Obvious bump much? (Calling early May)

ladyteach0505 · October 2014

Out of curiosity, does anyone's stomach seem bumped out like mine? I've noticed in the morning my stomach doesn't seem to be flat anymore, which makes me wonder how much of this photo is bloating. I'm 11 weeks Friday. No weight gain either, which is like, super strange also. Early May-ers maybe you can chime in?

(Sorry if this posts sideways. I have no idea how to flip on mobile)

lgsdesigner · October 2014

You can "pop" around 12 weeks. It does look pretty prominent, but mine looks the exact same way and I am only 6w5d....which is bloat.

OnceInLoveWithAmy · October 2014

It's bloat. A lot of us have this issue right now.

ladyteach0505 · October 2014

Hmm... So this is unusual for a first pregnancy, right?!

kj808 · October 2014

Mine looks the same, and i'm only 8w5d. It doesn't go away anymore... it's a permablump.

OnceInLoveWithAmy · October 2014

ladyteach0505 said:
Hmm... So this is unusual for a first pregnancy, right?!

I don't think so..?

ladyteach0505 · October 2014

Okay, that makes me feel a little better! My anxiety causes me to start worse casing like what if this is something abnormal? Nothing I can do it about, but it's just weird this soon.

Poppy715 · October 2014

No, it's not unusual to bloat during the first tri of your first pg.

happyzoe · October 2014

I'm due on 1st May and my stomach looks exactly like this, a small little bump at the very bottom of my belly. Was also wondering if it was the start of a bump or just bloating but it's hard and permanently there x

ladyteach0505 · October 2014

Oops! I think my mobile is slowing me down. Some of my responses don't match the right comments! But yeah I'm an IVFer so I have an exact conception date. Holy wow. Guess I'm bloated! Ultimate bloat.

jennnyboomboom · October 2014

ladyteach0505 said:

Oops! I think my mobile is slowing me down. Some of my responses don't match the right comments! But yeah I'm an IVFer so I have an exact conception date. Holy wow. Guess I'm bloated! Ultimate bloat.

I'm in the same boat as you AND an IVF'r! Did we transfer on the same day? My EED is 5/1 too!

Pintobean39 · October 2014

Don't we have a day that everyone can show their bloat pictures?

ladyteach0505 · October 2014

Well, it didn't strike me as bloat when I woke up without a flat stomach today. Today's definitely a first...

ladyteach0505 · October 2014

jennnyboomboom said:

ladyteach0505 said:

Oops! I think my mobile is slowing me down. Some of my responses don't match the right comments! But yeah I'm an IVFer so I have an exact conception date. Holy wow. Guess I'm bloated! Ultimate bloat.

I'm in the same boat as you AND an IVF'r! Did we transfer on the same day? My EED is 5/1 too!

5DT on August 13!

@jennnyboomboom

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DDranch · October 2014

Ill be 11 w on Saturday and my doctor told me that mine is bump not just bloat. Not that ur baby is that big but it's ur bump preparing for baby. I've lost 6 pounds and I had a flat stomach and now I look like this.
Girls on here just need to learn that everyone is diff. Don't ask us. Ask ur doctor. It's not always bloat at this stage. There is a chance it's not bloat.

ladyteach0505 · October 2014

@DDranch That's really interesting. Cheers for the uterus expansion.

DDranch · October 2014

My baby is the size of a lime so I know it's not baby but our uterus is expanding and My doc confirmed with ultrasound that I'm carrying high, so I'll show a little sooner. Plus I was pretty skinny before.. Everybody is diff:) frustrating how people are so quick to judge u for thinking it's bump not bloat. They don't know ur body, you and your doctor know ur body. Not strangers on a blog lol @ladyteach0505‌

sabriel1 · October 2014

DDranch said:

My baby is the size of a lime so I know it's not baby but our uterus is expanding and My doc confirmed with ultrasound that I'm carrying high, so I'll show a little sooner. Plus I was pretty skinny before.. Everybody is diff:) frustrating how people are so quick to judge u for thinking it's bump not bloat. They don't know ur body, you and your doctor know ur body. Not strangers on a blog lol @ladyteach0505‌

This is not a blog - fyi

That's right, we don't know her body but she asked us to chime in, so yes from my non medical/ non all-knowing perspective OP's looks like bloat to me

jennnyboomboom · October 2014

ladyteach0505 said:

ladyteach0505 said:

Oops! I think my mobile is slowing me down. Some of my responses don't match the right comments! But yeah I'm an IVFer so I have an exact conception date. Holy wow. Guess I'm bloated! Ultimate bloat.

