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When did you start "showing?"
12 weeks today and I definitely feel like I'm showing. Which is fine, I've waited forever for this...I LOVE it! But, I'm totally self conscious at work...hoping no one else is notices the bump, since we're not ready to announce.
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Re: When did you start "showing?"
looking back at my blog it was around 12/13 weeks. a little baby bump.
It's different for everyone. I know I started showing pretty early on. I told work at 11 weeks and one of my employees said "I was going to say something, I noticed you were gaining weight" um, gee, thanks.
I did try to hide my belly, and ended up hurting my neck from hunching over to make it (along with the boobs) seem less noticable.
Have you started taking photos yet?
woohoo!
I felt like I was showing around 17 weeks but no one could tell until I was 20 weeks...at 18 weeks a friend (male, didn't know I was pg) asked another friend (also male, who knew I was pg) "Is everything OK with Kendall? She seems to be gaining some weight, she always seemed super fit before..." and the other apparently said "Dude, she is pg." "OHHHHH, that explains that" Of course then they had to relay the story back to me....from which I laughed.
So people noticed around 17-18 weeks but they just though I was getting chubby, didn't realize I was pg. You can check my FB to see all my tummy photos under "MM/Baby Goat" album
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EJ is growing up too fast!
22-24 weeks ... i've got a LONG torso, so dd had plenty of room to grow up, before i grew out !
it came in handy, i went to a job interview when i was 21 wks pg and they had no idea i was pg !
Aw. This put a big smile on my face.
I think around 13 wks is when I started to show. I got my first "are you..." around 14 wks.
YAY!!!! I didn't announce to work until 14 weeks - no one noticed my ill-fitting close and baggy shirts - but I did!! After I announced I remember trying to find belly flattering clothes cause I wanted people to realize it was preggo belly not just... umm... I specifcailly remember comparing clothes at around 20 - I totally still could have "hid" it for a while. https://abandbabyc.blogspot.com/2008/10/updates-fashion-show.html
Thanks ladies! These are exciting times in the SJ household! And thanks to my mother's genes I carry all my extra weight in the tummy area, so I'm sure that's contributing to the bump as well.
I started taking pics at 6 weeks...maybe I'll do a comparison tomorrow during Tummy Thursday.
With S, early - I'm sure some of it had to do with the fact I was injecting hormones into my ass, but I was bloated and the bloat never went away, just turned into bump. I told work at 14 weeks last time and it was quite obvious, and I'd been in maternity clothes since 11 weeks...but I had been hunching over and running by people for weeks so they didn't notice. A couple people did say they thought I was looking "bigger" but hadn't said anything.
This time, I showed later which was odd. I was bloated to high heaven and couldn't wear any of my clothes, but by around 9-10 weeks it went down enough that I could (uncomfortably) wear my clothes. I don't think I started really showing until closer to 15/16 weeks this time. Now it's obvious enough that people ask when I'm due. But I have a short torso and carry like I'm carrying a basketball so it's more clear than my poor co-worker who wants so badly to show (she's about a week ahead of me).
So exciting!!!!
With P, I was in maternity clothes at around 10 weeks (so much more comfortable!) and would say I had a baby bump around 14 weeks.
With R, it was pretty much right away.
I was bloated right away and had trouble buttoning anything by about 11 weeks. Which made dressing for Xmas (at 12 weeks) interesting. At 13 weeks Libs said it was obvious but I think she was just trying to make me feel better about being fat.
I had to switch to all maternity pants at about 15 weeks I think. The belly band just could not contain it anymore. LOL. And I carry any extra weight in my belly so I've been know to look pg when I'm not.
Yay!! I can't wait to see your cute baby bump!
Here was me at 12 weeks... yeah, I showed early.
https://norcalsuperwife.blogspot.com/2008/07/new-belly-pics.html
I'm 14 weeks today and *think* I'm showing a decent amount. DH commented on the little belly last week. I'm shorter-waisted and I wasn't teeny tiny to begin with, so I feel that I've had a belly since about 8 weeks. But realistically it was major bloat. I'd say the last week or two has been more belly, less bloat.
12 weeks already!! omg Char...can't wait to see the pics of your baby bump.
And I just realized your due date is my birthday...so double yay!!!!