There are situations in which the situation is little noticeable even after 16 weeks.
This does not always mean pathology, developmental delay, missed pregnancy and other horrors that expectant mothers get from the Internet.
There is a logical explanation for everything. If the growth is not noticeable, first of all, you need to calm down and tell your leading doctor about your experiences.
He will reasonably challenge beliefs and prove that everything is in order. If necessary, he will prescribe an ultrasound.
Reasons why belly growth slows down:
• physical training. If the mother's abdominal muscles are trained, they can hold their shape for a long time. This is fine. Think new stretch jeans versus old ones. The new ones fit the leg and smoothly fit, while the old ones swell with bubbles on the knees and hang. It doesn’t hurt your leg because your new jeans are tight. So does the child. Another thing is to intensely strain your abdominal muscles, but this is a completely different topic;
• body structure. Hip width plays an important role. If the hips are wide, there is enough space for the uterus, it will grow in the femoral area and push the organs out of the abdominal cavity later than usual;
• area for securing a child's seat. If the fetus is attached to the uterus at the wall, which is located closer to the back, then the enlargement of the fetus will be noticeable later;
• amniotic fluid. Their volume is individual: for some it is more, for others it is less;
• heredity. If the interesting position of the expectant mother’s mother/grandmother was not noticeable until 6 months, then these are the characteristics of the body that are inherited;
• completeness. The situation is easy to miss in obese women: the larger the waist before the appearance of two stripes, the less noticeable the changes are.