18 weeks and I don't "look" pregnant

One of the things I was really looking forward to about being pregnant is getting that beautiful baby bump. I keep waiting to wake up with a perfectly round belly, but it hasn't happened yet. Granted, I had a little extra weight before I got pregnant and lost 13 pounds in my first trimester, but I'm definitely putting some of it back on now and my babies are measuring just as they should for 18 weeks. In fact, my parents saw me for the first time since I got pregnant last week and both exclaimed "you don't even look pregnant!" I know they probably meant well, but it really bummed me out.

Am I normal? When should I get that pretty round belly????

 

I would love to see a picture of you! That's amazing...you'll have a bump soon enough. With my other children people couldn't tell until 24+ weeks, but with the twins I blossomed real early. Every pregnancy is different. I would certainly enjoy it though...maybe you'll be blessed enough not to get stretch marks.

 

Well I am surprised you dont show at all yet really. I started showing at 13-14 weeks and by 18 had a round bump.
Here is my 19 weeks pic
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb115/j...1a004ab-1-1.jpg

I am still small as far as I am concerned and glad. So be happy! You will be WAY more comfortable and everything. You will start showing-you have to lol, so I would give it a few weeks and then by 24 weeks you will have a nice bump. You still have a ways to go so it will happen!

 

Yes, every pregnancy is different.. but for me... I never got huge... no could beleive I was about to deliver twins (and I went until almost 39 weeks). at 18 weeks.. I didn't look pregnant either and it bummed me out as well... (I was about 12/14 size when I got pg -- so I wasn't real thin.. but I still thought I'd at least "look" pregnant - LOL). By about 26 weeks or so I at least started to look pg but like I said.. never with twins. and I'd get the same comment of "you don't even look pregnant" and I'd think.. 'oh, great! I just look fat!"

come here for sympathy anytime from me ... I know how it felt!

 

I didn't show to others at that point. In fact, I didn't gain weight until 5 months. I was showing to myself, but people who didn't know me couldn't tell. I started showing around 5 months, and by the end I looked like a beached whale. LOL!! That's what happens when you're 38 weeks pregnant with two full size babies.

 

I am right there with you! I am 21 weeks along now and finally looking pregnant with the cute round belly. It suddenly popped in the last two weeks. Dont worry everyone carries their babies diff. I too was getting the same remarks "you don't look pregnant" or "Your so small for having twins in there" It was really starting to bum me out. I too have lost 14 lbs but the babies are at the size they should be. Try not to worry yourself about it...it will suddenly pop and u will be amazed. Up until a week ago I was still wearing my regular jeans and shirts. Not anymore, black yoga pants and maternity shirts is all I have right now, I can't seem to find any maternity jeans that I like.

It will happen....sooner than you think. My DH swears my belly gets bigger overnight.

 

Hi. I am 18 weeks too. And all I have heard is you don't look big enough. I was so nervous last week I almost call my MD to check. I actually found this site just yesterday and posted a similiar question!! Hang in there!

 

Nobody could tell I was pregnant at 18 weeks either. I could feel the babies moving a few weeks later and some people still told me I didn't look pregnant. But after that I started to take off. A lot depends on how much you gain/loose in the first trimester. I didn't gain anything in the first trimester because I felt so ill.

 

When I hit 23 weeks I finally have got the tummy a going! You really couldn't tell before then that I was pregnant, really but I was 90lb at the start and put on 20lb so far, but I am happy with finally having the preggy tummy.

 

I hate to break this to you...but you won't have a cute, little round belly for long. Mine looked more like a mountain range as each baby made his own "hill". <_<

 

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I hate to break this to you...but you won't have a cute, little round belly for long. Mine looked more like a mountain range as each baby made his own "hill". <_<

That's so funny. . .because I was just saying that to my husband. . .with my 1st preg with my son I was all baby and my belly was so round and cute. . .This time around I am still all belly (but extra wide belly LOL) and I am starting to form the two humps on my belly right down the middle at my belly button!! I am currently 28 weeks, so I can only imagine what my belly will look like in another month or so!! LOL

Laura

P.S. I really didn't pop until about 20 weeks. . . and everyone kept telling me how "small" I was. . .but I certainly have caught up in the last 8 weeks. . .even though I have only gained about 15 lbs so far, I am measuring 37 weeks!!! Which is kind of scary that I have at least 2 months to go and this is how big I was when I delivered my son!!

 

It's so great to hear that I'm not the only one. I'll keep rushing to the mirror every morning in hopes of getting the belly, even if it does turn into mountains eventually

 

With my son I never really looked pregnant and I delivered at 35w 6d. Never got that cute round belly.

With my twins I did though, and my hubby said after they were born and we were looking at some pics he took, that I was huge. But that is mostly because I never had the big belly with my son. it will definitely come, just look at my progression. I had only gained 15 lbs in my pregnancy.

Not a glamour shot by any means, I was just getting ready to go and deliver my girls (10 mins after this photo my Julianna was born and 3 mins later her sister) http://duckling.smugmug.com/photos/212261534_bEhbp-Th-1.jpg

I was 18 weeks with my twins here: http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/eri...lm/DSC02611.jpg
21 weeks in this one: http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/eri...lm/DSC02637.jpg
25w 4d here: http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/eri...lm/DSC02701.jpg
28w 6d: http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/eri...ns/DSC02743.jpg
30 weeks: http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/eri...ns/DSC02767.jpg
32 weeks: http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/eri...wins/31w6da.jpg
34w 1d: http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n96/eri...Twins/34w1d.jpg
My final belly shots taken just about 3 days before I delivered: http://uglyduck.com/proof/twins/maternity/242644258-S-1.jpg http://uglyduck.com/proof/twins/maternity/247972358-S-1.jpg


My 18 week with my son: http://images1.snapfish.com/346%3A347%3A4%...A9679%3A4nu0mrj

 

I was alittle on the thicker side before I got pregnant. I lost A TON of weight my first trimester and It wasnt until right around my 18 week did I finally POP! Literally I woke up and there was a belly. Even my husband made a comment about sudden belly!!!

 

:lol: At 15 weeks my doc said i looked 20 weeks already. Had even outgrown my fat jeans in the waist, though the rest of me still fit in a small size. DH is already pushing for maternity clothes.

 

I didn't have a big bump to show that I'm preggy when I was 18 weeks too...most ppl just thought that I'm fat or having a little tum tum (from eating too much???) But trust me darling, you'll start to show once you hit 22-24 weeks and there's no turning back!!

Here's a pic when I'm 18weeks

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p269/mu...0/Photo0009.jpg

 

It's funny to go back and read this post 11 weeks later. Now I'm 29 weeks and definitely look preggers! For the first time in my life (I've always fought the battle of the bulge) people are telling me "you're so tiny to be carrying so much baby!" ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? But seriously, I look in the mirror and I've lost so much fluff from my arms, back, legs and ba-donky-donk. Now I just have this huge belly...and I love it! :banana: :banana:

 

I didn't look pregnant untl about 25 weeks. And now people tell me all the time they can't believe I'm 33 weeks pg with twins. A midwife told me this week that I look like I'm about 28 weeks pg with one baby.