I'll be 18 weeks tomorrow, and I still don't have a baby bump and I can't feel any baby movement or flutters. We've heard the heartbeat at each appointment and even saw it on a sono 3 weeks ago,. I'm gaining weight (exactly where I don't want it...butt, hips, thighs) and still have nausea, but there's still no resemblance of a baby bump.
It's my first pregnancy, so I wasn't expecting to show very early. But I thought I would at least look pregnant by now...not just chunky! I'm not really concerned, just anxious and wondering if this is common.
Any other first-timers not showing at this stage yet?
Re: 18 weeks and no bump
This may be tmi but
I went to the bathroom this am and dh said my stomach disappeared after going.
I can still fit in most of my regular clothes. I wore maternity jeans yesterday and they were falling off me, my regular jeans are too tight for comfort but before I was pregnant they were getting tight
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Hi!
I was feeling the same way at 18wks...however I think that is when I felt the first flutter, but only lying flat on my back and only once or twice. Then suddenly in the middle of week 19 it was like BOOM hello belly! Suddenly in I swear a matter of a few days I went from just looking like a gained a few pounds to being obviously pregnant. Now I am 20w2d and have an obvious defined bump. I am quite tall and have a long torso though, so depending on body type people show at different stages!
Also...it's just been in the past few days that I feel movement on a regular basis Try not to worry you'll have a big ol' bump in no time!
I was awkwardly-pregnant up until a week or so ago. I just looked kinda chunky through the middle (and everywhere else...). I started to wear maternity jeans around week 20, because I didn't want to buy regular jeans in a bigger size. I purposefully did that to motivate myself to lose the baby weight after the tiny one arrives. Now, at 23 weeks, I've finally "popped." It's nice when people start to recognize it at first. Of course, I am a first-timer, so I'm excited about people noticing.
I wouldn't worry about not feeling movement yet. It will be strong here in the next four weeks or so. I was having doubts myself so I bought a mini doppler on Amazon, so I could tune in to "Baby Radio" whenever I wanted. It was only $30, so it was well worth it to me.
Hope you feel better soon!
With my first I didn't really show a noticeable bump until I was almost 7mths along. This 2nd time it came MUCH MUCH sooner. Probably more like 3mths.
Its normal your first time around to not show until later.