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hmwm · August 2010

There is "showing" and there is "out of your clothes". I can't look at another..."I think I might be showing at 5 weeks." Can I please have the skinny on when do you show and when do you give up your pre-pregnancy clothes?

staycee · August 2010

1st pregnancy I didn't need maternity pants until after 22w. before then I could still wear most my clothes (some with bella band). My jeans I could wear until about 25w (they are low waisted)

S&D_2005 · August 2010

Sorry for the Bump Burp.

S&D_2005 · August 2010

Earlier today I was going through my old pregnancy photos to see when I started to really show. I think I wore a bella band when I was 6-8 weeks or something like that. And I started to wear maternity pants around 3-4 months or so.

Prinycesa07 · August 2010

I Hear ya.

I started off a bit overweight so this may not be helpful to you. I started showing at about 23 weeks, i was able to fit into my clohtes until about 28 weeks.

Kiranie · August 2010

I got a bump around 16 weeks...I really popped at about 23 weeks, and started wearing maternity around that time.

Beccaboo0713 · August 2010

hmwm:
There is "showing" and there is "out of your clothes". I can't look at another..."I think I might be showing at 5 weeks." Can I please have the skinny on when do you show and when do you give up your pre-pregnancy clothes?

Stick out tongue This made me laugh.

I started showing to family around 18 weeks and got my first stranger comment around 20. I started wearing mat clothes around 16 weeks with DS.

anukindaluv · August 2010

I wore my usual jeans with the "hair-tie trick" up until the 3rd tri, where I switched to yoga pants on a permanent basis.

Kiss&Makeup · August 2010

I am about 5'8" and 135-140 non-preg.

With my first, I had a nice little bump at 20 weeks, but still did not really "pop" so that strangers noticed till more like 24ish weeks.

With my second maybe a little sooner. But I still held out on maternity for quite awhile. I have a few pants in a size up than normal that I wore to work well into the second trimester, which I also wore in the weeks (okay months) after having each kid. Highly reccomend this, you will need it after!

I'm on #3 now and 13 weeks, still going strong in normal- size up jeans and yoga pants.

I get being bloated, but not "showing" at 5 weeks.

flamingos2010 · August 2010

it's different for everyone but for me, I started showing around 16 weeks with my first (I remember since I was trying to hide it from work as long as I could.. so maybe I was showing before that), and no later than 12 weeks with my second. I had to ditch my pants a lot sooner than my shirts. If I remember right, I think the shirts had to go around 20 weeks.. maybe 25. I normally wear longer shirts anyways though, so they last longer into pregnancy.

DesignsOnYou · August 2010

I remember specifically buying a whole outfit - cute shirt and maternity pants - to be worn on Thanksgiving with my first pregnancy.

I was around 20 weeks so I was convinced I would look PG. Not so much, I totally could've worn normal jeans still as long as the were low-rise.

So I think as far as really showing, it was past 22 weeks and I didn't a nice size belly to almost 6.5-7 months.

It amazing what you can do with flowy shirts (like from Forever 21) and comfortable (read: stretchy) or low-rise jeans.

I've worn mat. pants a couple times already this time for comfort but I can still wear my normal clothes just fine.

NavyGMWife · August 2010

S&D_2005:
Earlier today I was going through my old pregnancy photos to see when I started to really show. I think I wore a bella band when I was 6-8 weeks or something like that. And I started to wear maternity pants around 3-4 months or so.

This has been me excatly. This is my first.

Brandiebabe · August 2010

I never wore mat pants, just my normal pants with a bella band the whole time. I had to get shirts around 5 months. But I also was carrying really high, so I just looked 'thick' in the middle for a long time.

armandos_girl · August 2010

I was in maternity pants for work at about 11 weeks last time. My dress pants just weren't cut right to fit right. I wore my regular jeans longer with a bella band. But I didn't have strangers or people who didn't know me well asking if I was pregnant until around 17-18 weeks.

This time, I'm still in my non maternity work pants, hoping I can stay in them a couple more weeks, although they are already a bit uncomfortable. I've already had a relative whom I don't see often ask my mom if I was KU.

RJHarmon · August 2010

armandos_girl:

I was in maternity pants for work at about 11 weeks last time. My dress pants just weren't cut right to fit right. I wore my regular jeans longer with a bella band. But I didn't have strangers or people who didn't know me well asking if I was pregnant until around 17-18 weeks.

This time, I'm still in my non maternity work pants, hoping I can stay in them a couple more weeks, although they are already a bit uncomfortable. I've already had a relative whom I don't see often ask my mom if I was KU.

This is almost my situation exactly!

MrsTotty · August 2010

I started REALLY showing with #1 between 18 and 20 weeks.

I am just barely showing now with #2 ... I give it about 2 more weeks before it'll be really obvious though.

NickelC35 · August 2010

My first pregnancy, I started to notice that I was showing at 19-20 weeks, but friends/strangers started noticing around 24 weeks. I was in a bella band in the first tri due to bloat, but back to normal jeans/pants until about 20 weeks.

This time, I'm 12 weeks now and still no bump at all, or any difference for that matter. I'm guessing I still have a few weeks left until it starts showing, if it does show earlier this time.

on_the_move · August 2010

I had to look back into my old photos, but it looks like I was in mat. pants by 16 weeks. This time I haven't gained anything, but I have a hard time fitting into my normal pants.

erbear · August 2010

1st pregnancy I was not in maternity clothes until 28 weeks and I was showing around then.

This time, maternity pants at 14 weeks and definitely showing now. I was showing a whole lot of bloat between weeks 5-9.

nycteach · August 2010

It's so different for every person. I didn't really start showing with my first pregnancy until about 22-24 weeks. I used a bella band with all of my regular pants and didn't have a need for maternity clothes until then.

mrs.monica · August 2010

probably not until about 16-20wks, but I'm very small already, so I couldn't hide it longer than that.

mopsie · August 2010

I was in maternity pants at 15 weeks, maternity tops at 20+ weeks. I started showing around 20 weeks.

LemonSqueezy · August 2010

I had a little noticable bump around 15 weeks. I did not wear mat. pants until 25ish weeks. I just wore my normal pants and jeans with a bella band.

VTbride05 · August 2010

1st time: I was showing to the rest of the world between 12-14 weeks and in all maternity by 18 weeks.

This time I am showing now, around 10 weeks, although I can still hide it pretty well. I dont foresee maternity clothes anytime too soon.

rowanthefrog · August 2010

Actual real showing when people knew I was pregnant without me saying something? Around 17-18 weeks.

Clothes getting tight and I need to wear a size up or bella band? 13 weeks on.

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SpartanGirl · August 2010

With my first pregnancy I was around 17 weeks or so when I needed to do the hairband trick on my jeans. I bought maternity clothes shortly after that. Since then, I'd say somewhere around the beginning of the second trimester I made the switch to maternity pants (I wore my normal tshirts through most of my pregnancies).

Though I will say I'm wearing a pair of maternity shorts right now. I don't need them, but they're incredibly comfortable. Wink

sweetpea18 · August 2010

I was in maternity pants at 14 weeks with my first, only because my dress pants weren't cut low enough to wear them comfortably. I was also on progesterone until 13 weeks and I was horribly bloated, so maternity pants were just more comfortable. I wore my regular jeans much longer. I wore a lot of regular shirts my entire pregnancy and didn't buy a true maternity shirt until I was in the third tri.

This pregnancy is a different story. Thankfully, I now work at a place that I can wear scrubs, so I plan to wear my regular scrubs the entire pregnancy. My regular pants and jeans started to get uncomfortable around 11 weeks. I think I'm going to have to break out the maternity pants this week.

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