When did you start to show a baby Bump?

 I was curious when anyone has started to show a baby bump for your first pregnancy? I weight 197 right now and was of course I have two rolls in tummy area. I always had two rolls even when I was bigger. I was wondering when you would start to show and what your belly would look like? Anyone have baby bump pics they would like to show? I know this gurl who is 9 weeks right along with me a friend and she has a lil belly already...of course I do not cause im still a big person. I was also told I may now look pregnant at all ever. I was just curious what anyone else has to say. I would love to have baby bump pictures taken around 8 months or so right before the baby is due. Which that is awhile away. But this is my first baby and experience so I am going to have a professional photography pictures done for my bump. I would love to show the naked belly but I am worried that it will look funny or something. Ive always had dreams even when I was younger of being pregnant with an odd shaped belly. Anyone else have that issue?>

I weigh 195 and I'm about 12.5 weeks along with my first pregnancy.  I've always had that lovely "double roll" thing going on.  You know... the bottom roll pretty much starts at my belly button, right where the waistline to my pants rests.  I'm fortunate in that I don't have any excess skin, though... so my rolls are firm and not floppy or saggy, if that makes sense, lol.  (Picture below at 205.)

I have noticed for 3 weeks now that my lower belly (right above my pubic hair line) has started getting firm.  Usually, I can suck in my stomach and make it look flat.  Well, I CAN'T do that anymore.  There's definitely no denying that my uterus has grown and that there's a baby in there!  It doesn't look like a baby bump yet... it just looks like I've been overdoing the doughnuts.  Also, I've noticed that my waistline has gotten a little thicker.  I've graduated from a size 12 to a size 14, just because I cant stand to have anything tight around my waist right now.

Here are some bump pics. Keep in mind I was about 285 in these pics also. I was still losing weight because I got pregnant so early post op.

20weeks


30weeks


39weeks


If you start wearing maternity clothes that will really help you look pregnant too!

-Ashlie

It won't help for the bare belly pictures, BUT a maternity shaper or maternity Spanx is wonderful !!! I was not showing at all. I'm 22wks. People kept saying, "are you sure you're pregnant?". When I wear my shaper, I have a beautiful baby bump... It squishes all the extras into a nice round belly & smooths out all the rest : ) It also provides a ton of support & is a great alternative to those pregnancy support bands.

I lost 100 pounds (my goal) with  RNY. I kept it off for over four years and got pregnant. When I got pregnant, I was 126 pounds. I have extra skin/flab/fat in the area below my belly button and I've never felt "thin". Now, I am over 25 wks pregnant and I have a bulge in the same area of the extra flab. To me it looks like I'm getting fat again! From the side, I don't make a nice round bump, it's more like a "B" with an indention where my waist is. I really am repulsed by what I see in the mirror. I try not to look...

Best wishes to you. The 8-month pictures sounds like a fun idea!!

Kina

I weighed about 193 when I first got pregnant.  (at nine months post op)   I got my "bump" around 6.5/7 months....  of course because of my own issues I still saw the "fat belly' but everyone else saw the baby tummy.  all these photos were taken about 3 weeks before I gave birth...she was born at 37 weeks gestation.















These were 28 weeks gestation










BTW I had the "B" belly....the entire time...never got a "D" belly...but...maternity pants work wonders!!

It will come give it time!

 Thanks for the replies everyone!!! Thanks also for the pictures....THey all look wonderful!!! I can see me have the B shape too cause of my rolls. Im happy tho and I will get some Spanx Shape wear..Where can you buy Spanx?

Honestly I didn't REALLY start showing a real bump until the last 2 months (due date is tomorrow). I had enough of one that I had to wear maternity pants, but every time I would tell someone how far along I was, they almost wouldn't believe me. Even now, people can't believe I am being induced tonight. Here are a couple of my bump pics. We did them early (around 27 weeks I think) because I wanted to use them for our shower invites. We just tried a bunch of angles to make my belly look bigger.

I just have to say I went most of my pregnancy wishing that my belly was bigger, but now that I am at the end, I am glad it wasn't I just think I would have been so much more uncomfortable.

I ordered mine from Amazon. I just typed "Maternity Spanx" in the search box. I had been wearing my regular Spanx. The first day I wore it out, I got a ton of "your baby bump is so cute" comments. Without it, I just look like I'm getting thick again : ) The regular Spanx works great too by holding everything up in a nice round bump, but it started getting a little restrictive. So, I just ordered my maternity Spanx this week. BTW, I ordered the Maternity Shaper from Motherhood Maternity first & it was crap. It had no support & allowed my "two belly rolls" to separate, LOL. It did not create a beautiful bump : ) It was just kinda like long underwear. I hope you love it too !

I started getting a small bumb around 12 weeks. I'm now 15 and a half weeks and you can tell I'm pregnant. I weighed 169 pounds when I found out I was pregnant and I have the two seperate rolls as well, they were smaller, now filling out. You can really tell with the upper roll when you start to look pregnant and I AGREE...pregnancy spanx shapers work! They are good for support also. I found mine at Target. Cost me about 16 bucks.