Hey ladies I will be 15 weeks on Wed. and was wondering when you started showing. I am am at the edge of a normal bmi and a overweight bmi so I know I will take longer to start showing but thus far I just feel like I am getting fatter not pregnant....I have not gained but maybe 1 lb but still feel yucky.....please tell me there are others out there that felt this way and give me hope to feel pretty when pregnant.
According to that evil BMI chart I'm TECHNICALLY overweight pre-preg. About 155 at 5ft4in. But I think it's all in my butt/boobs, so I don't really feel overweight. Anyways. I'm 16 weeks and have a bump already. I'm already in maternity pants and shirts. I can still wear some of my old shirts though. Though sometimes I still feel like I just have a big beer gut or something. lol.
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I was at the lower end of BMI and I started showing at about 14 weeks, but I have also gained a LOT of weight : ( But I know once baby gets here I won't have any problems taking it off! Everyone is different, you will get your bump soon enough!
I was a tiny person to begin with and have only put on 4 pounds. You can tell I am pregnant if I am wearing a super tight shirt, otherwise, it isn't very obvious. I think it become more noticeable last week.
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Mine showed up at around 16 weeks or so (more obviously...probably to me only) and then by 18 weeks there was no mistaking it. I could still hide it in certain kinds of clothing and people were still surprised when I told them I was pregnant...probably up until 20 weeks. Now, I'm 22 weeks and each morning I wake up, I'm stunned at how quickly I'm growing. I am very obviously pregnant. So, before you know it...it will be there. Trust me:) Oh, and I hardly put on any weight until a few weeks ago and then POW...all at once. Everyone is different.
I started showing around 18 weeks. I was in the middle to higher end of a normal BMI. I am still wearing a FEW pre-preg tops, but no pre-preg pants. It'll happen. Some girls are later than others when showing.
I started getting a little bump around 13 weeks and people commented non-stop about 17-18 weeks. It'll happen for you soon and then you'll be wishing for the days you could still move easily. These bumps get in the way!
I had a normal BMI (on the higher side of "normal") and have always been athletic, though I carry my weight in my belly (thank you PCOS). Anyway...I'm almost 18 weeks, and while I've gained about 10lbs already, I'm not "showing" yet...I just look bigger. A stranger would not know I'm pregnant, but people who know me can tell I'm thicker in the middle.
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I am definitely in that stage where people can't seem to figure out whether I just gained a bunch of weight in my stomach recently or I am pregnant. I have gotten some looks at the office within about the last week. I definitely have a bump.
I am 21 weeks & not really showing. You can tell if I wear something tight. I am wearing most of my pre-pg shirts. I have switched to maternity pants for comfort. I was a size 12/14 pre-pg.
I just started showing at 20 wks. I seriously woke up and had just 'popped'. I know how you feel about not feeling like you 'look pregnant'. I was in that is she fat/is she pregnant? stage for far too long for my liking. Once you start to really show though, you should feel much better.
I was pretty petite pp and have gained only 2 pounds. I am all belly and boobs at this point. It definitely was hard to see this belly out of nowhere but I am feeling better about it each day because I know it will all be worth it at the end.
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Both times strangers could tell I was pg around 17 weeks. That's about the point my pre-pg dress shirts didn't fit anymore both times. I'm 5'4". With DD I started out at 132 lbs and a size 6, sometimes a 4. This time I started at 142 lbs and between a size 6-8. Both times I've pretty much averaged 1 lb/week weight gain.
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I'm 5 1/2 months but don't look it at all. People keep telling me how small I look. It's driving me nuts! I want to look like i have my little boy in there.
Dh and I could tell around 13 wks. It became obvious to most people by 15 wks. I am very small and have gained all my weight in the belly - so that is part of the reason my bump showed so early.
I'm thin, so DH and I could see the beginnings of a bump around 13 weeks. But if you didn't know my normal shape you wouldn't know at all, so we'll have to see when the rest of the world thinks I am showing.
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My BMI pre-pg was 17.5, but I wasn't considered underweight, I've just always been "tiny." I have gained 5 lbs since becoming pregnant but am not really showing yet. I have a tiny bump, but can only really notice it if I wear a tighter shirt....it looks more like a gut though lol
Some people I know who I didn't tell I was pg asked me if I was around 13 weeks because I had a little pooch. I started popping around 17 weeks. Now its a clear bump.
I am not quite 13wks pregnant and look 4months if not more. Before I got my huge suprise of this baby. I had finally gotten a close 2 flat stomach that took me almost nine year's 2 achive. When I go places people notice. I feel dumb saying that I am barley out of my first trimester. So it can stink both way's. This is also my 3rd baby so I guess the muscle's I once owned r not very tight. Don't worry sweetie, soon enough u will b asked how pregnant u r by every stranger that passes. (what fun)
I was about 16 weeks when I stopped being able to comfortably button pre-preg pants and jeans. I was like 24-25 weeks before anyone who didn't know I was pregnant could tell that I was pregnant.
