First time mommies who want to take pictures at 8 weeks and show their bumps... I read in my book just now that you're not "bloated" your uterus at 8 weeks stretches into the size of a cantaloupe and if you're really tiny, you do show a small bump and your baby is about 1 1/2 to 2 inches long. Don't let other girls get you down on your bump. My book says you're not bloated, your uterus expanded and no, it doesn't shrink back down, it stays that size for your baby to grow easily because they're not strong enough yet to stretch your uterus to move. So your uterus naturally grows (expands) big enough to hold your baby until your baby is big enough to do more work and stretch. If your bloated, it goes away... So you can tell other women, sorry not sorry, there is a big difference in bloated and an expanded uterus so here is my bump! :)