https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 09:04:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-1941119 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:08:34 +0000 LindsayInNY 1941119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lazypanda: That's reassuring!! I think I need more flowy tops... Will hide the bigger boobs too, LOL!</p> <p>@Mrs Hedgehog: Haha, no. Just showing in my head ;) I like to be prepared though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-1941088 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:54:41 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 1941088@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I couldn't hide it from my work because of safety concerns. I had to be put on light duty ASAP. (I work in a jail.) But TBH, I didn't even really pop at all until around 16 weeks. Are you showing already? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-1941056 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:42:08 +0000 MrsKoala 1941056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: Scarves! Seriously long scarves. That's how I hid my belly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-1941030 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:30:20 +0000 lazypanda 1941030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I'm 15 weeks &amp; still hiding the bump at work, and it's definitely not an easy task. What's worked so far is the belly band over my suit pants, flowy top, suit jacket unbuttoned &amp; a longer scarf which somewhat hides the protruding bump. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-1940999 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:17:45 +0000 cascademom 1940999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, just like last time (referencing my post above), I'm not really hiding it. I'm taking probiotics which I think is making the bloat more manageable than before. I definitely look big after a big meal or at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-1940990 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:14:09 +0000 LindsayInNY 1940990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Snowdrop: Oh, believe me, I'm trying!! DH is probably annoyed with me talking about them. When they were little-ish to begin with, I'll take what I can get!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-1940979 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:10:45 +0000 Snowdrop 1940979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: ha I couldn't help but play the boobs up if I'm being honest :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-1940908 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:45:40 +0000 LindsayInNY 1940908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Snowdrop: I'm noticing that it tends to be after larger meals but more so at the end of the day. Boobs are all day ;)</p> <p>@babycanuck: Aww thanks!! &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-1940068 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:45:23 +0000 MrsKMM 1940068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wish I had seen this thread earlier - I'm not doing a very good job so far! Just sick constantly and didn't think to dress in a loose shirt today, as I was in a rush, so I had a noticeable little bump. A coworker mentioned it and I'm a horrible liar... Oops! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-1940011 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:26:10 +0000 babycanuck 1940011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I'm so excited that you bumped this lol I'm so stoked for you </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-1939989 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:03:11 +0000 Snowdrop 1939989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: i only bloated if I stayed up late or ate the wrong type of things, it wasn't a constant thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-1939984 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:58:57 +0000 LindsayInNY 1939984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NeekieRose: I'm concerned about the bloat or boobs being noticeable. I'm usually fairly flat-ish stomached. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-1939448 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 13:19:13 +0000 NeekieRose 1939448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Unless you have really bad nausea, hiding a pregnancy until 12 weeks shouldn't be too hard since it is unlikely you will start looking pregnant until well into your second trimester. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-1939381 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:57:07 +0000 Beanie132 1939381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>fake drinking and even fake sipping away at a bottle of beer or swapping out your glass with SO. One of the hardest things to hide was the nausea. Life savers were literally life savers, and no one was any wiser to me trying to ward off not feeling well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-1939380 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:57:04 +0000 looch 1939380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually think flowy shirts are more obvious that you're trying to hide something, so i'd go with printed tops and layers, like a blazer on top. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-1939367 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:51:55 +0000 shopaholic 1939367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fake drinks, flowy tops, dark bottoms, accessorize UP (earrings, necklaces, hair). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-1939352 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:47:43 +0000 AmandaB8 1939352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't lie. So any time any one asked when I was going to get pregnant, etc. My response was "We're working on it!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-1939270 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:22:43 +0000 Snowdrop 1939270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fake drink, people only need to see you with one drink and they forget any ideas about pregnancy. I filled up a cider can with lemonade and summer bbqs etc and had either DH or my BFF (who I had told) with me who would get me non alcoholic drinks even though I had asked for alcohol. I wouldn't worry about bloat etc because others won't notice it as much as you think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-1939181 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:49:18 +0000 LindsayInNY 1939181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bumping! