2nd Trimester

Ladies pregnant with second child...

How far along where you when you started to show?  I have a 4 year old...and I'm 7 weeks and already have to wear maternity pants.  But...I just think I look fat...other people say I'm showing. When did you?
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Re: Ladies pregnant with second child...

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  • I can still wear my regular jeans, but I lost about 20-25 lbs before I got pregnant so my pants were getting big anyways...I wore reg pants to a baby shower yesterday but by the end of the day I wanted them off. I wore maternity jeans today.

    I wear scrubs for work so those I am still fitting it, but I am thinking within the next week or so I will be completely into maternity clothes.

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  • I was in maternity by 12 weeks
  • I'm not showing yet. ?Still in my normal clothes. ?
  • The bloat was KILLER for me this time around. I was bigger at 7 weeks than I was at 14 weeks. No joke.

    I'm now almost 18 weeks and just now getting into maternity clothes full-time. But actually, non-maternity pants with a Bella Band fit better right now than most of my maternity stuff... maternity stuff is too big.

    Mommy to DD1 (June 2007), DS (January 2010), DD2 (July 2012), and The Next One (EDD 3/31/2015)

  • I was in maternity pants full time by 12 weeks. It was just more comfortable. I probably was showing around that same time, depending on whom you asked. But I'm super petite.
  • Around 10 weeks.
  • I started wearing maternity pants around 8 weeks.  I just found them more comfortable.  I didn't need to start wearing them till probably around 11 weeks or so.
  • I have a 4 year old also. I am wearing maternity clothes, but I told a lady at church tonight that I am pg and she was shocked!  I don't really look pg yet.  Tongue Tied
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  • With DD#1 I didn't wear maternity pants until 18-19 weeks and had no bloat (oh the joys of the pre preg body) and didn't show to others until 20+ weeks. With DD#2, I had mild bloat started needing maternity pants by 12 weeks and showed to others around 14-15 weeks. With this 3rd pregnancy, I am having horrible bloat and a small hard baby bump (above pelvis below bloat only noticeable to me) at 9 weeks. I just started wearing some of my old mat pants last week or used the rubber band trick.
  • I'm on the small side, and I was wearing some maternity clothes at 7-8 wks, mainly b/c I had bad m/s and couldn't stand any pressure on my stomach. But soon after that I was fully in maternity clothes (10-11 wks). My friends say that I'm not huge, since I'm a small person, but it's been very clear for a few weeks that I'm pg, not just fat :)
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  • last week at 12 weeks.  but i had a baby 10 months ago, so i don't think my muscles were as hard as they should've been lol  i'm not showing a lot, i just look chubby, but it's way more comfortable to wear the hidden band on the jeans (stretchy!!) than having to unbutton my pants.
  • Between 17-19 weeks I really started to look pregnant. Before that I just looked chubby. I didn't show with #1 until 23 weeks so this is much earlier...but I was wearing maternity pants at 11 weeks bc I carry so low!
  • I have an 18 month old.  I'm not showing yet - haven't pulled out the maternity clothes yet, but I'm guessing it won't be too  much longer.
  • I have a 16 mo old.      This second pg I think it was at about wk 18 that I pulled out the maternity pants.   At first I was really bloated but after a few wks my regular clothes fit fine for a few more months.
  • with my first I wasn't in maternity until 20 or 22 weeks, I forget. I am 15 weeks and my regular clothes are starting to get snug tight so I had dh go to storage and get my maternity stuff out.
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  • Honestly? Like at 10 weeks, I was wearing maternity pants. At 12 weeks, a co-worker doctor said to me, "Are you sure you're not farther along?" I coulda slugged him.
  • i felt like i had a belly around 12 weeks.   i never got back into my regular pants after my positive test.   i would say people could tell for sure by 14/15 weeks.
  • I started to wear maternity pants around 7 or so weeks.  The bloat was so bad and it made the ms feel better if there wasn't anything pressing on my belly all day.  Now I'd say I can't really go back except for a pair of capri jeans that stretch out as I wear them anyway.  I'm not into shirts yet.  My belly is getting bigger but it just looks fatty.

  • I'm still in my pre-pregnancy clothes. With my ds I didn't start wearing maternity clothes until 30 weeks...and I'm really hoping thats the same with this one bc I'm still not showing as much as I did with my ds...but the baby is happy and healthy and growing like a lil weed!  I think it all really just depends on your body type!
  • I'm really just starting to show now, can still fit into pre. preg stuff but it's getting tight!
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