One mom is astounding people with photos from her pregnancy in which she never had a visible baby bump, even at nine months — despite eventually giving birth to a totally healthy baby. When Nikki Salazar got pregnant two years ago, she was excited for a “cute” baby bump to show off in maternity photos. As the months passed however, her stomach remained more or less flat.
“It was so weird,” Salazar, now 23, a mother of one in New Jersey, tells . Salazar’s doctor told her not to worry — pregnancy is different for everyone and taller women (Salazar is 5’9) may appear less pregnant than their shorter counterparts. They assured her that her unborn baby was measuring perfectly.
“My doctor said some people show later on,” she says, adding, “I didn’t think it would be ‘never.’” Apparent in TikTok videos with millions of views, Salazar wore crop tops from her first to last trimester, yet most people didn’t realize she was pregnant. “At eight months, I just looked bloated,” she says.
“What gave me reassurance were the ultrasound appointments, because I could see my son, and when I felt him kick at six months.” Salazar says the scale didn’t move a lot during pregnancy; she only regained pounds she initially lost with morning sickness. While expecting, Salazar walked a lot and she maintained her pre-pregnancy diet.
Her family knew she was pregnant but Salazar waited to widely share until her third trimester. Salazar says some wrongly assumed that.
