How soon did you start showing?

jessness63366

im about 9 weeks and I feel like I'm already showing... Anyone else?

youenjoymyself

What @jjr1214 said. 

babywood15

I'm short, no torso, I still didn't show until about 15 weeks with my first.

My second pregnancy, that's a different story. I "show" but I know it's bloat and past bump from my first. At 9 weeks your ute is still behind your bone.

jessness63366

Thank you ladies I'm sure I'm just bloated. Prob to much Gingerail.... Lol

LSRoo

15-16 months. No one is showing yet. Baby is tucked behind your pelvic bone. Right now you might be experiencing bloat which sometimes make you feel like you have a bump.

blams05

With my first it became a definite baby bump around 16 weeks. This time my bloat is in the lovely shape of a bump already, assuming because I am already used to stretching in that shape now.

Pontot31

With my first I felt like I was showing around 14-15 weeks but looking back at pictures I didn't really look pregnant until about 19-20, before that I just looked a little chubby.

emilyealbers

I started showing a little around 14-15 weeks, by 20 weeks I definitely looked pregnant, but not huge. Wearing maternity clothes that accentuate the bump help make it clear that it's a bump in those ambiguous weeks.

Amstreagle

I was prepregnancy size 4-6 and wasn't obviously pregnant to strangers until 25ish weeks. It's really not all that it's cracked up to be.

blonddnyc

first pregnancy by 11/12 weeks, and now my second pregnancy i am 6 weeks and already in my maternity work pants. you show much faster with the second. i cant wear a thigt shirt to work or people will definitely think somethings up... and im only 6weeks! i dont think i will be able to "hide" it til 12wks!

Kanne0729

Looking back at pictures from my first pregnancy, this was six years ago so it's hard to remember, it looks like I started showing around 17 weeks, but even then it was just a tiny bump and I am pretty tiny myself. Subsequent pregnancies around 13-14 weeks, but even then it was really only noticeable to me.

eta: Now looking back at more pictures from my first child it looks like I didn't actually get huge until about 27 weeks. I even captioned one of the pictures that I couldn't believe how big I thought I looked at 20 weeks because that was nothing.

peachmuffins

I didn't show until about 5 months with my first. I hear you show a lot faster with the second... but i'm not exactly skinny so who knows when i'll look pregnant and not just fat. 

amh0411712

I didn't show until about 16-18 weeks with my first pregnancy, which was twins. I'm curious how this one will go. I'm short and have a small torso.

kmnewton1

I started showing around 12 weeks with my DD but now I'm overweight so I probably won't show until much later this time is my guess

vrossolille

This is not true. I'm on my third and only seven weeks and I am showing like crazy!

LindsayFick

My pants already don't fit at 8 weeks but I know it's just bloating, yay! Getting the awkward phase where I'm too big for my normal pants but not quite wanting to wear maternity pants yet!

vrossolille

And by the way with my first I really didn't show until 6 1/2 months sooner with my second than had a miscarriage and now pregnant again.

japostolova

I didnt look pregnant until my 5th month with my first but everyone says #2 shows quicker than the first.

ashsagastizado

I'm petite and didn't really show until about 5 months. Then I basically went from little food baby to basketball theif.

Petal19

At 8 weeks and I am petite and I look severely bloated, pear shape too so I always had a small tummy and I think since my uterus is the size of a grapefruit it's showing, but no baby bump.

lopezalonso

I'm very petite too and thought people would be able to tell right away with my first but they didn't. I felt very bloated during my first trimester last time. Mostly in the beginning. People couldn't tell I was pregnant until I was about 6mo. I also delivered in March last time so I was pregnant during the winter which meant heavier clothing so that covered up my bump a bit. I could see the bump myself when I had no clothes on at around 16 weeks or so.

lopezalonso

vrossolille said:

This is not true. I'm on my third and only seven weeks and I am showing like crazy!

You definitely show sooner with every new baby. I was pregnant with my first and DH's cousin was pregnant with her third only three weeks apart and everyone thought she was close to delivering and that I wasn't pregnant. I eventually caught up but your abdominal muscles loosen up with each pregnancy and unless your a work out maniac, you'll show sooner next time. I know I will this time!

Kanne0729

vrossolille said:

This is not true. I'm on my third and only seven weeks and I am showing like crazy!

It is bloat, nothing else. Your uterus is still below your pelvic bone and about only a quarter of the way to your belly button and your baby is about the size of a blueberry, so it's impossible for it to be anything more than bloat. If this is your third pregnancy then you should know that.

vrossolille

First off, my dr had said differently. She thought I was 8 or 9 weeks two week as ago by my uterus size. But thanks for your input! Dr Kanne!

Amstreagle

vrossolille said:

This is not true. I'm on my third and only seven weeks and I am showing like crazy!

No, no you aren't. You are bloated and even if baby wasn't still tucked behind your pubic bone baby is only the size of a blueberry. Put a blueberry in your pocket and see how many people notice.

Knottie29904685

Even if it is just bloat and it makes her look pregnant, isn't that "showing"?

LSRoo

Knottie29904685 said:

Even if it is just bloat and it makes her look pregnant, isn't that "showing"?

