!!

I’m only 12 weeks but showing quite a bit already! Probably all bloating as I have IBS too so it’s not unusual for me to have a huge bump the odd time! It’s just I do not know anyone at the wedding as it’s my partners work colleague getting married, so can’t even have anyone else cover for me lol. I am using the driver excuse for drinking as it’s an hour away from where we live so got lucky that way. Almost tempted not to go as I don’t want anyone speculating and taking away from their day as it happened on my cousins wedding- someone announced their pregnancy on my cousins wedding and it took all the attention Off of her and made her feel awful! I’ll definitely look for flowy dresses with patterns thank you!!

In the nicest way possible, if you don’t know anyone at the wedding, does it really matter if they think you’re pregnant? As long as you don’t make a big song and dance about it, you won’t be taking away from the B&G’s day.

Just wear a floaty dress and no one else will even notice.

Would your husband go on his own? Do you want to go?

I was showing at 12 weeks with my first, nothing hid it! I was quite slim beforehand, and would always have worn fitted clothes, so it was very obvious when I changed my style. I started showing at 8 weeks with my second, so much so that people started congratulating me

I would say if you are showing at 12 weeks, people will guess. But hopefully they will be too polite to comment if you don't say anything. Just try something floaty or peplum and hope for the best.