Squishy bump...a question for plus sized ladies...

AbJams · January 2010

I was overweight pre-pregnancy, and have a good amount of belly fat. I definitely have a "bump", things have sort of changed shape, but it's still squishy, unless I'm lying down, then I can feel my uterus pretty easily now. So my question is for the other chubster moms... has your bump gotten hard yet? Will it?!

Temp9692015347082299 · January 2010

My bump seems harder when i'm standing up especially up at the top near my ribs. My lower belly is still squishy and I doubt that will change. Sitting down my bump is a little softer butstill sticks out.

VampyAuthor · January 2010

My bump is hard. It started hardening about 20 to 21w. I still feel chunky but it's definitely a hard baby bump. See 26w in siggy

Mommy2James · January 2010

I have a nice bump but its not hard....firm but not hard.

as you stomach gets bigger it will round out and get firmer.

beebe929 · January 2010

With DD it took until 28wks+ to have 1 belly. Before that I kinda had 2, a separation at the waist. It is kinda the same with this one too.

It did get hard and normal though.

AlishaMay · January 2010

I may only be 16 weeks, since I have twins I'm measuring the same as a 22w with a singleton. While my bump has gotten harder, I still have a little bit of extra padding. I'm sure it will go away eventually though.

Maplebear · January 2010

My bump finally started rounding out and getting harder this week. Now it looks like I'm pregnant rather than just chunky.

AbJams · January 2010

MrsJazzAirForceWife:
My bump is hard. It started hardening about 20 to 21w. I still feel chunky but it's definitely a hard baby bump. See 26w in siggy

Your bump pic is actually what made me think about it, because yours look so cute! Mine only looks truly bumpish in maternity pants or with the Be Band to like, hold it up. I also think my LO is way low.

earthycrunchymama · January 2010

I lost 2/3 my body weight in 12 months and therefore had a ton of loose skin in my abdomen. (it's freaky what weightloss does!) now its just a bit thicker and getting its elasticity back (it was like playdough - poke my belly and it left a mark for a while!) but with all the skin I can't feel/see much IMO.

its not the same as overweight, but its stuff that doesn't "belong" there!

Rachelilly23 · January 2010

beebe929:
With DD it took until 28wks+ to have 1 belly. Before that I kinda had 2, a separation at the waist. It is kinda the same with this one too.

It did get hard and normal though.

I was wondering when I would have 1 belly... I have 2 lumps right now that I wish would just combine themselves!

I'm not quite plus sized, but I am overweight and am pretty squishy right now. It feels firmer to me when I sit or stand. Laying down, it feels like all mush.

october252008 · January 2010

I'm still waiting for my cute, round baby bump! Basically, I've just gotten wider and thicker (especially in hips and thighs) - I've put on 17 lbs! I, like you, can feel my uterus when I'm lying down, but it's still squishy upright.

justbdais4 · January 2010

I'm 36 weeks now and don't worry your bump will get nicely rounded and will hardened. Maybe not as perky as someone who is all skin and bones but it will just as cute. You will be able to see your belly move cause of the baby and feel the babys shoulder or rear end depending on the position.

SomeChurchillQuote · January 2010

I kept waiting for my pregnancy bloat to turn into a bump... I am 20 weeks and this happened, seemingly suddenly, around week 18. I am not plus sized, but I am a little overweight. So, I think my bump looks and feels like a normal 5 month bump; it just took a little longer for the bump to emerge from the belly fat. I just try to remember that every body is different.

VampyAuthor · January 2010

AbJams:

MrsJazzAirForceWife:
My bump is hard. It started hardening about 20 to 21w. I still feel chunky but it's definitely a hard baby bump. See 26w in siggy

Your bump pic is actually what made me think about it, because yours look so cute! Mine only looks truly bumpish in maternity pants or with the Be Band to like, hold it up. I also think my LO is way low.

Thanks so much for saying it's cute I admit in my last pics I kept looking at it going, "do I look chunky of pregnant?" I think Lo sits very high or at least it feels like she is. Maybe with your LO sitting lower it can affect the look of the bump. I have a be band but I haven't worn it yet, I just got mine because lately, I don't know how to explain it but my belly feels a lot heavier.

Jitterbug2668 · January 2010

Mine is still squishy but its definitely there. It looks like my fat roll has gotten bigger - at least thats where I'm mostly poking out.

slc2b · January 2010

I definitely just look like I got fatter and I hear you all on the 2 stomachs thing, ugh. I know my lo is sitting very low still cause when I try to find him/her on the doppler the hb is still way low.

kayteatrudeau · January 2010

Thanks for posting this! I had about 35 lbs. on me before I got pregnant. I think if I was thinner I would definately be showing but really it looks like one tiny bump up top and a quite normal size bump on the bottom. If my belly button popped I would definately look pregnant.

Hoping it waits to pop until week 23 when I'm done my temp job.

KRISTA555 · January 2010

yep, I've got the two bellies too! lol... glad I'm not the only one. It looks more like a pregnancy belly if I let it all hang out... but even before I got pregnant if I wanted to I could look pregnant (only when I was being silly! lol)

Oh if it helps, I'm size 16- 18 for jeans, and size large or xl for tops pre-pregnancy.

leneae10 · January 2010

AlishaMay:
I may only be 16 weeks, since I have twins I'm measuring the same as a 22w with a singleton. While my bump has gotten harder, I still have a little bit of extra padding. I'm sure it will go away eventually though.

This is me, too. It feels firm (not hard) underneath some padding when I'm standing up Definitely when I lay down it's just all squish though. I've been losing weight and notice it elsewhere, meanwhile the belly is getting bigger. My wrists, arms, hands, face, legs are thinning out a tiny bit.

MorissaW · January 2010

I am not plus sized but all my extra weight is in my belly- I am about 30 lbs overweight PP.

My belly is still very squishy. With my last pregnancy my son was really high and the bottom of my belly was pretty squishy till the very end when he dropped. I am carrying the same way this time. It is weird because my belly is pretty hard above my belly button. When I lie down it is all squish.

Emmab12 · January 2010

I cant speak for everyone, but I was a size 12 before pregnancy, and my tummy is still not very hard, this week it is definitely more rounder and harder than last week but still not what I was expecting for 26 weeks. I think by week 30 it will be a lot more noticeable!

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