When did you stop hiding your bump?

Re: When did you stop hiding your bump?

• mandyreads member

  September 2014

  I've had a bump since around 10 weeks. That was about when I couldn't hide it anymore. Sad I know. Everyone asked if I was sure we weren't having twins. 23 weeks now and I am out there.

  

  
  

  Proud Mom to Kaleigh (14yr) Emma (12yr) and Hanna (7yr)

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• NicoleWI member

  September 2014

  I couldn't hide it. I'm one of those people who looked pregnant (I won't say "showed" b/c people get all up in arms about it being bloat) super early every time. By this one, #4, random acquaintances asked if I was "expecting" at 7 weeks!!! I officially started telling people and stopped trying to hide after our first u/s, but I still only told people who were actually seeing me in person. I waited until end of first tri to tell others.

  

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• Lazzlee79 member

  September 2014

  I'm on baby #3 and I already want to let my belly just hang out..  I'll have to keep it under wraps (literally) a little while longer!

   

   

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Samuelismomma member

  September 2014

  I never really hid it but I'm petite so if the shirt is big you can't really tell but if I wear something tight people know but guess me earlier than I am!

  ***ticker warning*** DS 3/27/12 born 6 weeks early....my perfect boy !! [url=http://lilypie.com][img]http://lb1f.lilypie.com/z5R8p1.png[/img][/url] <a href="http://www.thebump.com/?

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• mwerren member

  September 2014

  11 weeks when my jeans refused to button anymore and I couldn't suck my gut in any longer. It feels so liberating to finally let my belly protrude as much as it wants to!

  
  

  

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• MsMacual member

  September 2014

  I stopped trying to hide it when I switched from working in the office to home with my latest contract (I was about 15w at that point).  I didn't tell them that I was pregnant so I was trying to keep it under wraps as long as possible.  It was super obivous to me that I was pregnant, but the reality is that I just looked like I was getting fatter. 
  
  After that, I was careful about what I wore for a long time when I went on interviews.  Eventually, I started telling the HR person during my phone screen that I was pregnant and didn't try to hide anything when I had f2f meetings.
  

  

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• ksgsmu member

  September 2014

  I stopped being able to hide it at 16 weeks...
  

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  Me DX: Hashimotos,Hypothyroid, DOR, MTHFR,  DH: normal
  
   IUI #1-#4 BFNs and a few cancelled cycles in the mix.
  - poor responder
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• itsmevkb member

  September 2014

  I was 8 weeks on Wednesday and wore a maternity dress to work yesterday.  After I had my first child it seemed the upper part of my stomach got bigger and that's just increased with each pregnancy.  So, right now I have this cute upper belly bump and then nothing below it, which is just weird.
  

  Kelly, Mom to Christopher Shannon 9.27.06, Catherine Quinn 2.24.09, Trey Barton lost on 12.28.09, Therese Barton lost on 6.10.10, Joseph Sullivan 7.23.11, and our latest, Victoria Maren 11.15.12

  Secondary infertility success with IVF, then two losses, one at 14 weeks and one at 10 weeks, then success with IUI and then just pure, crazy luck.  Expecting our fifth in May as the result of a FET.

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• mdogan29 member

  September 2014

  I've been using a Bella Band since about week 8, so I've never been able to hide it and I didn't want to anyway.
  

  
  
  ME: 38, DH: 42, stopped BCPS 1/2013, TTC #1 2/2013, AMH 0.4, started acupuncture: 7/2013,
  BFP: 10/07/2013; MC 10/15/2013 @ 7 wks (natural), focused on health issues for 7 months.
  TTC again: 6/2014, 2nd round Letrozole, BFP 7/7/2014!!! --- EDD 3/18/2015!!!
  
  
  

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• supersarah77 member

  September 2014

  I don't have a bump yet but don't plan to hide it. As long as we see a heartbeat at our first appointment at 8 weeks, I know odds of m/c are very slim (<5% I believe?), and I'll be fine sharing the news. 