I'm in the same boat as you AND an IVF'r! Did we transfer on the same day? My EED is 5/1 too!
5DT on August 13! @jennnyboomboom

Ditto!! IVF twins!!

DDranch · October 2014

holly1416 said:

DDranch said:

My baby is the size of a lime so I know it's not baby but our uterus is expanding and My doc confirmed with ultrasound that I'm carrying high, so I'll show a little sooner. Plus I was pretty skinny before.. Everybody is diff:) frustrating how people are so quick to judge u for thinking it's bump not bloat. They don't know ur body, you and your doctor know ur body. Not strangers on a blog lol @ladyteach0505‌

This is not a blog - fyi

That's right, we don't know her body but she asked us to chime in, so yes from my non medical/ non all-knowing perspective OP's looks like bloat to me

Oh my lol.

Pintobean39 · October 2014

I actually didn't start showing until well past my 20th week with my first. I got married when I was about 14 weeks and the damn bloated was screwing up my dress. It would fit one day and not the next. I was about a size 0/1 back then.

I'm 6 1/2 weeks now, I have bloat that's there in the morning too. My stomach muscles aren't nearly as tight now that I'm 40 as they were when I was 18. I can't even hold in gas anymore.

staccajaye · October 2014

Starbuck128 said:

I'm 12 weeks tomorrow, STM and on the small side. I'm definitely not showing yet. It's all bloat. When I lie down on my back, it disappears. When I do start showing, it will be obviously different than any bloat, even bloat that is around 24/7. If you have to ask, you are bloated.

YAY!!! Happy day before 12 weeks x

Leslie2003 · October 2014

My theory is that, no it isn't baby, but your uterus is growing and pushing things up.

So is it bloat? Probably not at 11 weeks, is it baby? Nope. But it is definitely your belly growing as things are pushed up.

ladyteach0505 · October 2014

@leslie2003 That's my DH's opinion too.

Charmedseed · October 2014

Kind of along those lines, does the "pop" feel any different than bloating?

ladyteach0505 · October 2014

Good question! I'd like to know too. My SIL said she felt a lot of stretching between three and four months. But the big shift I'm not sure.

Leslie2003 · October 2014

Nope. Your belly will feel harder and less squishy as baby grows but that's it.

Heavier, too.

ldmw · October 2014

I'm a FTM due 5/1 and am thin just like you, OP. The past few weeks, I've had a blump in the evenings. Over the last day or two, I noticed a more permanent bump. Could be our organs preparing for baby and a little bit of bloat. Either way, in my book a bump is a bump no matter what the reason for it.

heathersf11 · October 2014

I am due on 5/1. I used to be able to suck in my blump, and now I can't. I think it is permablump now, although I also think some things may have shifted around in there a little to make room for my expanding ute. I can no longer button most of my pants without feeling uncomfortable pressure. I have gained about a pound at most.

meredith6484 · October 2014

I am 11 weeks tomorrow. I totally understand the bump!

kaynix21 · October 2014

I have lots of bloat at night that definitely gives me a yucky weird belly. But it's only at night which is nice.

ashleymritchie · October 2014

Looks like my stomach as well. And 11 weeks today!

sdrhodes12 · October 2014

I'm 11 weeks.. Feeling the bloated bump!

juliensmom · October 2014

So is the the second time moms that are exp the bloat bump earlier in pg more intensely? I'm almost ten weeks and feel like since everything has already been stretched out once my body was like screw it, lets get bloated an look pregnant. My friends that are all having their first babies do not recall such intense bloat.

dj99 · October 2014

@ladyteach0505‌ and @jennyboomboom how about some IVF triplets ? We did 5 DT on August 13th as well

hbn7614 · October 2014

After 3 kids I'm just fat with extra skin.

skupski83 · October 2014

Maybe it's half and half? I'm 10w4d and I have a small bump. It feelsd different then when I was bloated because it's firm. Though maybe I just have to fart

xxstephh · October 2014

According to my doctor , the bump usually starts when your uterus starts to come above you pelvic bone, he said anywhere from 9-10 weeks up, but only your doctor would tell if it's starting too , if it's not it's probably bloat, you should ask your doctor

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