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Baby Bumps...I'm confused

barclayribarclayri member
in December 2012 Moms

So....when does your stomach feel hard? I'm clearly showing and bigger in the abdomen than 14 weeks ago, but my stomach is not hard... this is my first and I'm completely clueless.

 People are already touching my stomach but I feel emabarrased b/c it just feels like fat and not a hard bump?

Any suggestions?

 

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  • celestefelicecelestefelice member
    imagebarclayri:

    Any suggestions?

     

    On how to make your stomach hard? Yeah...don't poop or fart. It's made my entire abdomen hard as a rock for 3 weeks now. 

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  • jenyjenyjenyjeny member

    The further along you get, the harder it will feel. I remember mine feeling "hard" sometime after 20 weeks. It's like, as your uterus rises, and the baby gets bigger, you feel a lot more baby, and a lot less 'softness'. 

    You may have moments here and there, where you feel the hardness though. I find in the evenings, my 'baby' bump feels a lot harder. Like heavier, and my skin feels more pulled. Whereas in the mornings sometimes It doesn't feel really pregnant at all! just flubby. lol.

    I think around 25-30 weeks, you will really feel the hardness. The more you can feel the baby moving, the more it feels hard. (from what I remember).  

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  • barclayribarclayri member

    It's just at what point does your stomach feel hard? Or is it the classic every body is different?

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  • bsn1752bsn1752 member
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    It's just at what point does your stomach feel hard? Or is it the classic every body is different?

    There were two responses previously answering your question.  It really is different for everyone though.

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  • MelleTXMelleTX member

    Mine is rock hard right below my belly button (and underneath the layer of fat). But I have two in there so I may be earlier than others. 

    I have noticed that having the babies below my belly button has pushed all the fat up above my belly button which is the area that people actually want to touch and rub.

    I had to tell someone "Um, that's fat not baby" 

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  • robyn2201robyn2201 member
    My lower abdomen is already hard. As your baby and uterus grow, it will move higher up. I believe I read that around 20 weeks your uterus should be to your belly button. But like others have mentioned, it's different with each person. 
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  • barclayribarclayri member

    Thank you BSN, those two posts were added while I was typing. But I understand.

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  • 3litttlebirds3litttlebirds member
    I am 20 weeks and mine is not consistently hard. Like a PP said, it's squishier in the morning and feels harder/tighter in the evenings. 
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  • LaceAndLiliesLaceAndLilies
    My bump is hard most of the time, but that's fairly recent. I think it depends on the person and the position of the baby. Today's ultrasound showed that my LO is pretty high in my uterus, so I'm thinking that has something to do with it.
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