https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:04:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/shrinking-bump#post-2308822 Fri, 02 Oct 2015 10:54:41 +0000 Bubbles 2308822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 18 weeks and mine changes all the time depending on amount of bloating and how much I've eaten that day! 😊 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/shrinking-bump#post-2308769 Fri, 02 Oct 2015 10:25:30 +0000 LuLu Mom 2308769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agreed, your bump was most likely bloat not an actual "baby bump" 17 weeks is pretty early (first?) to have a significant bump. You'll pop in the next month or so :) No need to be worried. With my second I looked more pregnant at 10 weeks than I did 22 because of all the bloat I experienced. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/shrinking-bump#post-2308690 Fri, 02 Oct 2015 09:47:11 +0000 littlebug 2308690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Exactly what @Mamasig: said. As the baby's position shifts, your bump will change shape and size, too. Totally normal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/shrinking-bump#post-2308687 Fri, 02 Oct 2015 09:46:21 +0000 Mamasig 2308687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You may have been bloated before and now have an actual bump! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/shrinking-bump#post-2308683 Fri, 02 Oct 2015 09:45:06 +0000 leighleigh 2308683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 17w2d and all of a sudden my bump has seemingly gone down! I wasn't able to suck in my stomach for quite some time, and had a decent sized bump. But now I can suck in quite a bit and my bump has definitely decreased! I don't necessarily think anything is wrong, but is this normal?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable/page/2#post-1896257 Fri, 10 Oct 2014 07:04:37 +0000 getjazzy 1896257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Snowdrop: Great point. I'm wearing full panel pants in the photo above, I found them way more comfortable but they definitely help define the awkward belly stage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable/page/2#post-1896197 Fri, 10 Oct 2014 04:14:59 +0000 Snowdrop 1896197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.KMM: Have you tried panelled trousers under your tops? They seemed to make everything rounder for me at that awkward stage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable/page/2#post-1896133 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:34:41 +0000 photojane 1896133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 12-13 weeks I just looked bloated. I felt like I "popped," and it was pretty obvious at 15 weeks (first pic), so that's when I started taking my weekly belly pics. It became obvious to strangers around 20 weeks (second pic)--that's when people began congratulating/touching me.</p> <p>[attach=1879/14/nd7lxu.397x600.582605_10100545637235958_1183616476_n.jpg]</p> <p>[attach=1879/14/nd7lxw.397x600.229837_10100582240722278_1722136197_n.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable/page/2#post-1896103 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 21:55:30 +0000 Mrs. J 1896103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think this was 15 weeks. </p> [attach=2764/14/nd7k4j.358x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable/page/2#post-1896075 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 21:15:56 +0000 PrincessBaby 1896075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first, I didn't have any semblance of bump until 17 or 18 weeks. I didn't have a nice round "Oh she's pregnant!" bump until probably 22 or 23 weeks.</p> <p>With LO2 - I have a small round bump at 11 weeks. If I wore a fitted shirt, everyone would be like "Oh she's pregnant!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable/page/2#post-1896070 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 21:07:36 +0000 sapphire 1896070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>People that already knew I was pregnant started notici g at 16-17 weeks but no comments from strangers. I ft bloated at 12 but I really wasn't showing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable/page/2#post-1895975 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 20:00:02 +0000 Mrs.Pinecone316 1895975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am 13 weeks now and still looks just like bloat but it is also really easy to hide with a loose fitting shirt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable/page/2#post-1895893 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:16:02 +0000 blackbird 1895893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I look pregnant at 10 weeks with my second. I had a small bump at 12 weeks with my first but not obvious to everyone in regular clothes. At the gym, it's hella obvious. One of the coaches patted me yesterday hehe </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable/page/2#post-1895889 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:13:33 +0000 maddyz 1895889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have to point it out still at 20 weeks and everyone says I am tiny. I think it's been a huge change. I am 5' 8" with a long torso so I think the little guy has found room in there. I also have only gained a few pound so I think that has something to do with it too. It's make me nervous to have everyone say in small.</p> <p>At 12 weeks I just looked sick and uncomfortable.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable/page/2#post-1895808 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 18:03:28 +0000 Rocker2014 1895808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wasn't noticeably pregnant to anyone until 24ish weeks, and even then people who didn't know me well (like work colleagues that I only see once a month or so) didn't realize until I was well past 32 weeks. For reference, I'm 5'2" and started at an average BMI for my height, but I have broad shoulders and big boobs, so maybe that's why?