  Me: 38, DH: 35

  

  
  

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• vintagemom42 member

  November 2014

  The second it felt uncomfortable I was done. By 9 weeks bloat was unbearable. My jeans won't fit. And my thighs gained some so it was hard to pull pants up.

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• Samuelismomma member

  November 2014

  I didn't hide it and still don't but if I wear sweat shirt people don't notice it:( I like to wear tight shirts sometimes just to show I'm baking something here...lol

  ***ticker warning*** DS 3/27/12 born 6 weeks early....my perfect boy !! [url=http://lilypie.com][img]http://lb1f.lilypie.com/z5R8p1.png[/img][/url] <a href="http://www.thebump.com/?

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• mattandlora member

  November 2014

  Still hiding mine at 19 weeks. It is obvious to people who know. But to people who don't know, I look like I'm in the mysterious pregnant-or-just-fat stage. I will probably keep hiding until it is obvious I am just pregnant. With the first one, that wasn't until 27 or 28ish weeks.

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  Current Age 35, DH 33

  Married 9/2011

  BFP 8/2012, Miscarried 9/2012

  BFP 9/2012, DS 6/2013

  BFP 6/2014, Miscarried 7/2014

  BFP 7/2014, DD 4/2015

  
  

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• niknak1208 member

  November 2014

  I feel like I can't hide it now!!!  But at this point people probably think I just ate a whopper instead of actually looking pregnant. lol 

  
  

  I definitely feel like I have more of a belly at almost 11 weeks than I did with my first two.  But I'm not into maternity wear yet.  I have just been wearing my 'fat' pants.  That seems to have worked for now.  I am sure it won't be long and I have no interest in hiding it. I don't care who knows. 

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

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• KirstenAlecia member

  November 2014

  so far no need to hide. 9 weeks and not showing yet. I do get bloated but not so much its pushing my tummy out. All my clothes fit so I feel good about that. We will be letting people know in a few more weeks so i wont feel the need to hide

  
  

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• tahitiandreamin member

  November 2014

  At 11w I have very little bump so no need to hide it.  Once I'm out at work (likely in the next week or two) I really won't care about any bloat that comes at the end of the day.  I think that it probably helps that I have no appetite so I'm eating less than normal.

  
  

  

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• ThreeXsaCharm member

  November 2014

  Never, ever tried to hide mine.  I LOVE, LOVE being pregnant and having a bump.  My last pregnancy (five years ago) I was at our pool with a bikini on and my bump in the sun.  We're having a summer baby again and although my bikini days are over..there's nothing wrong with a pee-a-boo tankini..

  
  

  I am very early and bang on 6 weeks today.  I suspect I won't have a bump for several more weeks. Those of us who have been pregnant before before tend to show earlier than the FT moms..most of the time anyway..  I'll be living in leggings with sweaters and boots this winter..

  

     

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• MisDawnD member

  November 2014

  
  

  itsmevkb said:

    So, right now I have this cute upper belly bump and then nothing below it, which is just weird.
  

  I have the same upper belly bump that has been there since about 7 weeks. It is increasing of course but has made it very hard to hide at all. I'm not really trying to hide but hearing others I felt like it was too early.
  So glad to read everyone's answers to this question!
  

  

  
  

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• Lm92599 member

  November 2014

  I am a little over 10 weeks and my bump just started showing. I am not trying to hide it anymore. I still feel though like I am in this awkward bloated period before full bump popping. I wish it would just pop already so this bloat would disappear. I love being pregnant. No maternity clothes just lots of work out and yoga pants.
  

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  DH: 31 Fair DNA fragmentation test Normal SA
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  09-21-13 start IVF #1
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  10-18 started BCP
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  11-20 scheduled date of FET #1
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  April 2014- IUI#1  BFN
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  June 2014 IUI#3 BFN
  
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• marijaa333 member

  November 2014

  13w2d and today was the first morning that i couldn't button my pants (usually i have to switch to the hair elastic trick after lunch). I don't plan to tell work for another couple of weeks so will be hiding until then.

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• chucktgirl member

  November 2014

  I'm at 22wks, and am at that breaking stage. So I guess by next week I'll probably be obvious whether I want to or not.
  

  
  

  
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