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18w4d pregnant

so this is my first pregnancy so I am a really big worry wart......lol....but I just wanna know if some things...I am 18 weeks right now and I am still not really showing at all. I look a lil fatter but no baby bump.....my stomach is not really hard, when I stand it is but when I lay down it's kinda flabby....I have not felt the baby kick yet but I am not quite sure what I am feeling for either, I do think I feel flutters tho....I had my last appt like a week n a half ago and heard the heart beat and it was 140 bpm...and I go in nov 15th to find out the sex....I google things all the time to see if it's normal....am I just worrying over nothing....is it normal not to be showing yet or feeling the baby or having a hard stomach yet??
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thank you guys lol I know I worry alot......
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what your feeling is probably baby moving.... Don't worry hon.. Everything is fine. Just because your not showing doesn't mean something's wrong..
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1194973 tn?1385503904
First time mothers can easily take up to 24 weeks before they start to feel the baby. Many things can affect it, such as baby's position, mothers body, and if the placenta is in the way. Don't worry about showing. You might not for months. I could easily hide that I was pregnant when I was 39 weeks, and never really "showed". Everyone is different and your body won't be the same as anothers.  
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1222635 tn?1366396286
dont worry :) iwas a huge worrier too during my pregnancy. its normal to not show yet, and depending on your weight / where baby is positioned you may not feel kicks yet. they will feel like gas bubbles but early on it is hard to tell which is which. my stomach flattened out when i laid down for a longgg time.
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964234 tn?1331949207
Don't worry your baby is still very small (that is why movements are hard to distinguish) and the second half of pregnancy is when you and the baby will really start to gain weight/get big.  Just wait you will get so big towards the end you will feel like you can't move.  Enjoy this time 2nd trimester is the best of pregnancy.  I had only gained 5lbs by the time I was around 18 weeks and barely showing at all until I was over 6 months.  By 8 months I looked like I swallowed a basketball LOL and by the end I had gained about 37 lbs total about 17 of it in the last 2 months =)
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Gas or flutters maybe similar to fetal movements. U will probably notice little kicks soon dont worry. Im 20 weeks pregnant and also when i lay down my belly still a bit flat, no bumps yet try not to worry.
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