No. There is a huge difference between a pregnant belly and a bloat belly. Bloating is much bigger and uncomfortable to us then it is to be outside world.

Cardiganmom2

It was soon after first trib so I'm guessing 14/15 weeks

wocha

Wow. Really some woman with a short fuse around here

If youre not pregnant youre not bloated as we are now
So in a kind of way you can tell we are pregnant just because whe are so bloated
So in a kind of way we are showing we are pregnant....
Owkay its no baby.. That i agree
I think my sister in law knows, she is starting to give me the look if in say no to a glass of wine and she is looking at my belly ( we didnt tell anyone yet )
So if im not showing then why do i have to tuck in my BLOATED belly ?!

Kanne0729

vrossolille said:

First off, my dr had said differently. She thought I was 8 or 9 weeks two week as ago by my uterus size. But thanks for your input! Dr Kanne!

I'm just stating the truth. I'm sorry that you can't see that. Even if you were 8 or 9 weeks you still wouldn't be showing, but nice try.

kmd91

wocha said:

Wow. Really some woman with a short fuse around here

If youre not pregnant youre not bloated as we are now
So in a kind of way you can tell we are pregnant just because whe are so bloated
So in a kind of way we are showing we are pregnant....
Owkay its no baby.. That i agree
I think my sister in law knows, she is starting to give me the look if in say no to a glass of wine and she is looking at my belly ( we didnt tell anyone yet )
So if im not showing then why do i have to tuck in my BLOATED belly ?!

I do have to agree with this. I mean, no, we aren't showing baby, so it's not a baby bump yet. At the same time, though, the bloating is caused by the pregnancy. So between the bloated belly and growing breasts, there is a physical change in appearance that others can notice as "looking pregnant."

So sure, it's not "true showing," but our bodies are changing as a result of being pregnant, it's not just some coincidental bloating.

karlikohl

Kanne0729 said:

vrossolille said:

This is not true. I'm on my third and only seven weeks and I am showing like crazy!

It is bloat, nothing else. Your uterus is still below your pelvic bone and about only a quarter of the way to your belly button and your baby is about the size of a blueberry, so it's impossible for it to be anything more than bloat. If this is your third pregnancy then you should know that.

Just because the baby is small doesn't mean anything. Your uterus has doubled in size and some people's uterus is tilted, like mine. Even though it is mostly bloating it's bloating caused by pregnancy. If someone's belly is getting bigger then their belly is getting bigger. No need to discredit the way they are feeling. Some people show right away and some people take months to show.

chimneygrl

With my first the bump came out at 5 months.

Lythornton

blonddnyc said:

first pregnancy by 11/12 weeks, and now my second pregnancy i am 6 weeks and already in my maternity work pants. you show much faster with the second. i cant wear a thigt shirt to work or people will definitely think somethings up... and im only 6weeks! i dont think i will be able to "hide" it til 12wks!

I am right there with you!

Lythornton

Is it possible that every woman may begin showing at different times because every woman is different and has a different body type just like no 2 pregnancies are alike? Hmmmmmm....

Crestonbaby

People are so dramatic in this community! Someone just asked when did you start showing, not let's play doctor and judge everyone based on our google knowledge. FYI the more pregnancies you have had the faster you will show.

wocha

Crestonbaby said:

People are so dramatic in this community! Someone just asked when did you start showing, not let's play doctor and judge everyone based on our google knowledge. FYI the more pregnancies you have had the faster you will show.

Welcome to the why does everyone has to be rude discussion.
Makes me wanna delete this app with al that bad comments
Wow
What a positive vibes and good feelings on this community

BooBerry137

Crestonbaby said:

People are so dramatic in this community! Someone just asked when did you start showing, not let's play doctor and judge everyone based on our google knowledge. FYI the more pregnancies you have had the faster you will show.

It's basic biology.  Not google knowledge.  Some of us have taken the initiative to educate ourselves with regard to our pregnant bodies.

goobersgirl9

Wether a baby bump or bloat, it's showing, it's a change in your body. I don't care if I'm showing bloat or baby, I'm showing something because I'm pregnant, if I wasn't pregnant the bloat wouldn't be there. To the OP, it was a good question. This is my 3rd and my bloat baby bumps were making my pants tight by 8 to 9 weeks

wocha

BooBerry137 said:

Crestonbaby said:

People are so dramatic in this community! Someone just asked when did you start showing, not let's play doctor and judge everyone based on our google knowledge. FYI the more pregnancies you have had the faster you will show.

It's basic biology.  Not google knowledge.  Some of us have taken the initiative to educate ourselves with regard to our pregnant bodies.

And you think this kind of responses are just plain normal.
Not being rude?

"Some of us have taken the initative ..." So you are saying in other words she didnt

And that is not judging ?
Like they said you really start to know people after a while and i really dont like you

Amstreagle

goobersgirl9 said:

Wether a baby bump or bloat, it's showing, it's a change in your body. I don't care if I'm showing bloat or baby, I'm showing something because I'm pregnant, if I wasn't pregnant the bloat wouldn't be there. To the OP, it was a good question. This is my 3rd and my bloat baby bumps were making my pants tight by 8 to 9 weeks

I bloat when I have PMS so am I "showing" then?