When did you start showing- 1st time moms?

laurenmike09 · March 2010

I know that everyone is different and prepregnancy weight, and tight abs make a difference, but when did you all start showing? My mom said she started showing at 20 weeks, and so did my best friend. I'm 13 weeks right now and so far, nothing!

katemhenne · March 2010

I started showing recently- 16/17 weeks other ppl notice now not just family

skhura · March 2010

Not until 20 or 21 weeks before that just felt bloated.

Soon_2B_MrsM · March 2010

I started showing at 11 weeks, but since then I have only increased a very little bit. I am like 5'8 and I was a size 12 pre-pregnancy. So if you are smaller or bigger that can make the difference too...no worries K? Smile

kasslynne · March 2010

19 weeks

MrsHollyMetesh · March 2010

I felt like I was showing at 15 weeks, but started getting comments from strangers (ie) at 18 weeks. It also makes a difference (like I posted yesterday) how big the baby is. If the baby is the size of a walnut, you aren't showing (I don't care who says they are showing at 8 weeks, etc, the baby weighs about an eyelash!) People also say being skinnier, etc, makes you show sooner, but lots of size 2 mommies on here didn't show until 18-20 weeks either, so I think genetics are a HUGE part of the answer :0)

MrsRDub05 · March 2010

Everyone's different. I'll be 19 weeks tomorrow and you still can't really tell unless it's the end of the day, I've eaten a big dinner and I'm wearing a tight shirt. My sister on the other hand, started showing at 13 weeks with her first. It just depends on the person.

vegandy · March 2010

Really early....but being five foot & tiny with no waist..he had nowhere to go. It really rounded out around 20ish weeks. At 13 weeks everthing is barely a few inches about your pubic area & the baby is super tiny...only a couple inches long. Give it time, it will happen

CocoP2008 · March 2010

17/18 weeks is when my coworkers really started noticing a bump.

MrsEmm · March 2010

with my 1st i felt like i popped btwn 20-24 weeks but a lot of people didnt even take notice til I was 7-8 mos!!!

matthew24 · March 2010

23 weeks

mrsjenni · March 2010

With #1- 14/15w

With #2- 7w

CMSullivan326 · March 2010

My belly started "showing" at 15weeks...really surprised me. But I didn't "pop" until I was about 20 weeks...

ArmyWife3 · March 2010

I'm 15w now and it is definitely obvious I'm expecting. Not a huge bump by any means, but it's clearly baby. It's been this way for about 2 weeks now.

jessikarabbit11 · March 2010

I started showing in between 19-20 weeks. I thought I was showing around 16-18 but I think a lot of that was bloat!

MrsHollyMetesh · March 2010

jessikarabbit11:
I started showing in between 19-20 weeks. I thought I was showing around 16-18 but I think a lot of that was bloat!

That seems to be pretty common! WOW I was soooo proud of my "baby bump" at 16 weeks....and then 20 weeks hit and I was like, "Oh...THATS a baby bump!"

samakasrc · March 2010

My close family and friends started noticing around 14 weeks, but nobody else noticed till about 20 weeks.

Indygo517 · March 2010

15 weeks was when it stopped looking like fat.

cookieinva · March 2010

I didn't start showing until around 20 weeks - be patient.

Bri-N-Bri · March 2010

I honestly just started showing (baby belly vs. the beer gut look that I had going) about a week or two ago. I got my first stranger comment last Friday.

barnwife · March 2010

I'm 18w5d and still not really showing. DH and I can tell, but that's it!

preppynewlywed · March 2010

I started to look a little heavier in the middle around 15 weeks.

I was obviously pregnant at about 22 weeks.

ETA: I'm 5'5" and was very thin pre-pregnancy. I always just looked bloated. I think it may have had something to do with the fact I was still running everyday, and up until my BFP had been kind of an ab workout wh0re.

silverflowers · March 2010

about 19/20 weeks. I didn't get stranger comments until 22 weeks.

tomkat35728 · March 2010

16-17 weeks

scottienme · March 2010

I think I started looking PREGNANT around 16 weeks. I thought I looked kinda big before then, but people didnt actually start noticing until 16 and asking around 20. lol kinda a mixture of bloat and food baby before then lol

JoBieger05 · March 2010

I'm 24 weeks and still can easily hide the fact that I'm pregnant. I have a bump, but it's not obvious. Still haven't "popped" yet.

J+L2006 · March 2010

I started having SOME tummy around 14 weeks, by 16 if you knew me before hand you would know I was preggo, and now strangers can tell at 20

Mrs.Handy · March 2010

I definitely popped around 18-19 weeks.

nicki070810 · March 2010

Noticeably to me around 17/18 weeks...first stranger comments around 20 weeks.

AMossy · March 2010

I still just look a little bloated. Strangers would never even think I was pregnant. I'm fine with it -- hopefully it means I'll just be smaller and more comfortable throughout (FX!) Stick out tongue

goldensummer · March 2010

I didn't start showing until 19/20 weeks.

nopegoat · March 2010

i started showing around 17wks!!!

shortms6 · March 2010

13 weeks just a little...but I am short-waisted. By about 18 weeks there was no denying it.

babya2010 · March 2010

14 weeks - but I'm having twins. It wasn't obvious to strangers until 16/17 weeks though.

alice2Bcheshire · March 2010

I started showing to people who know I'm PG between 19w and 20w, but I still haven't gotten any stranger comments or even side-eyes at the office (from those who don't know), and I could hide my small bump if I cared to do so. I'm still in pre-PG clothes, and I think my belly is less obvious than if I were wearing maternity-- something about the cut of maternity clothes just emphasizes the bump, even I'd you don't really have one

Mrs_JR · March 2010

1st - Friends and family made comments around 18 weeks. My first stranger comments were around 20 weeks.

2nd - I'm 14 weeks now and at the end of the day I look pretty pregnant. I can still cover it up depending on what I'm wearing.

jlslaugh · March 2010

Around 18 or 19 weeks

JennyGrl · March 2010

This week I started showing but I haven't poped yet.

LovinLife10 · March 2010

I popped out a little at 17 weeks but you still couldn't really tell in clothes. I was a size 2-4 prepg by the way. By 20 weeks you could tell in most of my clothes. It will happen soon enough

BelhurstBride · March 2010

23 weeks I started to notice a difference. 29 weeks is when I actually started to look pregnant instead of beer belly-ish. That's also when I got my first stranger comment.

max1563 · March 2010

Started showing at 11 wks for sure, and now people can tell...My doctor told me it's because I'm thin but big boned, but have no hips too..If that makes any sense?

My mom said it's the Irish body lol, all the girls in the fam started showing the same way I did!

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