https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:16:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265602 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:54:42 +0000 edelweiss 265602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i think my first bump picture was at 14 weeks. i was too lazy to get started before then. i took another one at 16 weeks, but it didn't turn out very well. now that i'm at 17 weeks, maybe i'll try to be more dedicated about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265575 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:31:33 +0000 pl0508 265575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i started taking them at 8 weeks but just not have started to have a consistent bump that is baby and not bloat :) i'm 18 wks tomorrow ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265554 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:17:06 +0000 LuLu Mom 265554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started to take at 20 weeks, that is when I really "popped" and didn't look like I had a gut. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265549 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:11:49 +0000 sorrycharlie 265549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started taking pictures at 7 weeks too! But didn't have a noticeable bump to others until almost 20 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265539 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:04:17 +0000 littlebug 265539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jholler25: Yup, this. I started taking photos at 7 weeks, I think. I didn't really have anything noticeable until about 13 or 14 weeks, and then at 17 weeks it was like "Oh, hello!" The funniest was at 10 weeks, I took a picture in the morning, before I ate or drank anything, and then another picture right before bed - I wanted to show how bloated I got by the end of the day! In the morning there was nothing, but by bedtime, I looked 17 weeks pregnant. It was ridiculous! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265536 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:00:36 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 265536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started at taking pictures as soon as I found out! I felt super bloated but looking back I realize I was still tiny. I noticed aa real body change probably around 12 weeks and looked obviously pregnant at 25 or so.</p> <p>Here is me at 13 weeks I think? Pardon the grody sweats. </p> [attach=1616/12/m944k9.600x448.2011-10-22_10-48-13_647.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265447 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:35:14 +0000 DillonLion 265447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started taking pics at 10 weeks even though I knew I wasn't really showing yet. But like others have said, it is really fun in the moment to see even the slightest of changes, and then later on, you can go back and look at some of the early photos and laugh because you really thought you were showing at that point when you weren't really showing that much at all. Case in point: </p> [attach=288/12/m940iq.265x318.11-Weeks.jpg] [attach=288/12/m940is.365x480.25-Weeks.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265441 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:32:50 +0000 Adira 265441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started taking monthly (every 4 weeks) pics at 4 weeks, but I still just look bloated at 12 weeks. I can't WAIT for the day this bloat actually looks like a preggo belly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265429 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:26:39 +0000 mrsjyw 265429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took my first one at 5/6 weeks, but didn't start the weekly ones until almost 9 weeks when I started feeling more bloated :P</p> <p>This is the first trimester roundup: </p> [attach=888/12/m9404g.600x574.1stTrim.png] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265213 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:05:51 +0000 Mrs. Pen 265213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started at 7 weeks!! </p> [attach=1597/12/m934ls.450x600.7wks.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265151 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:37:43 +0000 78h2o 265151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started at 7 weeks and wish I'd started earlier... while it was likely more bloat that anything in the beginning, I definitely could tell by week 11. By 12 weeks friends and coworkers were noticing!</p> <p>Here's are some (terribly unflattering) photos from the first few weeks... unfortuntely I was using a crappy camera and they are all grainy! I was holding fruit the size of the baby until I got lazy and stopped doing that!</p> <p>[attach=2480/12/m930iw.600x296.7-9-weeks.jpg]</p> <p>ETA: Lol, I'm noticing that my boobs &amp; butt grew as much or more than my belly! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265095 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:45:14 +0000 Smurfette 265095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started at 5weeks. Still looks like nothing but I wanted to look back and see how big from start to end I get. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265082 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:30:53 +0000 photojane 265082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm 15 weeks and just starting my pump pictures this week because i feel like my bump looks like a bump and not excess donuts. i wanted to start earlier, actually... but i'm lazy. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265064 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:10:53 +0000 JessiBee 265064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 14 weeks, I feel like I have a "real" bump now...rather than the bloat that showed up by week 6-7. Ironically, my bump looks way more noticeable in maternity clothes (especially dresses!) than my regular clothes. I haven't decided whether that will make me start wearing maternity clothes earlier though...or continue to put it off! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265061 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:05:47 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 265061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: "Now I can look back and realize that I had no change in my stomach at all but I’m glad to have the pictures! " Lol!