I'm 16 weeks today and also on that edge. I feel like I'm just turning the corner from just looking pudgy around the middle to thinking I look pregnant. Maternity clothes are still a little big on me but are more comfortable.
I'm around size 16 pre-preg, I was worried I wouldn't look pregnant but you can tell now at almost 17 weeks. My belly is much rounder. I still have a couple of pre-preg pants that I fit into, and it isn't as noticible when I where them because they suck me in a bit. I love wearing maternity pants with a full panel because when you kind of let it all hang out is when the belly really shows. Plus, I walk around rubbing my belly all the time, so people must think I'm either pregnant or a weirdo .
I will be only 6 weeks tomorrow (I'm a newbie!), but when I weighed myself last night I noticed that I have already gained one pound - despite trying to eat healthy and exercise. I know it's only one pound and I obviously am not showing at all yet, but I hope this one pound is not an indication that I'm going to gain a ton of weight over the next 8 months! I wasn't expecting to gain much weight until later in the first trimester. Don't get me wrong...I know all that matters is that the baby is healthy and growing - but did anyone else gain weight this early on?
I was technically "morbidly obese" -- about 160 pounds over the charts -- when I got pregnant. (Those charts are baloney, especially if you're tall or petite, and I'm 6'1", so it's not as bad as it sounds, but still ...) I was showing to the point that I had to go to maternity clothes at 24 weeks. It was some time later that it was obvious, and only in the past 3 weeks or so that I look undeniably pregnant and not just like I'm putting on more belly fat. One of our earliest clues actually was that I was putting on inches in a distribution different that just normal weight gain.
I definetly feel the same way. I havent gained weight but I feel like I really have. I'm in my 15th week and I started showing sometime last week actually. I feel awkward when I sit down and my stomach pops out more because if people don't know I'm pregnant it probably just looks like I'm gaining some weight lol
I'm not showing AT ALL. I am about 30 BMI which is teetering on the edge of overweight but I am also tall @ 5'9 which they say can play a part. I'm at 16+ weeks and am still in the same pants I was wearing before I was pregnant. I feel the wame way! I'm so frustrated... I even LOST weight there for awhile. I'm still +3 from where I started but that's not that much, especially when I had gained 11 after I found out I was pregnant since I quit smoking! I've actually lost 8 since then! You'll be glad you didn't gain as much weight or show as early at the end when you're not taking off an additional 30 pounds!! That's what I keep focusing on!
Re: when did you start showing?
I was a tiny person to begin with and have only put on 4 pounds. You can tell I am pregnant if I am wearing a super tight shirt, otherwise, it isn't very obvious. I think it become more noticeable last week.
I have belly pictures in my blog - link in siggie.
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I'm 5'3" and 170lb pre pregnancy, so I'm not what one would call "small" and alas, I am still waiting for the bump to show.
*any day now, any day now...*
I just started showing at 20 wks. I seriously woke up and had just 'popped'. I know how you feel about not feeling like you 'look pregnant'. I was in that is she fat/is she pregnant? stage for far too long for my liking. Once you start to really show though, you should feel much better.
I was pretty petite pp and have gained only 2 pounds. I am all belly and boobs at this point. It definitely was hard to see this belly out of nowhere but I am feeling better about it each day because I know it will all be worth it at the end.
Charlotte Ella 07.16.10
Emmeline Grace 03.27.13
I'm 5 1/2 months but don't look it at all. People keep telling me how small I look. It's driving me nuts! I want to look like i have my little boy in there.
You'll get there....we all will!
I was showing at 16 weeks.
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I wasn't obviously pregnant until 27 weeks...
I can totally relate, I'm 25 weeks and I'm still getting the "you really don't look pregnant" comments! But I feel huge!
I'm waiting for a stranger to ask me when I'm due, then I'll know!
I will be only 6 weeks tomorrow (I'm a newbie!), but when I weighed myself last night I noticed that I have already gained one pound - despite trying to eat healthy and exercise. I know it's only one pound and I obviously am not showing at all yet, but I hope this one pound is not an indication that I'm going to gain a ton of weight over the next 8 months! I wasn't expecting to gain much weight until later in the first trimester. Don't get me wrong...I know all that matters is that the baby is healthy and growing - but did anyone else gain weight this early on?
I'm 23 weeks and unless i'm wearing something tight no can tell cause I carry all the weight on my hips.
Feeling a little yucky is normal I put on very little weight at all and still felt huge compared to my usual 30 inch waist.
started at 7wks with twins bi 10 full blown materinty cloths so dont wory
Peeking into 2nd trimester. Here is a belly progress pic from my first pregnancy.
14 to 25 weeks (can't figure out how to post a pic directly
https://tinyurl.com/2c349w2
26 to 37 weeks
https://tinyurl.com/29p6qee