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Hi Ladies,

Was just wondering if some of you might be able to help me?! I've got a christening to go to in a couple of weeks and I'm planning on wearing a non-maternity dress that is gathered at the front. The only problem is that I think if still don't have much of a bump, the dress will look a bit silly.

I have a small bump at the mo, but people would probably just assume I'm bloated. Sooooo, should I expect to grow a bit in the next couple of weeks or buy a new outfit? I'm 5' 9" and a size 10/12.

Thank you!

Sam xxx

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  • Hi ya

    Why would a non-maternity dress look silly if you don't have a bump? Surely it's made for non-bump ladies?!
    You might have a bit of a growth spurt in the next couple of weeks but it can vary so much. My friend was getting offered seats on the tube at 16 weeks but my bump is sort of flatter and longer so I still don't look that pregnant if I stand with my pelvis tucked under and I'm 19+5. We were both a size 10-12.
    It is hard when you're at the in-between stage. When I went swimming I was paranoid everyone would think I was just fat but then I decided it was a bit silly thinking like that when such an amazing thing was happening to my body.
    I'm sure you'll get chatting to loads of people to tell them you are pregnant anyway and if other people think you are bloated then so be it, as long as you and your family and friends know it's a baby in there, who cares!!
    Enjoy the Christening, I've got two this month as well! (You're not off to one in Canterbury by any chance?!)
    xxxx
  • I dont have any pics at 16 weeks, but I do have some at 17 + 6 as this was my wedding day, I did have a bump but it could be hidden by what I wore, and no one knew bar very close family and friends till the speech and they didnt guess.

    http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs165.snc1/6172_249849960416_694145416_8703620_32887_n.jpg



    Its the best I could find of our none official ones, as all others have flowers, hands or hubby in way of my tum and our official ones wont be back for a few weeks. Everyone is different and people bloom at different times, personally I reall expanded on honeymoon at 18-20 and then 24-27 weeks and I now feel quite big lol!

    Hope this helps

    Em 29 + 4 x x
  • Im having twins and I didnt show until 18 weeks...apart from a slightly rounder tummy. Everyone is different hun but I agree with Scubachick - A maternity dress should look fine whether you have a bump or not. I wore a maternitytop to a wedding the day before my bump 'popped' and I looked fine.

    Gemma and Double Blue Bump 31 + 6
  • I didn't really show atall at this stage. I could maybe tell slightly myself but no one else would have guesed with me until 20 weeks. Agree the in between stage is hard as everyone hates looking bloated!

    40 weeks today!
  • Thanks for your help girls, I only think the non-maternity dress will look silly because it's not the type of thing I would usually wear when I was without bump. I'm sure it'll be fine, can always buy something else too! x
  • I went to a wedding at 16wks and wore a dress I'd brought previously. Had a small bump and it was visable in the dress-although I thought I looked bloated!
    But as the others have said everyone is different so it can be hard to tell what you will be like.
  • This was me at 17 weeks,

    http://lh3.ggpht.com/_zZu9L8SyeKw/SiQRuJoCA-I/AAAAAAAAAok/CTHNZNBebvQ/s512/dscn2287%20%28Modified%20%282%29%29.jpg



    funnily i thought i was huge but turns out thats nothing on whats to come! I was still in non-maternity dresses up to about 22 weeks and then they became a little too tight. Maternity dresses are very roomy and can drown you without a proper bump so i would say unless its a dress you could only have worn on a skinny day then you will be fine. We were on holiday when i was 19 weeks and i wore 3 different non maternity dresses and they all looked fine.
    xcx
    30+2
  • I *thought* i had a bump at 16 weeks but there was barely anything there compared to know lol!!!
    xx
    35+5
  • This was me at 16 weeks.

    http://i719.photobucket.com/albums/ww200/EBrittan/P1020638.jpg



    Like the others I thought I was pretty big but now it looks like there's barely anything there! It's really hard to predict how big you will be as some people pop out early, other not until much later.

    x 39+2
  • I'm 5' 10'' and had nothing really. prob just looked bloated like the others have said, like the week before AF. Got something like BabyB's bump above at 24 weeks. Baby was all stretched inside me instead of sticking out. Like she is now!!!

    xxxxxxx
    37+6
  • Hey there lady !

    I thought I was HUGE at 16wks ... but I look back now and realise I really wasn't !!!

