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I think it depends on the person and also the season. If it's winter you can layer more and possibly cover up a baby bump better than the summer.

For me, DEFINITELY not. I'm tall and was thin before pregnancy, but started to show really early (6-8 weeks) and it was OBVIOUS if I wore normal-ish clothes by 12 weeks. Now I have a very pronounced belly, at 23 weeks. No one mistakes me for anything but pregnant. I don't think there's a baggy enough sweater to hide this bump.

I'm 5'7, 145lbs normally.
While I gained nothing in my first trimester, I had gained 18lbs by my 19 week appointment.
Here are 2 20 week photos. There is no way I could conceal this crazy belly! People who knew me knew at 12 weeks.

Here I am at 19 w 4 d.

Edited to add - I had gained 25 lbs at this point. I am 5'10".

So interesting seeing how differently everyone carries!

At 20 wks I could have hid it by wearing looser clothing, but it was getting difficult.

I really couldn't hide my bump at 20w. By about 13 weeks plus, it was pretty obvious I was pregnant. In fact, one of our lawyers asked my boss if I was. I'm 5'10" or so with a long torso. Someone else mentioned weight, I only gained 25-30 lbs with pregnancy, so my bump was there, but less outright obvious with the slower weight gain.

Oh yeah, I could have hidden it for quite a while longer depending on how I dressed! At 20 weeks, it looked more like a food baby or bloat than anything.
In a tight dress and a drapey jersey dress at 20 weeks.

@Anonysquire: Here I am at 20 weeks. I am also 5'7" (with a long torso), but unlike other lucky posters (like @SorryCharlie :D), I had already gained 15ish pounds at this point. You could totally hide it.

I could have hidden it at work at 20 weeks, but NOT from my mom or anyone who knew me well. They thought I was enormous (for me) by about 16 weeks.

@MsLipGloss: Yeah, I thought I looked so big, I think because I wanted to be big so badly. I went to get my hair cut around 20 weeks and the person cutting my hair said she didn't know I was pregnant until I said something. I was shocked and kind of disappointed.

When I was 21 weeks, we went to spend time with some of DH's coworkers and nobody knew I was pregnant until I said something in order to get people to stop asking if I wanted a drink other than water. Again, I was disappointed.

@anonysquire: I'm only 15 weeks, but I think it's getting noticeable, at least to people who know me (though I'm sure it's way more noticeable to me than anyone else). But even if I could hide it, I'd just look like I was getting fat. Unless I had a really good reason to hide it, I'd really rather people know I'm pregnant and not just getting fat for no reason. When I wear fitted tops I have what I think is a cute bump, but if I wear loose clothes I tend to look kind of frumpy and heavy.

I'm 5'7" and average weight, but I had a pretty weak core to begin with, so I do think my belly is popping out earlier than someone with strong abs.

I had an obvious bump at 17 weeks to anyone that knew me. Here I am at 20 weeks:

I didn't show for ages! At 21 weeks (pic below), I just looked a bit chubby and could have easily hidden the pregnancy. For reference, I'm 5'8 with the world's shortest torso.

@anonysquire: I know mine is long because shirts are always too short!

This is me at 20 weeks last week, and if my mom saw me in person, she'd definitely do a double take. (I'm 5'7" too, for the record.) I think I started really showing around 16 weeks or so, though I thought I was looking preggo before, and had to start wearing maternity pants at 8 weeks because anything else was totally uncomfortable. You yourself will definitely notice it more than anyone else will, but methinks you would more than likely have a tough time hiding it for half the pregnancy (not to mention hiding all the other random things that go along with being pregnant and hormonal)!

This thread is so much fun!! I can't believe the difference between everyone. The body is pretty amazing!

I agree - it depends on height, weight, tone pre-pregnancy. I was pushing out my bump in this picture - but I am only 5'3" with a short torso, so I had nowhere to put my little guy...I think I may have gotten away with looking pudgy, it wasn't until 21-22 weeks that it was kind of unmistakable that I was preggo.

Maxi Dresses may help! Although sometimes when I wear one it makes me look further along...gah! So hard to dress a pregnant body!