16 weeks hardly showing....second baby

[Rainbowm]

Just wondering if anybody was hardly showing at 16 weeks with their second! You seem to read loads about showing sooner with your second but I look back at the bump pictures of my first and I actually look bigger there than I do now at 16 weeks. I started to show early at about 7 weeks but then that went a couple of weeks ago so I’m guessing that was all bloat! My minds going overtime here thinking has something happened to the baby, has it stopped growing? I know I’m probably being irrational just would like some opinions?

I didn't show with my second until about 20 weeks. Everyone's different, i wouldn't be worrying at this point.

@Rainbowm I am exactly the same, 16 weeks with my second. I am overweight anyway but definitely no bump, I have also been worrying! I have a private scan on Monday so will find out whats going on then!

@Sanch1 thank you that’s reassuring

@PocoyoandEllie looks like we’re in it together then, its horrible isn’t it the worry! I’ve got a Face to face midwife appointment Monday (Luckily they’ve just started back up in my area) so hopefully the midwife will try and listen to the baby’s heartbeat. Let me know how you get on 🤞🏼

@Rainbowm I feel I have done nothing but worry since doing the test! I really don’t remember worrying this much with DS!

If it reassures you at all, I was still in my regular clothes at 16 weeks, now 19 weeks & I've inflated like a balloon😂 Genuinely I've put on 7lb in those 3 weeks. It was much more gradual with baby number one!

This makes me feel a lot better! I’m nearly 15 weeks with my 1st and honestly look the same as I did 4 months ago....! It’s been really worrying me that baby isn’t growing properly - esp as everything online says you should show sooner if you’re short and slight, which I am. I hope we’re all just being worry warts and it will all be ok in the end!

My bumps got smaller with every pregnancy I had! I have a photo i put together with all 3 of my bumps at 16 weeks. My 1st was my biggest, 2nd was big ish and my 3rd was tiny!

I'm 16 weeks with baby No2 and although I definitely feel like I'm showing and I'm definitely bigger than last time, I can still fit in all my normal clothes. Exact same weight as I was at 16 weeks last time too.

Pregnant with second and didn't show until probably 24 weeks! Which seemed odd as all I'd heard was how second/subsequent pregnancies show earlier

With my second I didn’t show til about 25 weeks. Before that, every time I thought I had a bump it turned out it was just bloat / wind

I'm coming up to 20 weeks with my second and only just started to show in the last week I'd say.

I’m on my 3rd and didn’t show until 24 week! I’m now 32 q
Weeks and only have a noticeable bump if she’s in a certain position.

I’m sat here now and you wouldn’t think I was pregnant, just a bit podgy! But when I got out of the bath yesterday she did a summersault and I looked 9 months gone for about an hour until she flipped back and it was gone again.

Don’t worry, it’s different every time.

I didn't start to get a "proper" baby bump till about 22 weeks with my 2nd and 3rd

Im 34w and you can’t tell. I had my last at just shy of 20w and wasn’t showing then at all.

I wore “normal” (ie not fitted, but not maternity clothes) all the way through with my second. Certainly wasn’t showing at all at the 20 week scan. Different people carry differently, I think.

@NataliaOsipova me too - I’ve never had to buy a piece of maternity clothing. Yet I have friends who were bursting out of clothes and had to buy maternity trousers at 14 weeks. It’s funny how different we all are.

Don't worry girls I'm 15 weeks with my 5th and I'm not showing yet!!

Thank you so much ladies for replying, you would not believe how much better this has made me feel today . I thought it was just me, but it seems a lot of woman have had similar or are having similar x