Bloat vs. Bump

bt3701

I have had awful bloating most of my pregnancy--which I blame on the progesterone suppositories I took until 14wks.

My question is, how can you tell if you are actually showing vs just being bloated? I've heard the argument that bloating is showing, b/c you wouldn't be so bloated if you weren't pg.... but I'm not talking about that. 

Now that everyone knows I'm pg, I get so many "I see your bump!" comments. I keep telling people that is just my lunch/gas/bloat baby. But at 15wks tomorrow, could be an actual baby bump? Anyone else around 15wks and showing?  For some reason I feel like once I have a legitimate baby bump I will love to show it off, but I just feel kind of gross with this bloated belly popping out, so I keep trying to conceal it!

cvl105

I'm definitely starting to show.  I have a small bump during the day and then at night it gets bigger...which I attribute to bloat. 

OpheliaChem

cvl105:

I'm definitely starting to show.  I have a small bump during the day and then at night it gets bigger...which I attribute to bloat. 

 

This. If you can't suck it in and its still there in the morning, its a bump. I also go by the fact that my running tights, which have tight elastic at the top, don't squish in the bump. They just sit on top :-) At the beginning, they definitely squished in the bloat. 

LexGator

I have a little bump when I wake up in the morning (I'm probably the only one who would notice it), and it grows throughout the day. So, at 15 weeks, I think it's entirely possible to be bump, not just bloat.

~denise~

I always said that if you can't suck it in, its a bump. I'm starting to not be able to suck it in anymore.

ann_jeremiah

Funny... I have been telling DH that I think I'm starting to show. He tells me that he thinks that since I know I'm pregnant that I'm probably imagining it... last night as we were brushing our teeth he was poking fun at me again about thinking I'm showing... He asked me to turn to the side... I did. So, I told him.. Look - when I tighten my abs nothing happens anymore.. something use to happen. and Look - when I suck in my tummy as much as I can... it doesn't go anywhere anymore!

We are 11 weeks 1 day. )

ney426

i got my first few comments about a belly this week, and more than one person, but again most of which was at the end of the day, or after i had eaten lunch and snacked, etc.  I have always been a little bloaty after i eat, then it would shrink down, plus im only 5'4'' so there is not much space for a full belly to not stretch and not stick out... but my theory also is that i am so slowed with my metabolism that i think im just "full" for longer now, so the morning time there is no flat belly.  but i can kinda tell that at the lower end of my belly it is hard and sticking out.  the top i can suck in a little... so i dunno, embarrassed though when people are like "omg your showing so early" and im like thats just my belly full of food cuz i havent gone poop in days!  lol

kpaivel

On Monday I will be 15 weeks. I definitely think I am starting to show a little! I'm probably the only one who has noticed, then again, DH and I are the only ones who know right now (we are waiting until Christmas to tell everyone!) :-) :-)

SpceCadet

I'm 11w3d and have been "showing" for quite a while.  I had some serious bloat - so badly that I was never able to do the rubberband trick and a bella band would have been a waste.  I haven't been able to suck it in since 6w.

Oddly, I've lost weight in all areas and that weight has transfered to my belly area.  My actual weight on the scale has not changed up or down.  I'm not a petite woman and my OB said it's possible for me to not gain much at all.

LauraOTR

Just in the past week or so, I've noticed that there is a bump there in the morning when my bloat is gone. When I try to sick it in, it sucks in above the bump, but the bump doesn't budge. I'm pretty sure it's an actual bump, it's just not that obvious right now. It's a whole lot more obvious as the day progresses and bloating gets added on top of the bump.