https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:24:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloat-or-showing#post-2312312 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 07:10:02 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2312312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsrain: I appreciate what you said. My lower abdomen definitely has been firming up for weeks. My clothes started fitting differently 5-6 weeks ago even when I was5 lbs from my heaviest. Now I'm back to my heaviest weight. That's probably not good. (Edited) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloat-or-showing#post-2312290 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 06:41:41 +0000 JoJoGirl 2312290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My bloat was soft - I could poke it and it would collapse. My bump was hard. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloat-or-showing#post-2312191 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 22:03:50 +0000 autumnlove 2312191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Looks bump-y! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloat-or-showing#post-2312187 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 21:49:12 +0000 mrsrain 2312187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Even if it's not baby, it's not necessarily bloat! Your uterus pushes everything up as it grows, which is why it can seem big even when baby is the size of a lemon. When you really "pop" it'll feel more firm (even for us fluffy ladies, there's a firmness under the fat). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloat-or-showing#post-2312163 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 21:07:35 +0000 pastemoo 2312163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: i love that answer! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloat-or-showing#post-2312100 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 19:17:14 +0000 daniellemybelle 2312100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>To me, any belly from the day you find out you are pregnant forward is a bump if you want it to be. :) The actual baby doesn't take up much space for a long time anyway! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloat-or-showing#post-2312096 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 19:07:27 +0000 jlm22 2312096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's a bump! I would get so mad when my sisters would tell me it was just bloat because I wanted a bump so badly, haha. You rock that bump! :silly: (and you will definitely know when you "pop") </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloat-or-showing#post-2312094 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 19:02:52 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2312094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I think it's a bump starting! Baby is getting some size as that point. And your uterus had grown too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloat-or-showing#post-2312088 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 18:53:52 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2312088@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Champagne: I'm 12.5 weeks </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloat-or-showing#post-2312086 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 18:51:06 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2312086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: it looks bumpish to me, but im not sure how far along you are. ...if you're like 5 weeks then I'd say bloat! Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloat-or-showing#post-2312055 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 17:52:40 +0000 MoonMoon 2312055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always wondered that too! But when you pop you just know :happy: I looked back at some early pictures and said no way, that wasn't a bump, I didn't know what I was in for (in a good way!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloat-or-showing#post-2312030 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 17:07:13 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2312030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: totally makes sense to me. Mr. Lime had a hard time answering the same question yesterday too. His response was, "if the baby is down there (meaning very low abdomen) why is your stomach big up top?" :happy: </p> <p>@looch: cool :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloat-or-showing#post-2312028 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 17:01:23 +0000 Raindrop 2312028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it looks like a baby bump but I would never assume that! If that makes sense. Haha. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloat-or-showing#post-2312026 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 16:58:24 +0000 looch 2312026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: then it is a bump! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloat-or-showing#post-2312023 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 16:53:54 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2312023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: if I pull my shirt in under my bosom, the top of my belly is round- no slope down at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloat-or-showing#post-2312019 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 16:46:38 +0000 looch 2312019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like you can call it a bump when there is roundness on top. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloat-or-showing#post-2312014 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 16:36:31 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2312014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: ah, okay! TY </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloat-or-showing#post-2312010 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 16:33:53 +0000 simplyfelicity 2312010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you can suck it in, it's bloat. If you can't, it's a bump. At least that's what I have been told. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloat-or-showing#post-2311997 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 16:19:20 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2311997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm wearing stretchy yoga pants, but not sucking in. Does this look like bloating or a bump?</p> <p>ETA: since bloating is in the lead, when will I know for certain it's a bump?</p> <p>[attach=3033/15/nvthw9.600x527.20151006_171258-1.jpg] </p>