2nd Trimester
MisN
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goodmorning 2nd Tri! When did you start showing?
MisN
member
Hello Ladies,
I'll be officially entering my 13th week on Sunday. My pants are starting to get a bit tight and after dinner I am starting to protrude a bit (just looks like I ate too much!).
Just curious, and I know everyone is different but....when did you start showing? When did you no longer fit into regular clothes and need maternity clothes? When did strangers start noticing?
Thanks!
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Re: goodmorning 2nd Tri! When did you start showing?
1st time around at 13 weeks
2nd time around the bloat was almost instant continuous all day/night...very difficult to hide from the get go (comments/questions from students & coworkers in week 6). I can't really say when I started showing this time around....bloat is clouding my mind!
With DS I didn't really pop until 18 weeks. This time I was showing to the point of people asking me how far along I was at 15 weeks.
Me: 31, DH: 34, Married 5/29/05
BFP #1: 6/22/10, EDD 3/6/11, DS born 2/25/11 @ 38w5d
BFP #2: 7/27/13, EDD 4/9/14, CP 8/3/13
BFP #3: 8/31/13, EDD 5/10/13, DD born med-free 5/9/14 @ 39w6d
18w-19w.
I was bloated to the high heavens starting at about week 6, so my pants were tighter for the duration. But I didn't NEED maternity clothes until this past week. It was only noticeable to DH and I at about 18w - where the rounding of the lower ab was clearly a baby bump and not just bloat. Others started noticing at about 19w. It's still a small bump...I wouldn't say I've "popped", but it's definitely a bump. I love it.
I started showing at 9 weeks, which was not noticeable to strangers, just to me and my friends who knew. I was 83lbs when I first got pregnant, and now i'm about 92lbs when I last got weighed. I'm very petite, only 4' 9''.. hehe.
But now i'm 14 weeks 3 days, and definitely showing, its getting noticeable to strangers & co-workers. Showing through my regular shirts, and last week I broke down and bought my first pair of maternity pants. They are SOO comfty, even though the spandex belly part doesn't quite feel right yet, i just fold it down. My regular jeans/shorts are starting to become unable to button so i just use a thin hair tie and loop it through the button hole and around the button! No one notices unless your shirt doesn't go over the top of your pants! WORKS WONDERS! Haha.