https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:17:39 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant/page/2#post-2025494 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:13:54 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2025494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a huge bump carrier and amazed at these pics!<br /> Pregnancy is so different on different bodies! I can't hide it past 8 weeks so I'm kinda jealous. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant/page/2#post-2025486 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:09:09 +0000 Pirouette 2025486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: haha i don't think the insulation matters ;) in my case, my abs didn't separate for a long time, which i think held my little bump in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant/page/2#post-2025462 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:55:44 +0000 LindsayInNY 2025462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsKoala: Then I love you :) I wish though!</p> <p>@Pirouette: I have abs in the sense that if I work out, it takes a LOT for my abs to be sore. But I also have a layer of insulation covering them ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant/page/2#post-2025265 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:30:08 +0000 Pirouette 2025265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 5'3 and didn't show for a LONG time because of my abs! so there might be something to that if you have strong abs. but i certainly wasn't noticeably pregnant at 17 weeks - i think i told work around 17 weeks because i figured i'd start showing soon, but i wasn't no doubter pregnant until midway through the 3rd tri (which, incidentally, was when she started measuring behind!) so basically, my bump was small when she was measuring normal and then got bigger when she started measuring small. I know you're worried, but i'm sure everything is JUST PERFECT! :) everyone does show differently, and the size of your bump has very little to do with the health of your baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant/page/2#post-2025246 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:21:00 +0000 meganmp 2025246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Even with two in there, I just looked like I'd been eating at a buffet every night until about five months, and I have the shortest torso in the universe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant/page/2#post-2025118 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:34:39 +0000 jape14 2025118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I didn't really start showing noticeably until about 19 weeks. I kind of went from nothing straight to a bump. Around 17-18 weeks, I started telling people at work who I didn't see often, and most of them had no idea until I told them. I am on the tall side (5'7") but I have a pretty short torso and eventually ended up growing straight out (didn't look pregnant from behind at all). My LO was pretty big (8lbs5oz, 21") and I got a lot of comments about how surprised people were about his size!</p> <p>Here's a bump pic of me around 19/20 weeks. It was kind of an overnight thing.</p> <p>[attach=896/15/ni85xr.450x600.image.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant/page/2#post-2025053 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:12:15 +0000 MrsKoala 2025053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: Ahh, you just look tall to me then! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant/page/2#post-2025039 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:08:25 +0000 LindsayInNY 2025039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsKoala: Neither! I'm about 5'3" (maybe an extra 1/2" if I'm lucky) with an average to small torso. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant/page/2#post-2025030 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:03:54 +0000 MrsKoala 2025030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here's a comparison if that's helpful. :) </p> [attach=3009/15/ni84ij.600x380.IMG_3670-1-.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant/page/2#post-2025019 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:56:34 +0000 MrsKoala 2025019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aren't you taller or you at least have a longer torso? It takes longer to show in those cases. I had no bump at 17 weeks. Just looked bloated. I didn't get a true bump until 22/23 weeks and even then it just looked like I was getting fatter. I only looked pregnant around 28 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant/page/2#post-2024976 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:31:05 +0000 LaughLines 2024976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is me at 17 weeks - and keep in mind i have clips on this dress pulling it as tight as it will go to try and show what little bump i did have. I don't think you could really tell i was pregnant (and not just chubby) until about 29-31 weeks. At my shower at 32 weeks TONS of people were telling me how small i was.. but whatever, every body is different before pregnancy, it makes sense that they'd be different during pregnancy, too. </p> [attach=3064/15/ni82zt.597x600.17-Weeks_edit.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant#post-2024809 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 07:29:15 +0000 QBbride 2024809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first I didnt really pop until 20+ weeks. Everyone at work was surprised when I told them I was pregnant at 18 weeks. </p> <p>This time I was showing by 7 :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant#post-2024758 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 03:25:35 +0000 Pumuckl 2024758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: also no two pregnancies are alike. I do show early but with my second pregnancy my belly never got as big as it did with my first especially towards the end. Turns out my second child was just about 3 inches smaller than my first. That explains why the belly never got as big. So baby's sizing might also have an effect on your belly's size! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant#post-2024742 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 01:47:49 +0000 lamariniere 2024742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't look visibly pregnant until 23ish weeks with my first. Even by 6 months people thought I was only 3-4 months pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant#post-2024715 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 00:24:06 +0000 Corduroy 2024715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I'm 18 weeks with #2 and only people Ive told can tell I'm pregnant. I got anxious a few times waiting for kicks but I know from #1 everyone carries differently.