this board makes me feel like a freak!ADDED square belly pics!

I am 17w and definitely showing. I gained 6 lbs but I feel like everyone else didn't gain ANY weight and isn't showing yet.

AND I am 17w and I barely feel the baby. Little flutters but no kicks and definitely no where near where DH can feel from the outside. . .

Make me feel normal again







i have the strangest belly EVER!

Message edited 2/16/2010 6:46:30 PM.

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I didn't really feel the baby until 19 weeks and DH didn't feel him kick until a week later. I started gaining weight early on too so don't feel like a freak!

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your not weird I started gaining weight from the beginning I think I gained the same amount as you if not more by 17 weeks. I started to feel my baby really give strong kicks around 24 weeks where dh could finally feel. So i should say welcome to the club you are not alone

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I'm only 14 weeks and completely and obviously showing!!!

And my babycenter email for 15 weeks said that by now most women have gained 5 lbs, so it sounds to me like you are right on track!

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Posted by Tilde


AND I am 17w and I barely feel the baby. Little flutters but no kicks and definitely no where near where DH can feel from the outside. . .

Make me feel normal again

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I gained around the same as you and I'm not showing QUITE yet BUT I contribute that to my height.
6 lbs on me never really shows- I'm 5'9"
So the baby has a lot of places to hide!

I actually feel like the freak for NOT showing at 22 weeks. People are constantly staring at my mid section- looking for ANY sign I'm preggo.
It's getting annoying.

Also- I don't get how you can NOT gain weight.
The boobs are bigger, you have more blood volume, you are retaining more fluids, the placenta, the baby itself etc... I just can't imagine not putting on any weight at 16 weeks or whatever.
My boobs alone weight a pound more each I am sure!

And as far as the movement- FORGET IT!! I have anterior placenta and at 22 weeks I might have felt a flutter or 2 but it is so faint I can also contribute it to gas! (Which Lord knows I have an abundance of!)

Everyone is different... don't feel like a freak!!!!!

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I will be 20 weeks this thursday and even though i have not gained any weight and I am definitely not showing.

I definitely DO NOT feel the baby "kicking" at all and there is no way in hell that DH would be able to feel anything. I occasionallly feel small bubbles popping inside me here and there but nothing consistant at all and I am still not totally convinced it just isn't gas !

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do you wanna feel REALLY normal? this was me at 12 and 17 weeks you are NOT alone!!


also, at 17w, I was only feeling flutters. No REAL kicks until 18w6d and that was EARLY as per my OB!


luckily, i had no weight gain at 17 weeks, but 10lbs at 29 weeks!

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I had nothing at 16 weeks! I didnt feel flutters until around 20 weeks and didnt feel a kick from the outside until around 25 weeks! TRUST ME you will get there!

First pic below I was 16 weeks! I literally popped at like 21 weeks NOW LOOK AT ME!


ETA: I have gained 18lbs so far..but seriously..I need to see your belly pic...bc from your album I see nothing! Your tiny!

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Message edited 2/16/2010 4:14:35 PM.

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18wks today..only a few days a head of you and HELLO, did you see my 17wk BELLY SHOT??



I dont feel flutters. I felt them ONCE at 13wks or so (since I had a child and know what to feel) and have felt nothing since and I have TWO in there.

My weight gain is 7lbs so far.

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I started showing at 13 weeks and at 25 weeks DH has felt the baby ONCE....you have a way to go before feeling abnormal! lol

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Posted by Tilde

I am 17w and definitely showing. I gained 6 lbs but I feel like everyone else didn't gain ANY weight and isn't showing yet.

AND I am 17w and I barely feel the baby. Little flutters but no kicks and definitely no where near where DH can feel from the outside. . .

Make me feel normal again

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I am 17 weeks also. I think I am starting to show a bit I put on 7-8 pounds so far. I think everyone is diffrent. My boobs are so big. I went from a 32C to almost a 32E. I am the Freak. LOL
I have been feeling flutters, no kicking.
If there was an issue your doctor would tell you.

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my belly was growing from day 1
i didnt feel baby until 21 weeks and D has def not felt the baby
and ive gained much more than that!

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The first thing you have to remember is that pregnancy is different for everyone. The way you carry, how you're showing, how you're feeling, how you feel the baby, it's all different for everyone.

You're not a freak!

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I'm only 13 weeks and I've got a lil belly already. I also gained 3lbs already, so your definitely not a freak.

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ummm...i showed at 12 weeks. i felt the baby kick (barely) at 19 weeks. i am 20 weeks now and up 12 lbs!

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thank you! I knew this post for obvious sympathy and coddling would work! it was just what i needed
i will post belly pics when i get home!

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You're not a freak - i'm about 23 weeks and i'm up 16 lbs. I started gaining weight at 9 weeks and showing since about 13-14 weeks - I popped and fully look pregnant at 21 weeks.

I starting feeling flutters around 18 weeks - and still do not feel the baby all the time.

Message edited 2/16/2010 4:34:23 PM.

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Okay... first, I think you're having a girl. I just decided. Deb may know from sonograms, I know from my super psychic abilities.

Secondly, with my first I was wearing maternity clothes at 10 weeks. And I was pulling them out at 7 weeks this time.

Very, very few people feel flutters that early with their first. I think I felt DD at 19 weeks... in retrospect I remember feeling her earlier but I didn't know then what I was feeling. One of my BFFs didn't feel her first until 22 weeks. Totally NORMAL!!

I'm pretty sure I gained 6 or 7 pounds by 17 weeks the first time around too. And the weight gain only picked up speed from there!! Between my 20th and 24th week I gained 14 pounds. FOURTEEN IN 4 WEEKS!!!

"Normal" doesn't really mean anything. Everyone's different, every pregnancy is different and unless your doctor specfically tells you otherwise, you're "normal" too.

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At 17 weeks I had already gained some weight and was wearing maternity clothes.

Looking at the pics now- I feel like I was barely showing...but then, I felt huge already





ETA: I felt NOTHING (not even flutters) til after 20 weeks

Message edited 2/16/2010 5:05:36 PM.

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well at 30 weeks I have gained 20lbs so far....BTW we are all freaks because while pregnancy is "normal" it sure as heck doesn't feel like my body should be doing half the things it is doing !

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Your weight gain is fine.

And at this point you should only be feeling flutters. Nothing consistent yet. You are completely normal.

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I was showing at 14 weeks Tilde-FM MrsWask and ask her about the cheese fry story-that is proof!

ETA-I felt nothing until 20 1/2 weeks, no flutters, nada!

Message edited 2/16/2010 5:48:45 PM.

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I def have gained weight (I really hate to calculate how much... but def 2 pant sizes) and am in maternity pants at 12.5 weeks.

I don't know if I'm "showing", but my belly is def different... and I'm a tall (5ft 8inch), pretty thin person.

Message edited 2/16/2010 6:15:38 PM.