DId you show sooner with #2?

mrsbhk22

I am PG with  #2 and don't want work to know until at least 12 weeks.  I started showing about 14weeks with DS, so I am afraid if I am going to show sooner!

 

Thanks!

Bellisimo

No, not really.  I don't think people could tell until 13 weeks or after.  By 16 weeks it was pretty obvious.

HasteTheDay

I started showing a few weeks sooner, but I don't remember exactly which week that was... Can you just wear some looser shirts or something??

mrsbhk22

I was going to try to wear looser clothing as much as possible, but I work in a formal setting where I wear suits (most of them tailored) everyday.  I wish I could take advantage of some of the more loose/flowy shirts that are popular now! 

LaurMoore

I was SO bloated right away. I looked like I was 4 months pregnant at 4 weeks pregnant. Once the bloat went away, I was fine. I'm 19 weeks today and can still hide it if I wanted.

 

springmom

I started showing later.  I think I wore normal clothes to my 20 week ultrasound.  Maybe started wearing mat clothes during week 24ish?  Even then people didn't know I was pregnant!

CubbyMama

It seems to me that it was a couple of weeks earlier, but I was in maternity clothes at around the same time (13-15ish weeks, gradually) as with DD.

xnbride

Well I can't answer your question, but I can say that this is a really good time of year to hide a pregnancy from your employer because it is cold weather season--ha ha.  Honestly, most people won't notice unless they know that you were actively trying to conceive because they are oblivious to those sorts of things.  Just wear darker colors and suits will actually help you hide it better although you may need to purchase a few new pieces as you transition to maternity clothes.  I hid my first pregnancy until I was 18 weeks and the only time anyone suspected anything (the nosy senior secretary) was when I wore a tight fitting outfit but everyone else didn't pay much attention they were probably too distracted by my "pregnancy glow" and enormous boobs   Don't worry to much about it!  Legally you don't have to tell them until you are 8 months along!

wellfleet04

Yes, I did. With Kate, I wasn't in mat clothes until after 20 wks, and I didn't get stranger comments until 25 wks.  With this one, I was in mat clothes by 13ish wks and I got my first stranger comment at 11 wks!  I'm now 19.5 wks and look like I did last time around at 28ish wks. YIKES.

JillShari

With my DS I was in maternity clothes at week 14.

This time I showed that DH and I noticed at 8 weeks and a few days and now at 10 weeks it is VERY obvious.  (I've only gained 2 pounds overall)

(I wanted to hide it too, but it is getting impossible unless I don't see people often)

izzybella

I've started showing. I haven't gained any weight, but my belly is definitely bigger. I also lost 25 lbs between pregnancies, and I guess that effects things too.

emiliemadison

Yep! By 8 weeks strangers were asking when I was due. It was embarrassing! I showed pretty early with #1, though. You could try to hide it, but it may or may not work

Congrats!?

kiki&squaz

I can still hide mine - I am in my regular jeans...although they are starting to get tight. Everyone is different and shows and carrys different.

ridesbuttons

I really did show sooner.  Not just my belly, but my boobs!  They grew to breastfeeding size very quickly.  I got pregnant with my second when my first was 10 months old or so.  The doctor said that showing early is to be expected because everything has been stretched out so recently.

 

Lucky for you it is winter.  You can bundle up better than I could in the spring!