</p> <p>I made it to 6 months with #1 before I popped. A pregnant woman asked me for my seat on the train when I was nine months. I was eventually sent for a growth scan with #1. LO's bones were so big they estimated her to be 9.5lbs. She was skinny, 6.5lbs, but long and perfectly healthy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant#post-2024708 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 00:09:38 +0000 youboots 2024708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I popped at 23 weeks, I have a long torso but am on the thinner/shorter side, stop comparing :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant#post-2024658 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 22:58:10 +0000 loveisstrange 2024658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just looked like I ate too many cupcakes until like 22 weeks, then I popped BIG time and looked 40 weeks for the last like 17-18 weeks. Lol. I can't win. I also had a 10.5lb baby, so that didn't help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant#post-2024644 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 22:46:53 +0000 Mrs. J 2024644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>15 vs 23. I took awhile, but after that, I was all bump! I looked like I was smuggling a basketball—you couldn't tell I was pregnant from behind. </p> [attach=2764/15/ni7966.600x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant#post-2024536 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 21:46:39 +0000 hellobeeboston 2024536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Real bump showed up for me at 20 ish weeks!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant#post-2024429 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 21:11:41 +0000 Banana330 2024429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I'm 27 weeks now, unless you know i'm pregnant people don't assume I am. Probably just look like I have a gut. I definitely have a mini bump but as my DH says, less stretch marks and saggy belly to deal with after hopefully! My friend is due 10 weeks behind me and i'm sure people would guess she's due around the same time as me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant#post-2024380 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 20:52:34 +0000 MrsRcCar 2024380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took forever to show with both kids but I had HG. The first is 30 weeks with my second and the second photo is just days before I delivered at 35 weeks. </p> [attach=2880/15/ni73vm.450x600.image.jpg] [attach=2880/15/ni73vo.450x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant#post-2024338 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 20:34:22 +0000 whenoceansrise 2024338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't show until 20+ weeks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant#post-2024330 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 20:29:42 +0000 mfa_lady 2024330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anya: I seriously did this every week. Why do we do it to ourselves?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant#post-2024293 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 20:17:26 +0000 LindsayInNY 2024293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: Nope and nope! 5'3"ish (maybe an extra 1/2" in there tops), average torso, stumpy legs. My SIL is taller than me, not much heavier weight-wise initially and flat stomach - she's due two days before me and looks so much further!! I keep telling myself I must have good abs hiding under my insulation to keep baby in lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant#post-2024288 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 20:15:52 +0000 sapphire 2024288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not common to show much that earlier with first baby! I think it was around 17 weeks that people started noticing with me but it wasn't impressive! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant#post-2024279 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 20:13:33 +0000 avivoca 2024279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm the opposite of you, I have a short torso and long legs, so there was nowhere for baby to go but out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant#post-2024271 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 20:12:19 +0000 pui 2024271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are you tall/have a long torso? I'm short (5'2") and started showing much earlier than my SIL who is pretty tall (5'8"ish). Even though she was around 6 weeks ahead of me I looked way more pregnant lol. She never looked that big, even at the end of her pregnancy and her baby was born perfectly healthy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant#post-2024265 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 20:10:30 +0000 nana87 2024265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a conversation with my dissertation advisor around 22 weeks where halfway through she was like " oh I forgot you're pregnant!" Lol. On the day I was induced someone told me I didn't look more than 6 months pregnant. Lo was small--born 3 weeks early at 5lbs 13oz--But has been perfectly healthy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant#post-2024199 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:47:16 +0000 regberadaisy 2024199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't really start showing for BOTH pregnancies until 20+ weeks. I debunked the all pregnant ladies are bigger the second time around and show earlier. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-when-pregnant#post-2024183 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:38:21 +0000 Astro Bee 2024183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've finally stopped bringing up my weight and bump size with my doctor. I'm 29 weeks now but look a lot less, and frequently get, "You're so small!" It really worried me that maybe baby wasn't developing properly. I was eating plenty, and healthy, but wasn't putting on weight until recently. Anyway, my doc isn't worried and baby was measuring in the 50 % at the 20 week ultrasound. I've just come to the realization that our bodies all handle pregnancy differently. </p>