Does your belly feel like it's growing?

mcneelys2005 · July 2012

Maybe I am expecting too much here but I feel like my bump isn't getting too too big. I am 22 weeks today and feel him moving pretty frequently and listen the heartbeat with my doppler all the time. However, I just feel I should be getting bigger, quicker now. How about you ladies?

abs99 · July 2012

That is me... I hate looking like I spent too much time at the taco cart.... ready to have a cute bump!

ngarden01 · July 2012

I feel absolutely huge after I eat.. but otherwise I know my bump is there and I guess I don't even really think about it. It's a bump and it should be

BrittanyDoesDerby · July 2012

I swear I just woke up one day and I looked pregnant rather than questionably bloated.

It will happen eventually. Everyone is different!

NikkiF2012 · July 2012

I know exactly how you feel. I have noticed that the stomach is getting bigger but I still haven't "popped" yet. So right now I look like someone who doesn't know when to say no to food. I think it's going to happen soon though but we'll see.

twister22 · July 2012

With DS no one could tell I was pregnant until around 8 months (I started out petite, and never looked "fat," I was just really little and you couldn't tell I was pregnant) at which point people thought I was having twins.. freaking awesome.

This time, I feel HUGE already and hate it. Family & friends tell me how cute my bump is, but I think to strangers I just look fat. Ugh.

maestra816 · July 2012

I second that! I feel fluffy, not pregnant.

vlevitt · July 2012

i feel the same. sometimes i feel like an utter fraud wearing maternity clothes, 'cause i just look a little tubbier than usual.

oh well, i guess i should just be content with still being able to cross my legs, tie my own shoes and sit on the floor, cause the big belly is definitely coming.

Babykicks · July 2012

I'm at 21 weeks today and I'm definitely seeing a size increase. Everyone grows at different rates though, so I wouldn't worry. My sister said her bump popped out at 23 weeks so maybe next week will be the week for you. It seems I'm putting on more weight now. My mom said that she put on weight towards the beginning and middle and then slowed down towards the end, so I'm thinking that is probably my schedule.

sogborn1 · July 2012

I def "popped" in the past week. Have a definite bump now! Big Smile

mcneelys2005 · July 2012

I do have a bump I just feel like it should be getting bigger each week but I guess it only gets noticably bigger every so often if it grew noticeably every week we'd be elephants by the time the LO's are here lol Hubby felt him kick hard the other day it was such a bittersweet moment.

KatyDidlettes · July 2012

ugh! I have been showing since week 11! I guess I am a smaller person, but you would think it would have been less obvious. There is no question there is a baby going on. I feel like a boat and I am only 19 weeks!! I hate to think how enormous I will actually get!

NoeliaV · July 2012

I feel like I popped out a couple weeks ago, but haven't gotten much bigger since then. I'm probably due for a growth spurt ;-)

alr5k · July 2012

BrittanyDoesDerby:

I swear I just woke up one day and I looked pregnant rather than questionably bloated.

It will happen eventually. Everyone is different!

This is how I feel too. I went to sleep and just looked chubby, I woke up and actually looked and felt pregnant.

jeanbean13 · July 2012

I've had a growth spurt during the last few weeks. I look obviously pregnant now at 20 weeks. So much so that even strangers are asking me about being pregnant. I too worry about how big I will get if I continue to grow at this pace :-)

MeaganG11 · July 2012

I feel like my body maybe worked on this in reverse. I got my bloated-belly-that-can-pass-for-pregnant-belly around 13 weeks, so I LOOKED like I could be pregnant (and farther along than 13 weeks) at that point (up until then I had horrendous bloating, but could hide it under clothes). I never really had the "double bump" where my belly indented in the middle to separate bloat from baby, but my body has slowly started filling in from the bottom up. I looked like I was carrying really high at about 13-18 weeks, but now it's starting to settle downward to where baby actually is. The downside to this is I look way more pregnant than a girl I work with who is 27-28 weeks along. She is JUST NOW starting to get a bump, so I get all the side-eyes when people ask us both how far along we are and then see the belly size difference. :P

+Sparky+ · July 2012

I'm definitely just as fat as I was before. I'm not showing one bit, but I have noticed that my belly has a hard lump growing in it. I am guessing that I might pop soon. Hopefully by 25 weeks or so. It would be fun to at least look a little pregnant.

ambrlynn8 · July 2012

BrittanyDoesDerby:
I swear I just woke up one day and I looked pregnant rather than questionably bloated.
It will happen eventually. Everyone is different!

This is exactly what happened to me. At 18 weeks, we knew it was a boy, and I was talking to girls at work, and they couldn't believe I was 18 weeks. I kept being told I didn't look pregnant at all. Of course, tell a pregnant woman that, she thinks she looks fat, lol. Suddenly at 20 weeks, I looked down and suddenly there was a pretty big bump, compared to nothing at all. I'd say it doubled overnight. I know I look pregnant now.

We've also been taking pictures every week and there's been pretty little change until all of a sudden at 20 weeks.

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