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable/page/2#post-1895759 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 17:07:37 +0000 Ree723 1895759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It wasn't until around 24-25 weeks for my first that I started getting a bump. I still had a perfectly flat stomach at 18 weeks - not even a hint of a bloat. With my second, it was around 22 weeks that I started sporting a bump, and again, had a pretty flat stomach until around 15-16 weeks when it started looking like a little tummy bloat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable/page/2#post-1895757 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 17:06:49 +0000 getjazzy 1895757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Holy mac.. sorry it's huge! I don't know how to resize. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable/page/2#post-1895756 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 17:06:27 +0000 getjazzy 1895756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here's my 13 week belly.. </p> [attach=5380/14/nd76qs.452x600.13w2d.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable/page/2#post-1895753 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 17:04:55 +0000 SerenaSF 1895753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 16 weeks and just look bloated. I can no longer zip up my pants comfortably so I'm doing the rubber band thing, but unless you really know me, you would just think I just drank one too many beers. I'm quite petite so I thought I would show early because of that, but so far it just looks like a beer belly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable#post-1895746 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 16:58:06 +0000 getjazzy 1895746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started showing at 13 weeks (to me and close friends) but to everyone else, probably not until 16 weeks or so. The problem is, I only looked pregnant up close.. Far away you couldn't tell. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable#post-1895561 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:49:22 +0000 renee 1895561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a high school teacher and my students started to ask questions around 11 weeks! I'm 5'2" though, so that's probably why. I'm 15w4d right now and it's super obvious! One of my friends said yesterday that that was one of the most legit bumps she'd ever seen at 15 weeks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable#post-1895557 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:47:18 +0000 littlebug 1895557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was noticeably pregnant at like 13 weeks, but I am short-waisted, so my baby had nowhere to go but out. If you're still feeling like you just look bloated, wear a tight shirt, eat a big meal, and push that sucker out! Hee hee. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable#post-1895550 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:45:44 +0000 MrsKoala 1895550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>22 weeks where it was noticeable to me. 26-28 weeks before others noticed it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable#post-1895537 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:42:32 +0000 mrsrain 1895537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say it was about 4 months (maybe 18 weeks?). That is the first time a stranger asked me if I was pregnant, so that's what I'm going by :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable#post-1895490 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:19:57 +0000 BrandNewMom 1895490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think 28 weeks was the beginning of looking definitely pregnant, and I just looked fat up until 26 weeks! (I'm 5'7" and was 134lbs at 26 weeks) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable#post-1895485 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:19:13 +0000 namaste 1895485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Strangers still think I'm sort of fat and aren't sure but my friends told me they finally noticed at 25 weeks lol. I'm 28 weeks today. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable#post-1895454 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:07:48 +0000 meganmp 1895454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't even look a little bit pregnant at that point, and I had twins:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable#post-1895441 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:03:37 +0000 mrsjyw 1895441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't "pop" until 22ish weeks. Before then I just felt bloated and blah. Looked it too!</p> <p>It also didn't get round until way later. I had a weird shaped bump! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable#post-1895430 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:02:01 +0000 Mrs.KMM 1895430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Snowdrop: Haha! Well I wouldn't say I'm fat but I have enough extra weight that I certainly wouldn't emphasize my belly if I wasn't pregnant. Flowy tops look horrible on me though (and empire waists don't tend to fit over my boobs). Maybe emphasizing whatever I have at that point (even if it is more bloat than bump) is the way to go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-bumps-when-are-they-noticeable#post-1895379 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:39:48 +0000 Meowkers 1895379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 26 weeks. Although it definitely depends on what I'm wearing. In some blousier tops and dresses I still look just kind of bloated at 27 weeks. In a tight shirt it was clear that it's a bump. </p>