17 weeks and no real bump?

[MrsPow]

Hi ladies,

I'm currently 17 weeks with baby number 3 and still don't really have a bump-I'm just looking fat! Anyone else in he same boat? Also I've hardly felt any definite movements and I felt them much earlier with my other 2?

Thanks in advance x

 

[sarah2211]

I had no bump until around 22 weeks. I've had heaps of growth in the past 4 weeks. I felt movements at 15 weeks though. It can vary from pregnancy to pregnancy.

 

[pinkpassion]

I don't have much of a bump and still am not feeling definitive movements. This pregnancy is so different than my 2 others. I felt both my other two from 11-12 weeks and on, this one I still don't feel pregnant and finding it hard to believe there's a baby in there!

 

[kat132]

i am on my 3rd and my bump didnt start looking like a bump until around 21 weeks. Even now when i get up in the morning it looks a lot flatter than the end of the day. I felt my first flutters at around 17 weeks but nothing regular until 21 weeks. I still get quiet days now.

I have never been this small at this point so its quite strange for me. i am just hoping it means i can loose the belly quicker after birth

 

[MrsPow]

Thanks ladies glad it's not just me! X

 

[dairymomma]

Nope, not just you. I'm 23 weeks and while I do look sort of pregnant now, it's still not a true baby bump. I just look a bit pudgier around the middle but I like to *think* my bump has popped. And this baby has thrown every pg pattern I've had out the window. My other three were all carried high enough I wore my pants the whole way thru my pg. Didn't need maternity clothes at all. I felt movement as early as 13-14 weeks and it got steadily more regular as the days went by. This time, bubs is hanging out low down and I had to buy maternity pants for the first time ever. And movement didn't get super obvious until my 20 weeks. In fact, I was worried about the baby until my 20 week anatomy scan when the sonographer showed me baby was actually VERY active but was using the placenta as a punching bag. My placenta is anterior and baby is breech so much of his/her movement is actually being absorbed-which is why I didn't feel more movement until baby got big enough to bop around it.

 

[lilmisscaviar]

Don't worry, it is completely normal at this stage. This is my fourth and the placenta with this baby is posterior, meaning all the blows *should* be going to my belly, but I didn't start feeling the first true movements until 18-18 1/2 weeks. My bump also looks smaller this time than in my previous pregnancies, but he was measuring in the 80th percentile at my anatomy scan so not a small baby. He was most active between 19-22 weeks but now I think he is so big and so cramped that I only feel him shifting positions, not true full force punches or kicks anymore.

 

[MrsPow]

Nice to hear it's not just me! It still hasn't sunk in that I'm pregnant which is weird. Also I'm feeling very 'wet ' down there all the time. I dont remember it being like that before. I'm worried I could be leaking fluid???

 

[dan-o]

Is it a baby number 3 thing? I barely looked pregnant at 24w with my 3rd.

This time I'm massive already probably still bloat in my case!

Pink, have you deflated since 1st tri? (Hoping I do!)

 

[pinkpassion]

Dan-o, o yes, I've most definitely deflated!! All that bloat went away left me wondering if I am actually pregnant
Here's a comparison of 8+4 (blue dress) and 17+4 (grey shirt)

 

[dan-o]

Oh gosh hope for me yet then! That's astounding!

Lovely neat bump now!

 

[ttc126]

Pink and Dano I was really bloated at first too and now I feel way way smaller. No way anyone can tell I'm preggo!

Have you ladies gained weight? I've gained nothing. This has never happened to me where I haven't gained SOMETHING by now. And this isn't even my most sick pregnancy.

 

[pinkpassion]

I've gained 7 pounds. Much more than I was hoping because I was still 3-4 lbs from target weight after dd2, it doesn't sound like much but when you are 4'10" every pound seems more for my size!

 

[ttc126]

Pink you look so tiny still though ❤️

 

[pinkpassion]

Well yes, I am lol I'm only 105 lbs

 

[Nadyaraza]

Hi ladies
Sorry to barge in here but the first trimester thread was awfully quiet and I can't seem to start a new thread. Apologies. Now Has anyone of you ever been prescribed antibiotics during pregnancy week 12? I' had a nasty fever and slight cough was taken to the emergency and blood tests showed a minor infection. Doc said they must tackle fever as that fastens the baby's hb too. So I was given an iv for paracetamol and an antibiotic.
Now today I have no fever thank God but I'm supposed to take antibiotics for the next 5 days (1000mg daily) and I'm really really worried about that

The antibiotic is cefuroxime.

 

[verily]

Nadyaraza: It's category B in the US. If you're concerned about taking it, call your OB or midwife for advice. You do need to address the infection though as that puts you at risk.