Inaugural HDBD 4.13

sejica

I know there's been some chatter about 'showing', so I thought I'd get these going, especially for those further along. It's definitely bloat for me, but I just think of these early ones as 'before' photos.

sejica

No idea why this is soooooo huge.

Baby #4, 9 weeks.

And, just for ref, please don't feel like you need to include this, but I'm 5'3", 180lbs. I want to help normalize pregnancy at all sizes, even those of us who don't get a defined bump, like ever. I'm trying to push in my excess upper abdominal tissue, just to highlight bump progress, and I'm failing 😂.

mflowers929

Pardon my sweats lol. I'm too lazy to change out of them.
6th pregnancy, 3rd baby. 10w today. Not much but a bit of firmness in the lower abdomen.
I'm 5'7" and 240 lbs

chuckle_sandwich

Meant to post this yesterday but ran out of time. Just a little curve @ 10 weeks with baby #3. I love the idea of normalizing pregnancy at all sizes. I’m 5’7” and 178 (which is my lowest weight since having kids). Hoping to keep my weight gain healthier this time!

ashnicell

11 weeks, STM. The lower part of my belly is firm and more rounded. I may be imagining it, but it doesn't seem like just bloating. Hard to tell though because I'm overweight to begin with. 5'4", 220 lbs. 

mflowers929

So on Friday while we were cleaning I noticed that my belly definitely looked rounder. Yesterday we told my MIL when they were here for a visit, and she said "yeah, I noticed she (me. She was speaking to hubby in French lol) had a little belly". So I definitely don't think I'm going to be hiding this pregnancy for as long as I was originally thinking 😅

PurplePumpernickel

@mflowers929 we started telling extended family on Easter and when I told my dad's cousin, she goes "Yeah, I knew as soon as I saw you." Ugh thanks I guess?

sunshine2417

@PurplePumpernickel ugh that’s so rude! 

Two years ago we hosted Easter + my nephews first birthday party, as it was on the same day. My FIL approached SIL (mother of the 1 year old), tapped his belly, and said “so, what’s going on here?!” She was SO mad and horrified and was like “what do you mean?” And he was like “well, are you pregnant?” She yelled at him, started sobbing, and it was a huge thing. (Understandably so…) Two hours later the 1 year old is opening presents and SIL goes “well, and biggest present of all, Joseph’s gonna be a big brother!” All being VERY confused about the scene that unfolded earlier in the day, we were all like “wait… what? Are you serious?” And she got so mad and was like “YES! IM SERIOUS! BUT IM LITERALLY ONLY 6 WEEKS ALONG!” Oh my goodness, I felt so horrible!!!! It was… a lot. So naturally when I announced to them on Easter I had all the anxiety coursing through my veins and therefore did it almost immediately before FIL could call out my FUPA lol