2nd time moms, when did you start showing?

leannamal

My pants are already feeling a little tight, just wondering if this my own personal weight gain or if I could start showing around the 2 month mark?

bwow615

I was due in June with my first, and was wearing regular pants/jeans through december.  

sparkymcgeee

My second was all types of showing sooner. This time it's just out of control. I look 15 weeks. I legit didn't look like this until at least 15 weeks with DD. DS I looked like this probably at 10w. I'm only 7w people. It's nuts.

bwow615

@sparkymcgeee that's crazy. I am almost 6 weeks this is #2 for me, nothing of notice happening with me yet, but would like to look more pregnant than i did last time around.  I just felt fat 

mommabmb

I'm sure it is bloat/muscle memory/whatever-the-heck-you-want-to-call-it.... but I'm already feeling some serious changes in my body. Much earlier and much faster than the first two times. 

gildah

I look bloated in the first trimester. Then the bloat disappears around 14 weeks, and I don't start showing till 20-24 weeks or so. 

yesthisiskim0401

I voted based on when strangers could tell I was pregnant and not just eating too much pizza. 

I had a real baby bump at 18 weeks and cracked out maternity clothes then. But it took a bit longer to really look pregnant. 

Poppy0419

With my first I didn't pop until 28 weeks. No one believed I was actually pregnant. This time I'm 6 weeks and the bloat is strong. So strong. 

zizzabell523

With DD, I had a lot of bloat in the beginning, but it eventually gave way to a bump when I finally "popped" around 4 months.

doraleigh35

I had a lot of bloat in the beginning with DD. I think I was in maternity pants around 12w and was noticeably showing around 16ish weeks.

sparkymcgeee

Like obviously right now it's bloat and muscle memory and stuff but the bloat makes my stomach so much bigger the last couple of days. Like there's nowhere to go but out by a lot. 

dinonugget

sparkymcgeee said:

My second was all types of showing sooner. This time it's just out of control. I look 15 weeks. I legit didn't look like this until at least 15 weeks with DD. DS I looked like this probably at 10w. I'm only 7w people. It's nuts.

This is definitely me! I'm 9 weeks tomorrow but haven't been able to button my pants since 6 weeks. I know I was showing sooner with #2 but my body is going crazy with the bloat on #3. If I wear anything tight I look obviously pregnant.

sparklingdiamond

With my first it was noticeable around 17 or 18 weeks.  I am 9 weeks tomorrow and yesterday and today the bloat has been bad.  But maybe it's also because I ate bad salty food!

loko08

20 weeks with the first was like "are you gaining weight, or pregnant???". No real bump until 23 weeks.

But today, at 5w2d, I unbuttoned my pants after lunch because the bloat.is.here.

duck_duck_goose

I didn't show until about 25ish weeks with DS, but a lot of clients didn't realize I was pregnant until about 35 weeks. Scrubs hide everything. This time around to bloat is real and I feel like a whale. I am 7 weeks and I can't wear my jeans too long or they cut in and hurt my stomach. I am seriously tempted to bust out the maternity jeans. 

leannamal

Ok good, so I'm not alone 

momo214

I'm 8w 3D with my second. I was just walking around in a tank top when my DH goes DAMN LOOK AT THAT BELLY! Thanks, babe. It's called gas, ice cream, and my abdominals giving up on life. 

JenniatONU

I'm a bigger gal, and no one knew I was pregnant. I just looked fat. I could tell it was a baby bump around month 6 or so? 
But, I will be honest, I also left the hospital wearing my pre-pregnancy jeans. I weighed less after having my child then I did before I got pregnant! 

Kaysquared2

I showed with my first around 10 weeks but then didn’t get a lot bigger until about 20 weeks.   9 weeks this Friday and I look like I did around 12-14 weeks with my first.  

Lvneveryminuteofit

sparkymcgeee said:

My second was all types of showing sooner. This time it's just out of control. I look 15 weeks. I legit didn't look like this until at least 15 weeks with DD. DS I looked like this probably at 10w. I'm only 7w people. It's nuts.

Fourth time around for me. Not showing as much as I thought I would but I'm still carrying extra weight from my last. My 3rd I went to my sisters wedding at 14 weeks pregnant and everyone thought I was 6 mo along. Shit gets real real fast when you have already had two! 

onesmallcoconut

I might have answered the poll wrong... I did it for my second pregnancy (this one) and at just 9 weeks I'm struggling to hide the bloat. Im tiny (5'1", 100lbs soaking wet) and even more flowy items are starting to settle in an unflattering way on my blump. Just need to get through the next 3 weeks unnoticed haha. Hoping for chilly fall weather to hide away the blump in sweaters. 

