What is “baby bloat” ?

Question

I keep seeing posts about “baby bloat” can someone explain this to me? I have celiac disease so I have been very familiar with “bloat”. This does not feel remotely the same. I am not gassy nor do I feel gross like I do with normal bloat and my bump doesn’t look like bloat. It looks like I’m pregnant and it’s been gradually growing. I am almost 8 weeks. Can someone explain this to me?

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They call it bloat because even though you have a little bump it isn’t caused by the size of the baby.

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It could be a difference for you in gas bloat due to Celiacs and there’s a lot of gas in your intestines vs fluid bloat due to baby hormones that cause us to retain water in our body tissue. I’m not a big fan of either but baby bloat is less uncomfortable.

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I guess what I’m confused about is,
When people say “that’s just bloat” are they meaning like regular bloating, because that is definitely not what I am experiencing... or do they mean that the uterus is growing but it’s not technically the baby... Because to me that’s part of pregnancy so I don’t understand why people say that.

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For me, I’m just all around wide in the midsection some days. Pants fit tighter, uncomfortable, gassy, etc. It’s too early for it to be a baby bump, and if I sucked in, my stomach would be flat (I’ve never made it past 12 weeks in a pregnancy but I’m gonna assume that doesn’t happen when it’s an actual bump lol).

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The food you eat causes your stomach to bloat or look larger than what you normally are. It doesn’t mean the baby is there and growing that fast. It’s the build up of gases and food in your stomach, since your immune system slows down your food sits in your stomach/intestines longer. You can bloat up weather you’re pregnant or not. Its similar to feeling like you’ve gained a lot of weight but your weight is still the same on the scale.

What is “baby bloat” ?

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