Baby bump/ belly firmness

dcopass0720 · July 2018

Hi everyone! My name is Destiny, and I am 8 weeks along today with my first little bundle of joy. I notice last night and more today that my belly is starting to get tighter on the bottom edges! I'm so excited to know that bump is forming, and was wondering when you first saw any bump or noticed and firmness?

Erinm278 · July 2018

Hi and welcome! This post would get more attention if it were in one of our already going threads like "Weekly Randoms". Also, please introduce yourself in the Introductions thread!

kayjay44 · July 2018

Your uterus is still in your pelvis. It’s bloat.

McKBaby · July 2018

With my first, I didn’t start showing a bump until 20ish weeks. You will have some time to go before you get a real bump.

okayestmom12 · July 2018

Not a baby. Just bloat. Or gas. Or the burrito you had for lunch.

sistine122 · July 2018

I've known some girls who actually started showing very early in pregnancy like that. It can happen especially if you are a really thin woman or smaller in height. ♡

kayjay44 · July 2018

sistine122 said:

I've known some girls who actually started showing very early in pregnancy like that. It can happen especially if you are a really thin woman or smaller in height. ♡

Your uterus doesn’t expand out of your pelvis until 12 weeks regardless of size or pregnancy number. It’s biology. It’s not actually a bump until your uterus is out of your pelvis. Until then, it’s bloat and intestines.

sistine122 · July 2018

kayjay44 said:
Your uterus doesn’t expand out of your pelvis until 12 weeks regardless of size or pregnancy number. It’s biology. It’s not actually a bump until your uterus is out of your pelvis. Until then, it’s bloat and intestines.

I dont know what you might call it I just know my friends doctor told her she was showing. He didnt call it bloat and told her it wasnt bloat. I'm not gonna pretend I know anything about anything, just repeating what her doctor said.

PurplePoppy424 · July 2018

Science, specifically biology, isn’t opinion. It’s fact. Reiterating it’s not baby this early in pregnancy. It’s bloat, gas, fat, the burrito you had at lunch, etc.

lzzfrancisco · July 2018

I've noticed belly firmness, but I'm also only pooping once a week... The two are undoubtedly related! ;-)

sistine122 · July 2018

Wondering if your belly is the right size at this stage? At 8 weeks pregnant, showing a bit is normal, but not showing is too! That’s because every mom and baby are different. Know that inside your 8 weeks pregnant belly, your uterus is expanding, but it just takes longer for some to show it on the outside.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thebump.com/pregnancy-week-by-week/8-weeks-pregnant/amp

ruby696 · July 2018

@sistine122 If you're going to quote a feel-good article from TB, you should probably quote the whole paragraph. That statement is related to multiples.

Ladies, when your uterus rises outside your pelvis, it feels like you're lying on a baseball when you're on your stomach. You'll know when it happens. Until then, you're "showing" from bloat, poop, and intestines - and yes, your stomach feels hard.

Keep in mind that when you tell people who already have children that you're showing at 6-12 weeks, you're basically advertising that you're full of poop and gas. If that doesn't bother you, then more power to you.

sistine122 · July 2018

It says it may be easier to tell if you are pregnant with twins but you can just show at 8 weeks regardless. Every body is different and every pregnancy is different. I just find it sad so many people like to so quickly shut people down and put people down. We cant know her body or pregnancy so all I'm saying is that yes it is possible to show. Asside from a "feel good article" I've heard from an actual doctor that yes, it is possible.

notthecheat · July 2018

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etnyah · July 2018

Yesterday I could have sworn I had a super firm baby bump. Then I took a massive shit and woke up this morning with a flat stomach. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

madreofdragons · July 2018

When was anyone put down?
Not everyone is going to agree with everybody, that’s a given. Yeah, people here are going to be realistic. AND, yes a major chunk of the people find it sad when others can’t take the time to figure out the organization of the board before posting something that could have easily been in an established thread.

Having a tummy from bloat is extremely common, plenty of doctors and midwives are going to humor that a woman is “showing” when she’s excited about it. “Showing” isn’t a medical term. Still doesn’t mean their uterus is pushed out past their pelvis at 8 weeks.

madreofdragons · July 2018

For the record, I’m aware OP didn’t say she was showing.

ruby696 · July 2018

As I like to say in closing argument, "Anything is possible. That doesn't make it probable."

lzzfrancisco · July 2018

@grebretso OMG Im jealous!

kayjay44 · July 2018

How did I miss the first WK?

conchispita · July 2018

Why are FTMs in such a rush to show? I feel like I’ve been “showing” since I had my first kid, and would do anything not to have a bump.

madreofdragons · July 2018

Puking? @kayjay44

okayestmom12 · July 2018

kayjay44 · July 2018

@madreofdragons - napping, likely. I did throw up - hot dogs were a bad choice.

bleucheeznwine · July 2018

I think some people are just hoping for the go-ahead to start posting naked "bump" (poop) pics.

kayjay44 · July 2018

@bleucheesnwine - Dying.

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