Not Feeling Preganant!

[Gray001]

Hi Ladies,

Does anybody not feel pregnant at all? My tummy is still squishy (ok, ok I admit I am not all that slim to start with) but I thought it would slightly hard by now!
I have no cravings at all ... Just lots of food that makes me feel very ill.

If I hadnt had my scan 2 weeks ago and seen a healthy baby wriggling around I wouldnt believe I was pregnant!

I know I will probably regret saying this when I am being kept awake all night but I cannot wait to have a big bump and feel baby kicking.

When did you start to actually feel preganant?

 

[EmzyJA]

I still have days when I don't feel pregnant. My tummy hard hardened and I do have a small bump but even now sometimes it goes squishy, I imagine it when baby moved to my back is when it goes squishy. Give it a bit of time and I'm sure you'll start feeling more pregnant. I didn't have any sort of a bump until gone 20 weeks with my first.

 

[CaptainMummy]

99% of the time I forget I'm pregnant. I don't really have a bump yet apart from in the morning when I'm laying down, and although i do feel kicks it's only ever at night time when there's peace and quiet! I guess I'm too busy to think about my pregnancy most of the time! I see it as a good thing as I'm not obsessing over how long I have left etc

 

[purplecupcake]

I didn't up until a couple weeks ago. Now he moves around so much and I am starting to feel some aches and pains and definitely feel pregnant.

 

[UnderPressure]

Gray001, looks like you and I are due at the same time. I'd savor the not feeling pregnant-ness. Personally, I don't feel "pregnant" necessarily, but I feel immune-compromised as I keep getting sick and take longer to get well and even when I'm not sick I'm stuffy ( and it's not allergies). My belly gets hard and round, but only when I bloat. Still not feeling a hard bump at all but totally recognize that my pants aren't fitting right. Even though the bump isn't hard, I feel tightness in my pelvis that I imagine is my uterus struggling to grow and overtake my whole body. Boobs hurt always and like you, I have some ridiculous food aversions.... That having been said, if I'm not going to "feel" pregnant, I'd like to be as symptomless as possible

 

[MamaLa]

I am 14+6 and I have days when I dont feel pregnant, but those are the days I am usually having a crazy day in the clinic. But I am showing a little, but I already have a B belly so its hard to judge. My belly is hard sometimes and my belly button feels weird.

I hate walking around looking fat when I know there's a kid in there. lol. But I do take bump pictures and compare to pre-pregnancy and it reminds me that I am not just fat LO is pushing my stomach out.

If I look down I could never see my stomach just my boobs not its slowly but surely making it way out, I see boobs and a little round belly.

But I am going to but some maternity pants since none of jeans fit right they just cut into my belly. Hopefully that will round out my lil bump

 

[Gray001]

UnderPressure, how exciting nice to meet somebody due at the same time as me!
I am also suffering with a cold at the moment (the second one so far since being pregnant) and yes they do seem to be taking longer to get rid of!

 

[lovinglife28]

This is so me right now also. I'm glad the nausea part is over for me, well most of the time anyway. I totally know how you feel about being immune-compromised. I'm getting my second cold in less than a month and last time I felt as though I was surely going to perish. It's god awful being sick while preggo. I had a cold and also couldn't keep even water down so I got the double whammy, awesome I too wish I felt a little more pregnant but I'm trying to focus on this feeling good period before the aches and pains of the 3rd tri.

 

[jhughes0709]

I had no symptoms with my 2nd until I hit about 20wks and started feeling him move. but I'm really short so my tummy always pokes out really early. You'll start feeling pregnant once you can feel the baby wiggling around Consider yourself lucky....I puked until 20 wks and could barely eat!

 

[moter98]

I'm pregnant with #3 and totally fine with not having that pronounced baby bump yet! I want to wear my regular clothes as long as possible, hate maternity wear. Just 3 days ago I woke up with what you could say is a permanent small bump. Before then I was just getting bloated on and off but would wake up with a fairly flat tummy. I hear you about the squishy feeling, I still have that. Down low I can feel my uterus so I know it's moving up. Keep in mind that your uterus will be at your belly button around 20 weeks so that's why it doesn't feel hard yet. That will come!

 

[ashlee2916]

im 18 weeks and still dont feel pregnant, people try to stop doing stuff at work and i end up shouting at them that i can do certain things.

 

[AliJo]

When I was 14 weeks I didn't feel pregnant at all. I wasn't showing, had no symptoms, and I just felt completely normal. It has only recently started to really affect me. It'll hit you out of nowhere. Definitely did me anyways.

 

[heidi87814]

I literally felt nothing until I hit 20 weeks. My bump was so tiny and I didn't have any symptoms at all. It all hit this week and I am definitely feeling it now. It'll come, hon, don't worry.