Hey everyone, welcome to the newbies !

Is anyone else having a problem feeling their baby bump? Even when I lie on my tummy I can't feel much, not even a hard lump, and I would have thought that at nearly 17 weeks, I would have felt something already!!! I've never been quite this big at the start of the pregnancy before, so I don't really know if I have so much fat on my gut that thats why I can't feel it... or if something sinister is a'happenin!
I think it wasn't until about 18 or 19 weeks that I started being able to feel my bump. I liked to think I was showing earlier than that and I could feel my uterus before that but honestly I think I was kidding myself. I think thats about when I started feeling movement too. Unfortunately I hold all my flab in my belly and I'm guessing that's why.

Welcome to all of the newbies!!

Mel, I could still lay on my tum until about 20-22wks, but when I laid on my back I would be able feel my uterus. Plus I was feeling bub bump around inside from about 15ish wks, not big movements, just little tickles and bumps. Do you know the position of your uterus? Mine is up high in one corner and I hardly feel any movement there at all unless it's a huge movement. It's good because that's ewhere I felt those painful kicks in the ribs later in the pg with both of the other two!

I'm feeling a bit sore and sorry today. I have done something to my right hip and it's aching. I have a bad back and hips anyway but this is really quite sore, I can't walk without limping! I think it's just from sleeping on it...I kinda can't wait til bubs is born so I can have my body back and try to lose some weight, I'm so uncomfy!
I've been having issues with sore back and hips, and I hear you on being uncomfy too. Pregnancy has brought along with it fat bit that rub together in places I never had it before! I have to be honest, I've worried if I've had so many pain issues in my back and hips because of the extra weight I'm carrying.

I've updated the top stats :-) we have a nice little group going on here :-)

I had a bad weekend :-( nothing serious happened apart form the fact that I couldn't find anything to wear that fitted me and was comfortable... most of my tops aren't sitting very well any more and my "B" belly is getting bigger (and the indent much larger) that so many things just look horrid... I through a tantrum when washing the floors as I had just swept the floors and there was still soo much junk on the floor when I was mopping... I felt like I was getting no where....

Oh well onto a better week... I hope... I hate it when silly small things seem to take over your mood
Oh hun, I feel your pain. I'm hating clothes at the moment (mind you, i don't really want to walk around naked either ) because its so hard to find things that fit comfortably and don't just make me look frumpy. To make it worse I realised yesterday that dresses are going to be a no go with me because I decided to wear a summer dress yesterday and ended up with horrible, very stingy thigh chafe I've been getting into anything empire line and with stretchy material because it grows with me plus I'm finding empire line is a bit more roomy in the places I need it to be. Gotta be careful though - I've found they often don't allow much room up top for the girls!

AFM
I'm doing okay. The start of daylight savings seems to be playing havoc with my body and woke up feeling mighty unwell this morning. My MS isn't so bad - except for when I get up early, so getting up at 6am when my body feels like its 5am was pure hell! I spent the whole drive into the city this morning telling my husband that if I said pull over I really meant it and he had to just do it but luckily I held onto my brekky! Have been having a lot of hip and back pain the last couple of days again. Last week was really busy for me and I spent a lot of time up and about - i think it helped because between that and doing my preggie water aerobics I was feeling great. Did the water aerobics on saturday and have taken myself for a few walks and I'm feeling a bit better today but still tender. Hate going to bed, it just hurts and poor DH had to put up with me complaining about my cramping hips for half the night last night. I don't mind being a bit bigger, but I'm definitely going to work hard to lose some of my weight after bubs is here, just for my own health and comfort I think.

Other than that, had a nice weekend - have spent about 5 hours in three days at the beach, just sitting and enjoying the sound of the water and walking a little too and I'm feeling good. Was a bit flat this morning but just went and got my tax done which has made me a little more cheerful because I'm going to get my first tax return ever! Yay! lol.