    Everyone is different tho - I think I got quite big early on and then slowed down - whereas I have friends that didn't show until 18wks ...

    This is me at 16+3

    http://img4011.photobox.co.uk/166961057b7f1fc8e49299ad61183dcfedb6b56e8cd943aaefafcd82cd6226438ee6e79f.jpg



    and I think this was 13+4 - in a normal "non maternity" dress ... I thought I was huge - my, how I laugh !!!

    http://img5012.photobox.co.uk/569920637edff379658d1d9a2818ece008fd93c31849c6de799593ddd6e723a1e26881ce.jpg

  • Hi hon
    Have attached a few pics. Like 2bsmart says, unless they are only for really skinny days you should be ok. I thought I was huge at 14 or so weeks but now at 24+4 i'm massive!
    First one is at 13+6
    http://img4011.photobox.co.uk/28653903c5fa267caa480ac959ebdf736ec45a92cd08a8dfdc1eb0d99b43b7b9a7acccf0.jpg



    Next one I have is 17+4
    http://img4012.photobox.co.uk/546140720aed19c7fe41957a4a26296dc2e85c3c77a0f9995b5220d27d99c3df19752c2d.jpg



    I didn't take any between 13+7 and 17+4 as my bump kinda grew at 17 weeks. Then at 23+4
    http://img4012.photobox.co.uk/976246958350bd788f364e6bb93147d8f77c23bb5fc18a00260be7fa91e61a6359aabe04.jpg



    Even at 17+4 I could have been mistaken for a porker but at 23+4 it's pretty obvious.

    The dress I had on at 13+7 was an old non maternity from when I was 21 (i'm 24 now) so it wasn't that bad.

    Maternity dresses are hard as they can make you look huge but have attached a pic of me at 19+6 in a dress from the holly willoughby range on littlewoods. It's BEAUTIFUL and so flattering. I wore it at 16 weeks, then at 19+6 and could quite easily wear it at the end. It's worth a look, I wore it with black shoes but if I wore cream with maybe cream headband would look more daytime. I did look pregnant which I loved as people noticed but I still wasn't massive
    http://img4012.photobox.co.uk/549504735cf1978d7980e77d391c8f7e5d745a8a41ee003e953bd998787375ff9784152d.jpg



    Sorry it's kinda turned into the Emma show! Just remember when I was struggling for my outfit that I had to buy at 13 weeks for the party at 19+6 and was so happy with my choice.
    xxxx
  • Sorry third and forth pics are
    at 23+4
    http://img4012.photobox.co.uk/976246958350bd788f364e6bb93147d8f77c23bb5fc18a00260be7fa91e61a6359aabe04.jpg



    http://img4012.photobox.co.uk/549504735cf1978d7980e77d391c8f7e5d745a8a41ee003e953bd998787375ff9784152d.jpg



    xx
  • i had a wedding at 13 and one at 14 weeks, i had a bit of a spurt inbetween the two and i looked very pregnant at the second one, both my dresses were non maternity under bust ones but they were both really tight on the bust as i had grown a lot in that department!

    becca
    21+6
  • Thanks again ladies, love the pics! Maybe I'll surprise myself and have a growth spurt, but I won't hold my breath! x
  • Hi,
    G/C from baby - saw this thread on the main page. Just to say it is so difficult to know exactly what your body will do/how it will change as everyone is so different.

    I didn't start to show till really late on, I didn't look properly pregnant till well past 30 weeks!

    Here's a pic of me when I was 16+2 (excuse the knickers!!)

    http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v359/182/109/510992070/n510992070_913867_6219.jpg



    All the best with your pg and enjoy the christening!

  • This was me at 17+2 - I pretty much stayed like this until 24 weeks and then bump arrived

    http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss181/akaLadyK/SNV32210-2.jpg



    36+6
  • http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v263/13/85/36807315/s36807315_36916126_4860.jpg



    Me first time round at 16+4. Am now 11+ weeks (approx, I think :roll: ) and almost as big....
  • I wasn't showing that much at 16 weeks, but people who knew I was pregnant could def tell, however people on the street would have just thought I had eaten a few to many pies! I really started to show more and have a proper little bump at around 20 weeks
    This is me at 17 weeks

    CG 23+5


    http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy107/curlygirly82/17weeks.jpg?t=1252090777



    [Modified by: CurlyGirly on September 04, 2009 08:05 PM]

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