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Pregnant after 35
I don't mean to sound ungrateful but...
I think it is too early, but I definitely have a "bump". I still can't tell if it's a gas/bloat bump or a real bump, but it no longer disappears in the morning and I seem to have lost my waist and contour. I just did not think it would happen so soon! I thought that since I am "little" (I am 5'1" and 98 lbs), I would not show until much later. When I saw the change in my shape yesterday and this morning, I went into a mini panic attack and finally felt this was real. I honestly don't mean to sound ungrateful since I have wanted a little bump for so long, but I think I am just shocked.
Did any of you feel this way when you finally had a bump?
How soon did you "show"?
You can also tell me I sound awful, ungrateful and vain. Please feel free to knock some sense into me if needed 
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Re: I don't mean to sound ungrateful but...
!5 weeks is about right. I understand about the body image stuff, right when the bloat seems to have faded you realize your waist is gone. It doesn't happen with everyone, but it was a tricky transition for me as well.
The good news is the more clearly pregnant I look, the less self-conscious about it I get.
Isn't it something? I was just thinking the other day, I couldn't wait to have a bumb, now I have a basketball and wanted my flat stomach back. What a non-decisive person I am. LOL!
What you're feeling is completely normal. And being that you are very small, that's why your showing so early. Enjoy being able to move around with ease. I was just wrestling around with my SO and felt the need to rest. He beat me.
Being plus size, I was glad to see a bump at all. Folks at work didn't really noticed (or inquire) that I was pg until my 6 mo. Now, it looks like I'm carrying a basketball around under my clothes.
Pearly, I thought I was alone in 'fighting' for body/space rights with my LO .. he's quite demanding!
I spent 9 months (ironically!) losing 50 pounds before I got pregnant - I had 40 more to goal.
I've been struggling a lot with food and body image all of my life and was finally getting a grip on things.
I've got a food addiction and body dismorphic disorder - being pregnant has knocked me clear off the wagon I was on. I struggle even now - VERY visably pregnant and NOT fat - when I look in the mirror. Occassionally my brain allows me to really SEE my body for what it is, pregnant. But usually I see fat. it's been really hard. Rationally, I know the truth. But because of my 'issues' it's been really hard.
I've seen a "bump" for awhile now - around 14 or 15 weeks - and I've been taking a few pictures here and there so that I can go back and tell my brain "told you so" in an effort to align my perception.
Ok - I'm not sure any of that made any sense...my brain is a really messed up place to be when it comes to body image. I'm just used to the chaos...
I started showing at about 15 weeks as well. And the "littler" you are, the sooner you would show. I understand how you feel, I felt the same way:) But you get used to it...until it gets really big and then you want to be done with the pregnancy:)
We have not done "showing your bump" photos in weeks. Maybe it is time to do it again...:)
You are right! we haven't! Tomorrow is HDBD (hump day, bump day) so lets post them. I want to see McWhittaker. To see the difference between how she was carring and now that she dropped....Plus I have been getting a lot of "Your so small for only having 4 weeks left" I think I'm huge!
I am also really small although not short (5'6" and 110 lbs) and didn't start showing until about 20 weeks with both pregnancies. It's still not obvious when I am clothed. I had the same body image issues but less so this time around, as I know I got my flat stomach back right away after DD1 and was back in prepregnancy clothes leaving the hospital.
Seemed to me that ladies that were short waisted start to show really early.
I was definitely showing by 16 weeks.
I think how long your torso is makes a huge difference. I am very long waisted and didn't show until around 20-22 weeks, however my sister in law (very short) showed by 14-15 weeks
Haribo- you definitely need to post a bump picture for us tomorrow