So this just happened... I was trying on dresses yesterday (14w6d) and that belly was just sticking out. There is a little bit of uterus, but most of it is bloat and fat I think. Now I'm in that awkward moment of: do I try to hide it or do I show it off? In real life it looks more like I let myself go than it looks like I'm pregnant...
So this just happened... I was trying on dresses yesterday (14w6d) and that belly was just sticking out. There is a little bit of uterus, but most of it is bloat and fat I think. Now I'm in that awkward moment of: do I try to hide it or do I show it off? In real life it looks more like I let myself go than it looks like I'm pregnant...
I'm pretty much where you are. 14 weeks today with my third. Would post a pic but I don't know how. Lol I'm still trying to hide it cuz I feel like it's not obviously a baby bump yet.
So this just happened... I was trying on dresses yesterday (14w6d) and that belly was just sticking out. There is a little bit of uterus, but most of it is bloat and fat I think. Now I'm in that awkward moment of: do I try to hide it or do I show it off? In real life it looks more like I let myself go than it looks like I'm pregnant...
I'm pretty much where you are. 14 weeks today with my third. Would post a pic but I don't know how. Lol I'm still trying to hide it cuz I feel like it's not obviously a baby bump yet.
This is my first though. Bump is less prominent today than it was yesterday, although still there. I pulled the tunic back so the bump is visible (the tunic is loose and hides it well). I must have been majorly bloated yesterday! (PS: I'm in hotel room)
Was trying on new maternity clothes and we all know that accentuates it... ugh 13 weeks with Baby Boy #5.... only gained 4 pounds so ugh... I've gotta decide if I wanna hide it or flaunt it
14+1 and bloated from lunch. Don't mind the grimey work bathroom. Question for STM+ moms - when did you pop with your first? I'm trying to avoid the dreaded maternity uniform for as long as possible but I only have maybe 3/4" until I can't button my pants any more...
I had one pair of maternity pants at 16 weeks but didn't have to switch my work ones until after 20 weeks. Looking at my pictures from DD, it was 23 weeks. I sort of looked "fuller" around my midsection and then suddenly my 23 week picture was like... yeah, that's a baby bump.
This time I feel like I look like my 20 week picture with DD already.
15w5d....its bloat and a tiny tiny bump. But really I just feel like I've gained 10lbs. Sorry for the duplicate photos technology is not my friend these days.
14+1 and bloated from lunch. Don't mind the grimey work bathroom. Question for STM+ moms - when did you pop with your first? I'm trying to avoid the dreaded maternity uniform for as long as possible but I only have maybe 3/4" until I can't button my pants any more...
21 weeks but I was doing the hair band/maternity band trick for a few weeks before that. I didn't fit (unbuttoned) into my pre-pregnancy jeans at around the start of the third tri. DD had some growth restriction late in pregnancy (34 weeks on) so I didn't get huge, but this is 37 weeks and that shirt is one of my pre-pregnancy tees.
Idk how military rules work with modification, but could you do the hair tie trick under your belt or add a maternity band to help hold them up?
@mrstrax that's my plan until I actually pop and you can see my bump in uniform. Luckily they don't make tops small enough for someone my size, so I have lots of room to grow!
My new Halloween shirt came! I got a small and it's so big!
@AmadorRose I was thinking about this. I am so glad I'm back to being a reservist so I really only have to deal with that once a month. But I have girls in my unit who never bought new pants, they just got some larger tops and made sure the top covered the belt line. I will probably end up doing that as well as I cannot justify a maternity uniform for only a handful of drills
@JulienneNicole after trying on maternity pants for the first time today, I'm realizing that the pants may not be a bad thing. I wouldn't buy them to only wear for a couple weeks each month, but for every day I'll be glad to get the free issue!
@AmadorRose do you maybe have a friend you could borrow a larger pair of pants from? Or just buy one pair of maternity pants from the bx? My friend wore her husbands pants for a while until like 30 weeks I think
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I just got home from traveling and realize I must have been MAJORLY bloated earlier this week! Lol. Just took my official 15 week pic and belly is much smaller than it looked 2 days ago... An 11-week comparison is helpful though, I can see there is a tiny bump. Promise it's the last pic I post this week Lol. I got excited and now realize it was mostly a bloatie hehe.
First is my "official 14-week picture" from this morning (I'm doing a picture each week in the same outfit), the second I took last night to ask my best friend about a new dress (ignore my weird face!).
Re: HDBD 10/14!
I was trying on dresses yesterday (14w6d) and that belly was just sticking out. There is a little bit of uterus, but most of it is bloat and fat I think. Now I'm in that awkward moment of: do I try to hide it or do I show it off? In real life it looks more like I let myself go than it looks like I'm pregnant...
Bump is less prominent today than it was yesterday, although still there. I pulled the tunic back so the bump is visible (the tunic is loose and hides it well).
I must have been majorly bloated yesterday!
(PS: I'm in hotel room)
13 weeks with Baby Boy #5.... only gained 4 pounds so ugh... I've gotta decide if I wanna hide it or flaunt it
Question for STM+ moms - when did you pop with your first? I'm trying to avoid the dreaded maternity uniform for as long as possible but I only have maybe 3/4" until I can't button my pants any more...
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Idk how military rules work with modification, but could you do the hair tie trick under your belt or add a maternity band to help hold them up?
@AmadorRose I was thinking about this. I am so glad I'm back to being a reservist so I really only have to deal with that once a month. But I have girls in my unit who never bought new pants, they just got some larger tops and made sure the top covered the belt line. I will probably end up doing that as well as I cannot justify a maternity uniform for only a handful of drills
Promise it's the last pic I post this week Lol. I got excited and now realize it was mostly a bloatie hehe.
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