2nd time mamas, when did you start showing?

alw12290

I am only 6 weeks and I feel as if I am starting to show already! With my first, I didn't show until much later. I know this cannot be water weight as I am on a diuretic for my blood pressure. Just wondering who else is noticing some changes :-)

VikingGirl12

I had a pretty good bump by 17 weeks. I noticed a real life hard bump (not bloat) around 14 weeks.

JaymeeLH

With #1 I was showing pretty obviously by 20 weeks. It's probably bloat which isn't the same as water weight. Your uterus hasn't even moved out of your pelvis yet and won't until after you're out of the first trimester

ETA words are hard.

alysemci

With my first I didn't show until 23-25 weeks. This time I swear I started showing moments after conception haha. For real, it's obviously not the baby but whatever is making me bloat like this is excessive.

mrsmoose5

With my first, I started showing around 16 weeks. At least, it was around then that people obviously thought I looked pregnant enough to confidently ask about/comment on my being pregnant.

satcher08

I barely looked pregnant until like 30 weeks.

Lilwatz

I thought I was showing a lot earlier than I was.  I don't remember exactly, but I had a GREAT bump about 25 weeks.  I probably started showing closer to 18-20.  I distinctly remember thinking I was showing at 17 weeks and looking at photos I was...but really just looked like I ate a little too much unless I held my arms over the top and bottom in perfect positions...

BLM10

With #1, I was showing at 15 weeks. With this one, I am 5 weeks by LMP (no US confirmation yet) and started 10# heavier but I am already starting to 'round out' a bit.

JaymeeLH

BLM10 said:

With #1, I was showing at 15 weeks. With this one, I am 5 weeks by LMP (no US confirmation yet) and started 10# heavier but I am already starting to 'round out' a bit.

You're bloated.

almostpriceless

With baby 2 I was super bloated until about 10-12 weeks and then it disappeared. I didn't actually have a bump until around 16 weeks. This is round 3 for me and at 5 weeks (LMP) the bloat is back with a vengeance.

BLM10

Only between my navel and C section scar. LoL ;-)

peaceinnature

It started being noticeable in clingy shirts around 15 weeks. Wasn't obvious until like 22 weeks.

I definitely feel like I have more bloat this time, but my belly is different now so it's probably just showing more.

BLM10

veggiebabylove said:

It started being noticeable in clingy shirts around 15 weeks. Wasn't obvious until like 22 weeks.

I definitely feel like I have more bloat this time, but my belly is different now so it's probably just showing more.

I am 10# above my pre-preg weight from 5 years ago and a verrrry different body shape. Even when I was back down to pre-preg weight while BFing, I was 2 sizes different.

Scottwswife

First pregnancy took forever to develop a bump. This time, pants already getting too tight at 8 weeks but not "showing" yet. And it's definitely switching from bloat to bump, now.

CourtJack

My first was so long ago I don't even remember - but it was probably around 20 weeks or so. My second hmmmm...was definitely closer to 15 weeks. I assume this one will be similar. Bloating is real.

PressLove

I didn't fully embrace maternity clothes until 6 or 7 months. Until then, I was getting the double glances of confusion. The obvious question mark on people's faces was hilarious.

NicknShan

My first time around, I switched to maternity pants around 11 weeks. Although I did the hair binder trick on some non maternity pants until 30 weeks. I was most definitely "showing" at 20 weeks, but didn't start getting comments until closer to 25 weeks. And of course it goes from no comments to - you look like you're going to pop. Thanks I have 15 weeks to go...

My jeans are feeling a bit tighter at 7 weeks. But I feel like I am blaming myself rather than my bloat. I haven't been too healthy this week. Yikes.

Flutterby00

satcher08 said:

I barely looked pregnant until like 30 weeks.

Same here.  

emucoleman

I don't remember exactly when I started showing but I always felt like I wasn't big enough. At 20 weeks a lot of people still didn't realize I was pregnant (even though I was VERY aware of my little bump). I was probably about 30 weeks before people were confident enough that I was pregnant that they would mention it to me. 

BZab3

First pregnancy closer to 30 weeks, second pregnancy I was about 20-25 weeks. I'm tall with a long torso, so my babies have more room to hide

sorarose

I definitely started wearing maternity jeans early (maybe 11 weeks?). I popped around 14-15 weeks, although people probably thought I was just fat. I had an adorable bump around 19 week. 

Bear14+

I didn't look pregnant until about 25 weeks. I stayed pretty small. I have a feeling this one will not be the same way!

alileecam

I was able to hide my bump most days until about 18-20ish weeks the first time. BUT I am short, and I had excess fluid, so it got crazy big after that. This time, mah lovely lady blump is busting out at 6 weeks, and I am rocking the hair tie already PLUS I need to fully unzip by the end of the day. Bloat is no joke. It will probably be at least 12 more weeks before I have an actual round legit bump (last time I had the "B" for a long time--two bumps above and below the navel). 

alw12290

Same with me. My first son is 5.5 now so it has been a long time and I do not remember but I feel poked out already! My husband says it's in my head, he thinks by saying that he is comforting me, little does he know he's calling his pregnant wife with lots of hormones crazy. LOL. I am looking forward to my bump, but I am afraid I will be much bigger, faster this time around.

vtr10

I didn't show until at least 20 weeks for both.

AmberLiz99

20 weeks with my first, about 18 with my second. I could still hide it easily until maybe 24 weeks by wearing the right thing

youenjoymyself

i think I really began noticing my bump around 17 or 18 weeks. By 20 wks, it was definitely there.

little_bren

Slight bump around 16w. Clear bump by 20w.

HighFive16

I thought I had a big bump after 12 weeks but not now I know it was just blump! I was tiny looking back now. I had a distinguishable bump at about 19- 20 weeks and I have a photo at 23 weeks and it must have grown all of a sudden because is nice and round. 

KayDray15

I am only 5ft tall, so first time around I could notice a bump about 15 weeks. Strangers started asking if I was pregnant by 18 weeks. Then they started asking if I was having twins by 25 weeks. I get SOOOOOOOOO round. Like, oh wow, head turning, round. 

cattlebride

For my first it seemed like it was 28-32 weeks before I looked pregnant and not just chubby. I'm 5'10" though and with DD she carried high and I couldn't breathe

BlackAndGold09

#1, and I'm a bigger girl, I started really showing (like oh she's really pregnant not just fat) around 30 weeks. This one I'm bloated as hell, and still the same size as I was pre dd, and I'm 7w