BTDT: When did you show with previous pregnancies?

SMM1986

I'm a bit curious as to when I should start getting maternity clothes.
With my first pregnancy, I didn't show till around 5-6 months . With my second, it was more like 4 months. I'm guessing I'm going to show pretty early on this time around. A few of my friends who have had 3 kids said they were in maternity clothes between 8-12 weeks!
I think I'll be buying lots of yoga pants (I can get away with these at work but not sweat pants).

blessedandhopeful

This is my second pregnancy, but with my first I had people telling me I looked pregnant (meaning asking my close friends if I was) around 8 weeks! I didn't think I looked different, but obviously it showed somehow. I think I actually started having a little belly around 15 weeks. I'm hoping it doesn't show too soon, because we wanted to wait until 12 weeks to tell friends/ work. We'll likely tell family not long after my first appointment. It depends on your body I guess! I have friends that didn't show until close to 20 weeks, and some that showed from 8 weeks on. 

ebwhit

I will be buying clothes as I need them. I bought a few things with my first pregnancy and it was gutting to put them in a box when I didn't end up really needing them. It seems like one can get away with a Bella band and looser tops even if they do show early.

raeg13

I started showing shortly after our anatomy scan, so somewhere around 20 weeks. I definitely think the first tri bloat will hit harder for me this time. Even though I weigh the same as I did before I was pregnant with DS, my body certainly doesn't look like it

NoVacancy

I started showing around 6 weeks.. I was a bitty bean pole so I don't know why happened but it was serious!

Nelcanada

My first i didnt show until 4-5 months id say. This time I am sure it will be sooner.

Empireceo

Im hoping that i can wear leggings and tunics for most of the fall. Maternity clothes are expensive, if you don't want to be itching yourself to death in polyester!

SMM1986

I have a friend who is generously lending me her maternity clothes, but she's not quite my size so I may need to supplement with things I purchase. 

I'm not super skinny, but I'm petite and I think that'll make it show up a little faster too.

jenmbott

I'm a teacher and I purposely did not tell my students because I wanted to know when they could 'tell'.  They had asked if I was gaining weight when I got back from spring break vacation and I could tell that some students were wondering if I was pregnant.  I was 20 weeks at that point.  

jennifers1979

My first pregnancy I really started to show around 16-18w (and had my first unsolicited "are you pregnant?!?" around 20w).  With my second, it was closer to 13 or 14w, and I had a stranger ask around 17w.

ShannonSky

My first pregnancy, think like 16ish weeks, I had a coworker ask sometime around then, I think. My second was a bit sooner, more like 12-14 weeks. I'm already up 5lbs from fertility meds and wicked bloated, so I'll be interested to see how this one plays out. 

ShannonSky

Actually, I can show you - 13 weeks, 1 vs 2

tnt1043

I def showed earlier and earlier with mine.

SMM1986

Thanks ladies!

Magpie314

With my first, I was 7 months and people didn't believe I was really pregnant. With my second, by around 4 months, people could tell. With my third, I want to say that I started having people ask at around three. I expect that this time I started showing about the time the pee hit the stick :P 

Ok, no, that last was an exaggeration. But I had been making a dress for my cousins wedding next month: A very fitted, 1950's style dress. I have set it aside. Even though I won't actually have a baby belly by then, I know that between bloating and the aversion I have to anything being tight on my abdomen (which seems to show up really early...like 6 weeks) I won't be able to wear it. I switched to an empire style dress with some box pleats in the center. It will hang close and look nice now, and have room to grow later. :P 

MrsSparklesMcGee

I started showing around 15 weeks with my first, but I have a very short torso so there's not much space for the belly to go up - only out.

I am seriously so bloated right now, I already look like I did around 4 months last time.  I wish this bloat would go away!!

4BoysAndABaby

<--- is pregnant with #6.  Trust me, you start showing earlier with every consecutive pregnancy.  ;-)

2ismymax

With my first, I needed maternity pants around 12 weeks.  I had just lost weight and my pants quickly got tight.  Shirts I stretched a bit longer.  This time around I am betting on 8 weeks.  Maternity clothing is just so much more comfortable.  I mean who doesn't want to wear elastic waisted skinny jeans?  

ShannonSky

2ismymax said:

With my first, I needed maternity pants around 12 weeks.  I had just lost weight and my pants quickly got tight.  Shirts I stretched a bit longer.  This time around I am betting on 8 weeks.  Maternity clothing is just so much more comfortable.  I mean who doesn't want to wear elastic waisted skinny jeans?  

Yep! I'm literally just wait until I see a heartbeat, then I'm all in on the maternity pants. So comfy!

elisabethmott

I'm only 5 weeks but I feel like I'm showing... this is my 2nd child. .. 10 years later. Half tempted to buy a few maternity clothing items each week. I work full time at macys and have to dress semi professional. My dress pants are not fitting that comfortably anymore.

lynseyadamson

MrsSparklesMcGee said:

I started showing around 15 weeks with my first, but I have a very short torso so there's not much space for the belly to go up - only out.

I am seriously so bloated right now, I already look like I did around 4 months last time.  I wish this bloat would go away!!

This is me exactly! - I'm short so I showed pretty early with my first, I was around 14 weeks when I started to get a round tummy (although it was probably mostly bloat, I still looked pregnant.) I lost a baby at 10 weeks in June, so this pregnancy is my third. I'm only 7 weeks but with tr bloat I look about 3-4 months. I'm struggling to hide it at work. I wear tunics and leggings a lot at work but I seem to have an obvious bump. I know it's a bloat bump but its still noticeable!

IBackBevo

I was in maternity clothes almost immediately with number one, but I had a ton of bloat from progesterone and my abdomen was really tender and bloated from ART.

With this one, I'm still fine but it is super early.