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-579081 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:40:50 +0000 Anagram 579081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did the scarf trick. I ended up telling my work at about 12 1/2 weeks, and word got around until basically everyone knew around 14 weeks. My students still haven't asked me (they must think I'm just getting verrrry chubby in the belly)- </p> <p>I'm 19 weeks tomorrow.</p> <p>I fake-drank twice, at our own house when we had people over--that was easy, because it was my DH making the drinks, and he would make me gingerale and cran and make my friends gingerale, cran, and vodka. The few times we went out and had a waiter (couldn't order from the bar, which makes it easier), I just told people in advance that my GERD was acting up again, so I was back off spicy foods, coffee, sodas, and alcohol.</p> <p>I really do have GERD, and I *do* have to avoid those things when it gets bad, so it didn't phase anyone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-579021 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:30:12 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 579021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bloated so much that I couldn't hide it. Everyone at my office knew I always worked out, so when I started gaining weight, they noticed. When I finally did come out with it, one girl came to me and said "Oh, I thought you just stopped working out now that you're married" (I had a honeymoon baby). </p> <p>So, I guess what I mean to say is, some people can hide it well, others blow up that first trimester, so it really depends on your body. But, wearing flowy shirts will help to an extent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-578991 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:27:10 +0000 mlm2934 578991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Luckily the people I usually drink with all know already because they are our best friends and we can't keep the secret from them! :) otherwise, I've been a major hermit so I haven't had too lie too much about alcohol. My biggest give away is that I can't run bc of spotting, and I already had a running buddy straight up ask me if I was pregnant and I couldn't lie! I bought a few flowy shirts that I'm pairing with skinny jeans, with is sorta in style right now so that helps! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-578949 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:21:16 +0000 avivoca 578949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't drink much, so that's not an issue, and my close friends know I'm pregnant. I haven't really changed my clothes because that would be a dead giveaway, so we'll see how long it lasts (I'm 7.5 weeks). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-578890 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:11:40 +0000 Boheme 578890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told people I was on antibiotics when I didn't order a drink, or since I do MyFitnessPal I always said I was out of calories for the day :) No one had a CLUE I was pregnant! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-578752 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:41:04 +0000 Revel 578752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agree with the others that the hardest part will be hiding the not drinking, if you are normally a drinker, and hiding sickness if you have bad morning sickness.</p> <p>I always have at least a glass of wine when I go out so I ended up just avoiding social functions and/or telling the person I was meeting before the 12 weeks. I didn't have any large functions with acquaintances to manage during that time, so I think I was lucky. Oh, one excuse I did use once was that I was doing a paleo challenge at my gym (true before I found out I was pregnant) and so I wasn't drinking - this worked - but then I had to make sure to eat 100% paleo at that event, hard in the first trimester. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-578727 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:31:53 +0000 cascademom 578727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually wore tight sweaters when I was first pregnant. By 13 weeks or so, I told my boss. He already suspected it because I puked at my desk. A little after 13 weeks, one of our lawyers asked him if I was pregnant and he said I was. That was pretty much when everyone in the office knew. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-578705 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:25:40 +0000 delight 578705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just wore a little looser clothes and didn't start showing til 14-15 weeks. However when I told people around 12 weeks they all said they already knew. Likely because of my lack of wine drinking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-578645 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:11:48 +0000 Adira 578645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely flowy shirts and stuff will help hide any bloat you have going on, but if you normally have wine at dinner and now you're declining, it's hard to keep it a secret! I ended up ordering a glass of wine and just sipping it when I was early enough (and then Hubs drank the rest at the end of the night), but it was before 6 weeks, so I felt comfortable having it. I didn't have any later in the pregnancy and people definitely suspected! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-578564 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:42:36 +0000 MamaBehr 578564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with everyone, your body probably won't give away that you are pregnant, but your actions are. I went out to eat with some girlfriends and didn't order a cocktail, with the waiter still at the table my friend mouthed to me "are you pregnant?" hahaha So the no booze and the wanting to be sick all the time, that might expose your secret more than a tiny tummy haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-ways-to-hide-your-pregnancy#post-578555 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:40:11 +0000 kjpugs 578555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm PG now, and it's nice and easy to tell anyone who asks that I gave up alcohol for lent :) I'll be 12 weeks the week after Easter so it works out well! Though I work from home and am new to the area, so I have only had one person try to get me to go out (World of Beer, my fave... wahhh!) </p>