How early do you start to show?

brittrodbmr

I'm only 5 weeks along but I've noticed that I've gained 13 pounds in a month. My pants aren't fitting anymore. Twins run in my family. Now this is my first pregnancy so I don't know much but I thought you weren't supposed to start showing until further in your pregnancy. My question is do you start showing sooner if you're pregnant with twins???

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Generally you do show sooner with twins, but your babies are so unbelievably tiny right now, there's no way that it would make an impact.  I'd bet 100:1 that you're just really bloated, most pg's start out with bloat, the bloat either goes away or it turns into a baby belly.

mrs.cam

I gained very little weight in 1st tri but was clearly showing, to strangers, by 14 weeks. It was crazy. But yeah, im betting it is a lot of water weight right now...good luck!

selenamarino

My bff is pregnant for the fist time.  She is 10 weeks and still completely flat! 

I was the same way with my first and second.  I didn't show for months.

These twins are a completely different story. 

brittrodbmr

Thanks! I was starting to be concerned. Like I said I am completely new at this

jedrisco

Its def a lot of bloat, but I was showing at 15-16 weeks with my twins.

ninjabridemom

I feel like I'm showing now, at almost 13 weeks, but it's just a little bump.  I only gained 1lb between 8 and 12 weeks so I figured my belly must be part bump (part bloat).  At any rate, I am wearing a belly band today b/c my pants are uncomfortable at the waist though comfy elsewhere.

google123

Nope I didn't.  FYI at 5 weeks the embryos are about the size of a poppyseed, so it's just bloat, not baby.  I didn't start showing till around 16-17w.  That's when I couldn't fit my clothes and bought maternity clothes.  Even then, I looked about the same as someone pg with 1.

AlwaysSunny925

At 9 weeks I had a belly that made my cousin think I was having twins (we weren't telling anyone yet).  I think it was bloat though.  I had a small bump at 14 weeks, a very obvious one at 17.

violaplayer

I started to show at about 16w and didn't even actually gain weight until almost 20w.

 

Good luck with your pregnancy! 

everam01

I was bloated early on, but it went away. By 16-17 weeks I had an obvious bump to me, by 19 weeks it was obvious to everyone!

ougrad1

I started showing about 12/13 weeks with the twins and about 15 weeks with the babies so, not to much faster.  

crystaleyes39

I didn't gain any weight at all my 1st trimester. By week 12-15 is when my bump seemed more like a baby bump and not just bloating. Since 17 weeks people really have been asking me "when are you do" and i'm really popping out.

gumiberg

everam01:

I was bloated early on, but it went away. By 16-17 weeks I had an obvious bump to me, by 19 weeks it was obvious to everyone!

this was me, i had a tiny bump at 16 weeks and a noticeable bump by 20 weeks.  but mind you, even at 20 weeks, it was still rather small.

funny story: i went to a baby parenting class when i was 35 weeks.  i was the farthest along, and the only one with twins, but had the smallest  bump!!  

 different people carry different ways.  i had one baby in ribs, and one in my pelvis, so i stretched like a football.  some women carry one right in front of them and get huge. 

blondek8

I only gained 2lbs in 1st tri. I didn't have any bloat and wore normal pants until 17-18ish weeks.

marisuz28

Due to nausea I was still down a pound at the end of my first trimester.  No one even knew I was preg until 20 weeks or so.  Then I grew FAST!  I gained 20 lbs between weeks 21 & 28!

snoangel79

I've only gained two pounds and have a very small bump, but it's a bump. It's been here for around 3 weeks.

Mrs. Alice

I started getting a tummy really early which is why I had a little suspicion it was twins.  At 9 weeks my pants wouldn't fit any more and I gained about 10 lbs in the first trimester.  At 14 weeks I think I "popped" and it was pretty obvious to people who knew.