How do you know?

Magalii · August 2013

How can you tell wether your starting to show a bit or your just bloating? I'm 9 weeks I'm not going to say its huge but I was a slim girl so I see a tiny bump sometimes it'll be huge but most of the time it'll be a tiny bump.

NicoleAnne416 · August 2013

Is the bump your entire belly or is the bump down very low just above your pelvis? I have both lol. My bump runs into my bloat in which I look 5 months pregnant at least. But being my third, my skin never "snapped" back for me so when I bloat, I BLOAT.

BiggerinRealLife · August 2013

Haha I want to know how you know when you've got extra padding on your tummy already?!? Sorry, can't help in the tiny baby bump department, but I've been wondering too.

apollonia10 · August 2013

I don't think the uterus comes over the public bone until week 12, so right now it's likely bloat. This was helpful to me:

https://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/exhibits/you/the-exhibit/your-beginning/make-room-for-baby/interactive

Magalii · August 2013

It's on the lower side, my pelvis, I can't wait to start showing!

kali55 · August 2013

I *think* it's all bloat at the moment. I'm looking forward to my jelly belly turning hard with baby bump

Xxooxtina · August 2013

I think its definitely bloat. I've been eating more "healthy" carbs, including gluten which i didnt have before, so im feeling thats what it is. I have more of a belly naturally anyways, so im hoping i stay looking normal for a while. At least till 12 weeks when i can start blabbing.

amhah09 · August 2013

It's kinda hard to tell at first. But technically the uterus doesn't come up out of the pelvis until like 13 weeks (?? I could be wrong) so if you're showing before that it's feasibly just bloat.

Even when I think I'm showing if I look back on comparison pictures later it's pretty obvious that belly at 10 weeks was major bloat and belly at 16 weeks was baby.

ksulli · August 2013

I'm not showing by any means, and what you do see is bloat, but I can feel the firmness starting to come up out from my pelvis if I push on it. I make big babies (DD was 9lb10oz, no GD), so with this being #2 I'm expecting a belly sooner rather than later.

Luma88 · August 2013

apollonia10 said:

I don't think the uterus comes over the public bone until week 12, so right now it's likely bloat. This was helpful to me:

https://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/exhibits/you/the-exhibit/your-beginning/make-room-for-baby/interactive

This was sooo cool!

speechie517 · August 2013

Xxooxtina said:

I think its definitely bloat. I've been eating more "healthy" carbs, including gluten which i didnt have before, so im feeling thats what it is. I have more of a belly naturally anyways, so im hoping i stay looking normal for a while. At least till 12 weeks when i can start blabbing.

I wasn't a big carb person before and I swear the addition is making me look like I grew a spare tire over the weekend. I'm petrified my gut is going to do the talking before I can.

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