I'm almost 17 weeks and hardly showing whereas others at roughly the same time looked so much bigger than me. I'm trying not to let the IF thoughts worry me because I know everyone is different but sometimes I still worry. I thought I would be showing more by now given my pre-weight, height, etc. Am I just crazy (more so than usual 
)?? Anyone else have these thoughts when in my shoes?
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I didn't really start showing for my first until 20+ weeks. Hang in there.
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@autumnlove: I think I just need to stop comparing. Easier said than done sometimes
I know it'll come and I shouldn't worry unless I have a reason to.
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I wouldn't worry!
I didn't show for a long time but I lost a ton of weight due to morning sickness and the baby kind of just evened that out and so no one noticed.
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I was like this, too! My fundal height actually measured behind until I was like 37/38 weeks--my midwife sent me for a growth ultrasound and it was just baby's positioning that made me look small! My daughter ended up being 7 pounds 13 ounces, and I had literally looked tiny until the last three weeks. Keep your head up--I'm sure all is perfect!
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I didn't show until late, either. Probably about 20 weeks.
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I have a short torso and long legs, so baby girl has nowhere to go but out lol! Hoping you pop soon!
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Girl I have been there.. I spent way too much time googling belly bumps at different weeks and worrying that I wasn't showing "enough." So I totally understand where you are coming from, but you are fine!
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Never popped until 24? Ish weeks w ds. And even then, now in hindsight, it wasn't a big bump at all. I carried to term and still measured small towards the end and still had a 8.5 lbs baby!
Second time is much faster but it's usually just bloat at night. I think I'll probably pop in another month or so (I'm 12 weeks now)
Here's a pic from last time, left is 24 wks, right is 30 wks.
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It took ages for me to really show and everyone said I looked so small. It was hard for me to handle all the comments about being small and I was really worried sometimes. But everyone is different. At my 20w check up the baby measured in the %85. So babe was plenty big even if I looked small. Don't worry!
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I popped at 18 weeks. Maybe you will then too!
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I'm 28 weeks and I could pass for not prego probably. But for me it has to do with me starting out fat.
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I had the same experience and had an absolutely healthy baby. At my baby shower I was 7 months pregnant and barely showing. Then when I was 40wks+2 days I was at the OB's another OB made a guess that I was 32 weeks along. nope. I only started to really look pregnant around 34 weeks or so.
My DS was 7lbs8oz at birth which is totally average and healthy. So stop worrying and enjoy the fact that you look good.
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@LindsayInNY: I didn't show with my first I til 25 ish weeks!!
With #2 I started showing at 8ish weeks!
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@LindsayInNY: yep, understand completely! And my DH has no idea why the (ETA: unsolicited acquaintances') comments of how small my baby bump is are annoying/concerning/unwelcome. We are all different & each pregnancy is different. I'm 21wks with my 1st & not hiding it AT ALL, but lots of my coworkers still don't even know/notice that I'm pregnant! Just this week do I feel/look like I've got a bit of a real live bump going on!
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I hear you. Everyone says that you show so much sooner with the second, and I'm just not. I'm trying to remember that I'm in way better shape, weigh less, have way more ab muscle. But still, it's hard not to stress.
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This used to worry me and I realized it has a lot to do with the combination of baby's size/position, and mom's torso length/height/weight/uterine stuff/how much pizza was had the night before.
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I felt like I was showing early but I was told I popped around 15 weeks. However, I have only gained about 5 pounds now at 24 weeks. I guess I should be happy about that. So far baby is measuring fine so I guess I'm just all baby.
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I'm very thin (5'4 and 95lbs pre prego) and didn't show until 20+ weeks. my belly always measured 3-4 weeks behind, I delivered 2 weeks early with an almost 7 lb baby. I wouldn't worry about belly size until your doc is worried (mine never was even with me measuring small.)
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And this is why I love HB!! This was all so reassuring. I know everything you all said but it somehow means more to hear it from others? I think I wanted this for so long that I also want to show - like now lol. But, as long as little girl is healthy, I need to be thankful for what I'm able to do comfortably still because I'm "small"!
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@spaniellove: I keep joking that baby is living in my FUPA (so wrong but so true!!) lol!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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I'm the opposite of you, I have a short torso and long legs, so there was nowhere for baby to go but out!
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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!
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@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!
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@Anya: I seriously did this every week. Why do we do it to ourselves?!
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I didn't show until 20+ weeks!
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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.
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@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.
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Real bump showed up for me at 20 ish weeks!!
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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.
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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.
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I popped at 23 weeks, I have a long torso but am on the thinner/shorter side, stop comparing
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@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.
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.
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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.
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@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!
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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.
This time I was showing by 7
I didn't show for a long time but I lost a ton of weight due to morning sickness and the baby kind of just evened that out and so no one noticed.
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