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Doctor's will tell you that is has lots to do with genetics, such as tall, short, skin elasticity, etc. I hope you are keeping CoCo B___ter and things like that on your stomach, etc. Hopefully you will have have stretch marks. Keep yourself well oiled. Trust me. Experience speeks for itself. Good Luck with your new baby.

In the spirit of mothers day I would like to share some of the best advice I ever got from my mother "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" Congrats to all mothers and mothers to be, it is a gift to cherish!

I am almost 18 years old and I am 4 in a half months pregnant. I find out May 11 is it will be a boy or girl. I am concerned because I am not showing yet. Is that bad?

I am 5 months and not showing either. I think (like other people have said) that is has more to do with your body type before you got pregnant. I wasn't exceptionally thin, but I wasn't fat either. Now I just look fat :) Oh and by the way, where is the moderator of this topic when you need them to delete the negative comments? I don't think that Tikka posted her age to be critcized; I think she posted her age so in case the people who wanted give a CONSTRUCTIVE, HELPFUL ANSWER knew if age might have had anything to do with it. If she wanted to be judged because of that, then I believe that the quetion would have read a little differently. No one is morally superior to anyone else. Your age, marital or financial status has nothing to do with your abilities as a mother or your goodness as a person. To the girl who is married and 20, I see that you keep capitalzing the word "married" as if that is the one thing that defines you as a person. A ring on your finger and a piece of paper does make you any more of a mother. It also doesn't make you any less of a whore, since you were implying that this 13 year old MUST be a whore for being pregnant, which is also not necessarily true. I may not necessarily agree that 13 and 14 year olds should be having babies, but at the same time I (just like you) have to realize that these are not my decisions, and all the internet preaching in the world is not going to make a little girl make any real life choices.

This is all craziness!!! I was 15 when I got prego and heard all this same stuff from narrow-minded people, it gets old.As for talking to prego teens ten years later, it sometimes works out. I am now married to the father, expecting our third child, buying our first home and enjoying life. My daughter( the child who suffers) is a brilliant 10 year old who is alredy taking cla__ses through Duke University, sought after by other big colleges such as Yale, receiving college scholarships, due to her intelligence. She has no idea that things could or should have been different for her. I began to show with her in my sixth month, just woke up one day and had a belly, and got BIG from there. Now on my third pregnancy, she was the easiest, I beleive because I was young. Natural birth, seven hours labor, three hard labor and at the hospital only 20 minutes. Good luck, sincerly...

Thank you very much Lissa, especially, for bringing some sense to this board! While I myself do not believe in pregnancy outside of wedlock,i do not see the need in expressing my beliefs as heartlessly and carelessly as Tarah did! Tarah i myself am 20 years old and married... and while i may not consider my self the wisest person in the world, i'm smart enough to know how address problems and issues with care and intelligent words, as opposed to loose and dangerous words that may throw an already pregnant woman into a state of depression ans self-pity....is this good for the baby?? If the baby is the one you are thinking about then please, hold strong to your beliefs but please in the future be more careful about the way you try to 'help people'. Insulting her and telling her what she has probebly alredy realised is not going to do anything at this point...except cause potential harm to herself and the baby's well-being.... Therefore advise people, regarding all matters, with wisdom....

i just turned nine months, and i barely started showing until 7 months. Now im huge, you'll get there soon trust me

Hi, I'm 19 weeks prego and though I don't have a distinct prego belly I am getting thicker. I have't gained any weight so far, actually lost 5lbs and my doc says my baby's healthy. Girls.... Tarah evidently has too much time on her hands. Many would consider 20 yrs old a baby still. If you feel better by dragging a 13 yr old through the mud, then that just shows a lot about you. However, she will need all the support she can get and I commend her for reaching out.

i am 28, iam 28 weeks pregnant i dont show much either im due 7 august i am always worried that there is something wrong i am also tall size 10 but ive been told to stop worrying this will be my second i didnt really show with my first when i was 18 . so dont worry about a thing the baby will gain its weight from now on in eat healthy. good luck

I never showed until I was 6 1/2 months. I was still able to wear my regular clothes. You'll sprout out soon enough trust me. For right now, buy Cocoa B___ter for Stretch Marks, it works! Continue with it after pregnancy. and honey, you are TOO young to have a baby. Think about your options first.

yes i agree with sana. Tikka don't worry to much as long as the middwife tells you the babys ok.I'm 5 months and not showing at all.x

All i have to say is you kids are insane. I'm 5 months pregnant and i'm 19.. i will have my baby when i'm 20 and I think i'm wayyy too young to have this baby. You kids can't even get jobs yet. The best you can do is get on WIC. What the hell are you going to do? you're freshmans in high school, you havent even gotten to the hard parts yet. Godbless you, because you think it's not going to be hard, HA think again.

I dont feel that it is right for 13 year olds to have s_x, let alone have babies.. 13 or 14 ... i mean your bodies arent even fully mature yet, and it despite how yall phrase it it is hard and you cant sit there and say it isnt because you dont know... you havent been through it yet .. itz not like the "movies".. living off WIC , and medicare,....so for instance your 14 and your babies up all night crying because of and ear infection, (you have no money , because your to young to work) your only a kid , how do you know how to handle an adult situation like that ... u cant ... im not judgeing yall ..im 18 and i just graduated from high school, im proud of myself .. but i just found out thst im 4 months pregnant .. and im legal but im still not ready to raise a child ..........Good luck to everyone

It takes some women a long time to show...especially when they are extremely skinny.

I am 13 yrs old also. And i have one question: Why are all u having s_x at such a young age?? Im not saying that i know more or that i am wiser than all of u, but WHY? i mean ur only 13 years old for goodness sakes! i understand that its ur desision and all, but you have th rest of ur lives to do all that stuff! Why the rush? I personally think that abstinence is best. And what if ur partner had AIDS or something? what are you gonna do then? I dont think that younger people should have to have children and go thru the pain of pregnency. And most teenage moms miss out on stuff like proms. But u kno, this is only my personal opinion... And Tikka, maybe if u are a skinny person it takes a while for you to show.. or maybe your baby is just small-like i was :) i hope i helped.

Tikka... Don't worry I'm young too I'm 3 months pregnant at 17 and I know I'm young but I have family and friends that will help me get through this ..Don't listen to the negative comments people are saying because noone is perfect..Stay strong...