Oh and with my first it was much later when I started showing ... like 20 - 24 weeks when I really noticed changes. So this has been... unsettling lol 

createmagic14

With my first,  I was completely flat- stomached until around 16 weeks,  when it suddenly looked like a ate a large burrito.   Around 22/23 weeks I started to look pregnant if you knew me.   I was also rock climbing until 12 weeks and hiking regularly. 

My pants are already tight this time at 8 weeks. Yes,  its bloat, but also a lack of exercise (except chasing a 2.5 year old)

mommabmb

leannamal - how did you make a poll? I can't figure it out!

sandbar517

@mommabmb On the New Discussion button, there's an arrow, click on that and it gives a few different options, one of which is New Poll.
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mommabmb

sandbar517 said:

@mommabmb On the New Discussion button, there's an arrow, click on that and it gives a few different options, one of which is New Poll.
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THANK YOU! I looked at it several times and missed that arrow.

Kendrajos

My first one I got the bump about 15 or 16 weeks and was in maternity clothes... I am fatter this time. doubt I will get the bump that early or at least ppls will just think I got fat instead of thinking it's a pregnancy bump

KMHixon

Thank you thank you for posting this! I’m only 6 weeks and one of my coworkers could tell yesterday! My bestie is due in about 3 weeks with twins and she’s convinced I will too. I’m a little worried! I’m already wearing a belly band! 

rlgoge01

I'm 8 weeks and 4 days and my jeans are starting to get snug. I'm doing the old rubberband/hair tie  around the button trick and wearing yoga pants or leggings. I talked with a close friend of mine who is also a 2nd time mom...she's 6 weeks ahead of me... said she could tell a difference in her pants at 8 weeks too! Made me feel better...I felt crazy bc I know it's too early to technically "show". I didn't show with my first until around 14 weeks. I just think our bodies carry differently the second time around. All we can do is embrace it!

Pearlvirus

This my third and I gave up jeans ages ago, lol

tincupchalice

This is my third.  Bloat hit right away, had to let out on my belt and switch to larger pants.  Now it's funny, don't look pregnant at all when I wake up but by the end of the day I look four months along.

emilybmomtobeof3

I'm on #3 right now but I'm looking at my weekly pics from #2. People who knew me could tell around 12 weeks, so that's how I voted.  By 15 weeks, strangers could tell too... We'll see how it goes this time around. 

sourapple1784

Well, this is baby number 4 (pregnancy number 7) and I’m 10 weeks today and I’m already starting to show. Was at the ER yesterday and when they went to look for baby with the Doppler, they found him/her on my left side about 1.5 inch below my belly button. Was really surprised about how high up everything is already. Thought I just had relentless bloat. Lol

roomsu

@tincupchalice that is exactly what's happening to me!  I wake up looking normal, get home looking 4 months!  I'm sure everyone is talking. I haven't told anyone. I'm glad to hear it might be a Ttm thing. I was freaking that it meant multiples. 

bwow615

I'm starting to notice the bloat more in the afternoon too. Today I wore a simple shift dress to work, felt fine in the am, but once I got out of my car when I made it home I noticed I had a very noticeable bloat baby showing.  So many people keep asking when we are going to start planning for baby #2, little do they know. 

tincupchalice

roomsu said:

@tincupchalice that is exactly what's happening to me!  I wake up looking normal, get home looking 4 months!  I'm sure everyone is talking. I haven't told anyone. I'm glad to hear it might be a Ttm thing. I was freaking that it meant multiples. 

Definitely not a multiple thing, I've only got one jelly bean in there for sure!
I figure our tummies have loosened up a lot and are easily pushed out by bloat and food babies.  Same thing happened to me at Thanksgiving after being pregnant lol

rlgoge01

Yessssss! By the end of the day I look like I'm 14-16 weeks! Glad I'm not the only one! I just feel so fullllll! 

theletlers

For me with my first it was about 23 weeks, but I never really got big or anything. But this time bloating for sure! Every now and then I just go to the bathroom just so I can unzip my jeans for a few minutes!! Although let's be honest I could probably go to the bathroom with even a slight suggestion or sneeze since my first!

leannamal

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