</p> <p>I'd say my first pic that actually showed anything was at 14w. I texted it to my best friend to tell her I was pregnant! and she got it from the picture alone.<br /> people didn't notice until about 19-21w though.<br /> And now at 32w, people think I am "ready to pop any day"..little do they know. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265046 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:43:14 +0000 lovehoneybee 265046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started taking them around 14 weeks, even though I just looked bloated then. I didn't have a discernible bump around 19-20 weeks, but it's really interesting to go back and be able to see exactly how I grew. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265029 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:15:24 +0000 Rubies 265029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started taking pictures the day I peed on a stick! Even though being 4 weeks pregnant might not look like anything, seeing a weekly progression from week 4/5 until week 40 is soooo cool! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265020 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:10:16 +0000 matador84 265020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't even know I was prego until around 9-10 weeks and kept wondering how the heck I was getting so fat!! HA! Once I found out, I started taking bump pics, so around 10 weeks. I had a very visible bump and 12 and we went public around then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265018 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:08:42 +0000 Tidybee 265018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>JHoller (and everyone agreeing with her) is right! I felt so large at 10 weeks when I took my first bump picture. Now I look at the pic and don't even see a pudge. Even my 20 week pics I thought I looked big at the time, and now I'm like - look at that tiny little bump on there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-265014 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:06:26 +0000 hilsy85 265014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started around 8 wks but didn't notice an actual bump til maybe 19 wks? And only if I cupped my hands under it. I would say I popped at Like 22 weeks or so. I would start the pics now because the change happens gradually so it's fun to have the pics to look back on.@jholler25: ha so true, I thought I had a bump at 16 wks and was so excited. Now I'm like what the heck was I thinking?! THIS is a bump! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-264997 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:54:31 +0000 Running Elley 264997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started taking them at 8 weeks (once we’d heard the baby’s heartbeat) and I thought I had a little bit of something. Now I can look back and realize that I had no change in my stomach at all but I’m glad to have the pictures! I think my bump was noticeable at around 19 weeks but didn’t truly pop until around 24 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-264994 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:50:37 +0000 SleepyMonkey 264994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i agree, start taking them early. i noticed my belly starting to grow at 12 weeks, but it didn't get really noticeable until about 20. then it just blew up! i started taking bump pics at 12 weeks because, for me, that is when i started to feel like i could stop worrying about something going wrong. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-264969 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:18:40 +0000 MrsMccarthy 264969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>JHO is right! take them early and if you take one each week in the same outfit you can even do an animation of all the shots. I started my shots around 8 weeks and i am so happy and its so funny to compare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-264965 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:17:50 +0000 PrincessBaby 264965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh and whoops - I didn't really have an actual bump until 18ish weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-264964 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:16:52 +0000 PrincessBaby 264964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You should take them now or soon because when you get a big belly, you will look back on those early "bump" pics and, first of all, marvel at how much the baby has grown, and then tell yourself what a fool you were for really thinking at the time you had a bump- ha! That's what I do when I look at first tri photos - but I thought I was SOOOOO huge-lol....But the coolest thing is to look at like an 8 or 10 week pic, and then at my 24 week pic, and I'm just in awe of how big my baby girl is growing:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-264962 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:15:52 +0000 googly-eyes 264962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I noticed a bump probably around 20 weeks but never took weekly photos. In fact I ony have a couple of me while pregnant and I'm 36+ weeks now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-264960 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:13:31 +0000 mrskc 264960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably around 18/19 weeks I started getting a noticeable bump. I started taking my bump photos at 5 weeks though. You may want to take one now so you have a before photo to compare to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-notice-a-bump-or-start-taking-bump-photos#post-264948 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:00:01 +0000 Mrs. Blue 264948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When did you first start noticing a non-bloat induced bump? I'm 7w4d and trying to decide when to start taking bump photos so I can see the progression.</p> <p>ETA: I should clarify, I'm not necessarily talking about when you got the cute "I'm pregnant!" bump, but more just when you had noticeable baby-related changes in your tummy region, even if it was just the early "looked like you've put on a few pounds bump." </p>