S/O baby bumps

misscharlotte04 · October 2010

Since 1st tri'ers love to debate bloat/bump.... When did you first start showing? When did you first have to wear maternity shirt/pants? Also, if you have a pic of your first sign of a bump (or bloat), post that too!

jessknell · October 2010

This was my first official "bump" picture but I think I still just looked fat! It was when I was 18 weeks along, an actual bump didn't develop for another couple of weeks. I never actually wore maternity shirts, I'm so short that most of them practically went to my knees so I just stretched out my regular shirts. I started wearing maternity pants as soon as I could! They were so comfy and I think it was around 14 weeks when I first wore them Embarrassed

CapitolBaby · October 2010

Here was my first official bump pic, at almost 20 weeks. The 2nd pic if 40 weeks. She was born 1 week later.

misscharlotte04 · October 2010

I started showing a decent sized bump at 22 weeks. I definitely felt bloated and like I had gained a few lbs around 18 weeks though.

This was my first actual bump picture where I didn't look like I had just put on some extra weight. I was 22 or 23 weeks here.

ETA: I started wearing the bella band at about 20 weeks, and this pic was the first time I wore a maternity shirt.

IrishBrideND · October 2010

I started wearing mat jeans around 16 weeks, but thats because I tried the bella band and just couldn't deal with it.

I don't have a pic though.

misscharlotte04 · October 2010

Oh, and I thought that since I didn't show for so long that I wouldn't get that big. Well, that proved to be not true. I was huge! This is a cell phone pic my friend took at 38 weeks. I was pretty ginormous.

Boizmom · October 2010

I started showing at 14 weeks. However, this was my 3rd baby. I had a real baby bump at this point. And I just got huge from there.

Here I was at 33 weeks just for comparison sakes! LOL. Wow I was huge!

jessknell · October 2010

misscharlotte04:

Oh, and I thought that since I didn't show for so long that I wouldn't get that big. Well, that proved to be not true. I was huge! This is a cell phone pic my friend took at 38 weeks. I was pretty ginormous.

Hee Hee! Me too! By the end I felt almost as wide as I am tall! On the day that I delivered I measured my belly (because apparently I'm a bit masochistic) and it was 42".
Here I am on the way to the hospital to be induced:

misscharlotte04 · October 2010

jessknell:
misscharlotte04:

Oh, and I thought that since I didn't show for so long that I wouldn't get that big. Well, that proved to be not true. I was huge! This is a cell phone pic my friend took at 38 weeks. I was pretty ginormous.

Hee Hee! Me too! By the end I felt almost as wide as I am tall! On the day that I delivered I measured my belly (because apparently I'm a bit masochistic) and it was 42".
Here I am on the way to the hospital to be induced:

I think I was as wide as I am tall by the end of it! I went in at 39 weeks exactly, I didn't measure my belly but I am only 5 ft tall so I can only imagine that it would have been close!....

IrishBrideND · October 2010

This is me at 36 weeks. I felt gigantic.

anabell0920 · October 2010

I had the start of something around 18 weeks and 20 weeks

Then me at 38 (had him at 41)

monj76 · October 2010

I thought this was a bump. I was 16 weeks.

Eta: Four weeks later I really was showing. 20 weeks here.

tusshie2004 · October 2010

I don't have a pic on my DH's laptop but I started showing around 16 weeks and I was really showing at 30 weeks at my friends wedding. I started wearing maternity jeans around 16 weeks because my jeans and work pants felt super tight around my thighs and I was sick of wearing my Belly Band.