Do you think you're showing?

SBieste · July 2010

Good morning ladies! When did you guys start to think you were showing...at least where YOU noticed? I'm almost 9 weeks, and I'm pretty sure my puffy lower abdominal isn't just gas and back up anymore. I'm pretty short waisted and fairly athletic...so I'm thinking it's possible that there IS a mini bump there!? I know everyone is different....but just curious.

maru0808 · July 2010

It all depends on your body type, but yes, at 9 weeks I thought I was showing. Now I am definitely showing! My pants dont button anymore, my blouses are tight in my stomach. My boobs...well...they are HUUUUUUGE. And everything is getting huge I think lol

Molluskwrangler · July 2010

This week I noticed it. My tummy would bloat and then would be all flat again in the am, but now it's got a permanent bump. And it's hard not soft..and I can't suck it in lol. It feels huge to me but I know it reality it's not that big.

SarahTx5701 · July 2010

everyone shows at diff times.

I just noticed this week when I'm nekkid I have definetly changed shapes and my bump is starting to come out from my pelvis a little bit, but this is baby #2 so I expected that.

I'll have to take a pic soon

Buckets of Moonbeams · July 2010

I didn't show with #1 until 26 weeks, and I was barely showing at 22 with #2.

This time, yes. Yes I have a belly. It's ridiculous, I hate it, and I really really hope this means I'm not going to be as big as a barn by the end. I love how small I've always carried. On the other hand, this pregnancy is back to back with the last, so I'm sure that has something to do with it. It's like my ute was all "Oh! I know what to do!" and POOF I have a real, hard freaking belly.

Lucky_Dragonfly · July 2010

no i still just look pudgy. I already had a pudge to begin with, but it does feel a little bit firmer to me.

Symharmony · July 2010

I'm showing, but this is my third pregnancy. My stomach muscles have seen better days. I'm trying to wear baggy shirts, because not everyone that knows me knows I'm pregnant.

mrsmacias2008 · July 2010

I think I am showing now. If I compare last years pic to now, I am.

smallfry5909 · July 2010

Ha ha, I was just wondering the same thing. I took a picture of my belly at 8 weeks, and then again this morning at 11 weeks, and there is definitely a difference. There is a "bump" on my belly that wasn't there 3 weeks ago. Of course, these days I eat a piece of toast and BOOM, my belly blows up.

Try looking first thing in the morning, when bloating isn't as bad.

JayKay2387 · July 2010

Eh, I'm overweight so I still just look chubby. I can tell a difference in my flab, it doesn't look like a small tire, but like it's starting to look like a baby belly, but who knows!

caspian45 · July 2010

I think I've been showing for a couple weeks now...it is of course worse after I eat, so, I look first thing when getting out of bed in the AM and its been "bumpy" for a couple weeks and growing! Plus, all my clothes aren't fitting anymore, I can't butten the top button on my pants already....the challenge is I haven't told work yet and its hard to cover it up.

Also, I am very happy to say that my boobs are FINALLY starting to get bigger and they are now a bit sore - nothing drastic - however its 11 weeks for me and I was wondering if it were going to happen or not!

shoebox4 · July 2010

Yup, definitely a small bump and no more sucking in the gut, LOL!!! My abs aren't even showing anymore, sigh. It now just looks like rolling fat. I bought my first maternity pants yesterday, and going to wear it tomorrow.

ll3414 · July 2010

With DD I wasn't in maternity clothes until 15 weeks... this time around I am barely going to make it thru the 1st tri without busting out my maternity bins. But I'm also 5'9" so there is more space for the baby to spread out!

violetvirgo · July 2010

nope. i'm like two days pg.

with my first i was in mat pants at 13 weeks - not b/c i was showing, but b/c of the bloat by the end of the day. bloat =/= baby bump to me. BUT i started really showing way earlier than i thought i would with my first, so i'm just imagining how soon i could show with this one.

johannaknip · July 2010

I'm not showing but I can see a change. By the end of the day I look rather round, but it's back down by morning. I'm glad because we are not telling for a few more weeks.

It is getting impossible to suck in though.

HockeyWife4Life · July 2010

I know the baby is only about an inch long but apparently by 10 weeks your uterus is about the size of a grapefruit! I am pretty sure my belly is all bloat right now but because this is my second pregnancy, I am expecting that I will start actually showing soon. Hopefully I can hold off a few more weeks until after my first appt. I really don't want to announce it at work until I have heard the HB.

ang.ela23 · July 2010

yes...i feel like im showing

AutumnBride929 · July 2010

Definitely not yet, lol. With DS I didn't start really showing (as in, strangers noticing) until probably close to 20 weeks.

*sallymad* · July 2010

I just noticed last weekend that my bump is a "true" bump. Ugh. So not not looking forward to maternity clothes....

ETA: I can tell that I'm showing but really no one else can.

Brady1* · July 2010

I'm 9 wks and starting to noticed a bump. DH says "You have a little baby bump" and people that we haven't told yet think I got a boob job. LOL They're HUGE!

2006july15bride · July 2010

I already look 5 months pregnant. Like you I am shortwaisted and athletic. My stomach was flat as a board before. I'm also having twins so I'm sure that adds to the fact that I laready look like a hippo!

Pamela05 · July 2010

From about 7-10 weeks I looked like I was showing thanks to bloat. Now I'm back in my regular pants (although they are tight).

kcisthebombdotcom · July 2010

I was the same way you were at 9 weeks, and this week the "bump" has gone down since it's mostly bloat at this point. I am definitely noticably pregnant though, as strangers have already commented. I started "really" looking pregnant at about 12 weeks. This is my 2nd pregnancy and I got my BFP when DS was still 4 months old, so that's to be expected.

anukindaluv · July 2010

With Tooter Man, I didn't start really showing until about 20-25wks. With this babes, I've already noticed my pants fitting a little tighter but no apparent bump yet!

SouthMinnieAppleMama · July 2010

Yes, I feel like I am rounding out in all directions. I told my doc and she said I wouldn't show until 17 weeks. That's depressing because it just makes me feel chubby. I was hoping it was all baby but it doesn't sound like it.?

I think it also depends on height and shape. Many of my friends showed right away and my sister-in-law (with twins) showed at 8 weeks I think. I'm almost 6 ft tall so I'm guessing I have more room for baby to stay hidden for a while. ?

JessiRaye · July 2010

I am also short waisted and yes, I feel like I am 'showing'. I know that a lot of it is bloating because it practically starts under my boobs. But still, it's obvious that something is going on and my body is changing.

shpinz13 · July 2010

No, it's still just my chub. It is starting to feel firmer, I can tell when I poke it, but nothing significant yet. With my already pudgy belly, I probably won't show until closer to 20 weeks

SBear12 · July 2010

Depends on how you define "showing". Your uterus is still hidden down behind the pelvic bone until about 12 weeks, so technically that isn't on display yet. But everything else is shifting around in there, along with all the bloat, so your whole abdomen may be puffier than normal.

RHitch · July 2010

I did not "show" with DD until 20+ weeks.

With this pregnancy, I think I just started showing this week. From weeks 5-10, I was extremely bloated and looked 5 months pregnant on some nights, but it was just gas. Now, my boobs are HUGE, I can't fit my pants, my shirts are tight, and I can't suck it in anymore. I guess it's true that you start to show earlier with baby #2.

misslin20 · July 2010

DH says he thinks I have a little of a bump...but I am in denial! Even if I can't suck my tummy in anymore...I still think it's bloat!!

And I hate when people that know...say awwwwww...you have a little bump!! I feel slightly better that I'm having twins though, I can now use that as an excuse!

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