Preggers but still look like I just ate 2 Whoppers!

Ok so i'm 17 week stomorrow... WHEN do I start getting my baby belly going and loose the "look like i've just eaten three burgers from HJ's
I see all these pregnant women and they have a propper bump! where is mine???

Do you mind if i ask how tall you are?
With my DD Ava i didn't show much at all, i was starting to worry about it and asked the midwives, they said because i am quite tall i had a lot more room for bubs to hide than a lot of other ppl.
It's not always the case but i looked like i had eaten two roasts rather than was having a baby.
I'm now pregnant with #2 and am 18wks today, i am showing a fair bit more than i did with Ava but if i'm not wearing tight tops i just look a bit rounder than usual.

Don't stress, i'm sure you will pop out and look pregga's in no time.

I'm only 5ft 6! unfortunately blows that theory outta the water!
its horrid as I just feel fat, if I LOOKED preggers I wouldnt mind so much even my hairdresser said
'you dont look pregnant you just look fat' then charged me $200 - nice haha

mmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Whopppers
I am so craving whoppers lol
Sorry I couldnt resist :lol:

I started showing around 18weeks :)

Height isn't always a factor but we are all different, i have a friend who is tiny and she hardly showed at all, then others are as tall as me 5'11" and show MORE than anyone i know.

Don't feel fat, although thats how i feel at the moment even though i am showing more than with Ava, a pregnant body is a beautiful thing and comes in all shapes and sizes, it's whats growing inside that matters.
Who cares what your hairdresser says, shoulda told her to bang her $200 for being mean... lol that woulda taught her to just say yeah you look pregnant, how's it going. :p

I hope that gorgeous lil belly pops soon for you and you can feel happy and beautiful about it all.

:bellyrubs: Thanx - me too!!

:hug: Everyone's different it seems - With #1 I looked like I had a maccas belly (and I may well have had, I ate cheeseburgers like nothing else!) until about 21 weeks when I sort of started to steadily grow out.
My bub was posterior, so snuggled up against my spine, which might have played a part too.

Enjoy it, really - with #2 my stomach muscles didn't have the inclination for resistance and I started popping noticeably much earlier!

oh my god.. i need a whopper.... *drool*

hahahaha

my belly didn't really look like a pregnant belly till around 20 weeks! hope this helps

It's a horrible "in between" stage isn't it! I'm still at that stage now with no2....thought I would show much more but not so. I felt fat for soooo long & now even more so, I would love to put on a tight top & not just feel like I was showing off my spare tyre LOL! I was a good 20wks before people started to really notice first time around.

lol

You could be like me. I am 5 foot 1 & didn't look pregnant til late in the 2nd tri. I actually had to tell a couple of people I was pregnant during the third tri..... males of course. I thought I looked quite pregnant by then, but obviously they just thought I'd put on weight.

Late 2nd tri or early third tri I had a workmate ask "what's new?" one day & seeing she'd not congratulated me I thought maybe she didn't know & sure enough she nearly fell over when I told her, as did the other workmate standing with her. They were even more shocked when I told them how far along I was.

I remember somewhere in the 2nd tri I told a work mate I was pregnant - after she got over her shock she then said something like "I saw you at the vending machine getting a chocolate before & I thought.... mmmm I think Satya's been having a few too many chocolate bars lately". Luckily I saw the funny side & we just had a good laugh over it.

im 5 foot 6 also and spent months waiting to look pregnant to no avail! until about 3 weeks ago i got my first comment! i finally felt accomplished! I dont even wear maternity clothes. You may or may not have to wait as long as me but it will come

everyone carrys different....you might just have good muscle tone and with your first it tends to take longer to show...i got huge with my 2&3 coz my muscles were shot lol im doing alot better this time and even thoughj im still big am not as big as my last 2....you will prob be glad your not massive when you get to the end lol

Hahah I LOVE IT

i feel the exact same way im 17 weeks and look like i eat to much

i want my bump!!

i dont like this in between stage where ppl cant tell if ur preggnant or just have a beer belly lol

Maybe you could start wearing tops that come in under the bust iykwim. Made me 'pop' with DS, lol!!
Well made it more obviouse. I didn't show with the girls til around 25 weeks, DS was around 20 weeks :)

I hear ya!!!!

I'm 28 weeks now and think my belly has only *just* started looking pregnant, rather than like a beer gut.

i didnt start really getting a belly til about 22 - 24 weeks.
when i was 33 weeks people that came into work everyday were shocked when i told them im finishing up that week coz im pregnant.. there all like "Whhaaaa...?" haha
everyone is different.

well i've hit the 24 week mark this saturday and still waiting for the 'belly' not the 'beer gut' the books say my belly button should 'pop out' about now, phooey all lies! LOL

Number 1 - 22-24 weeks (was very young and 'tight' :p)
Number 2 - 16 weeks (not so 'tight':( )
Number 3 (now) - Popped alot earlier at 13 weeks!!! :o

I'm sure anyday now you will be obviously preggers.
xx