When did you start showing?

brokensmyl · April 2011

I'm 13w1d and I look maybe 4-5 months pregnant already. I know it is mostly being bloated, but I still look pregnant. It is like I skipped that "I look like I had a big lunch" phase and went straight to the "I'm pregnant" stage. I've got stretch marks popping up everywhere too. Is it normal to show this early? When did you start showing? None of my normal clothes fit anymore, I just had to get a bunch of maternity clothes (thank goodness for yard sales!) But I feel I may be growing too fast?

meganjane86 · April 2011

I didn't start looking actually pregnant until about 19w- but I was in the "big lunch" phase for a while! haha

txhottie · April 2011

I started showing at 14w. I was bloated for awhile, but I started out with a pooch, so I think it looked like I was pregnant from about week 8. I don't care, glad to not have to suck it in or wear spanx!

MandersRN1 · April 2011

I think week 12 plus I truly started to look pregnant and not just chubby in the belly.. Im almost 17 weeks now and friends can really see it and I think strangers may be able to tell. Im def. not like WHOA shes HUGE but its a prefect bump to me!

JenWhite123 · April 2011

20 weeks

pettycrocker · April 2011

Sometime between 22-24wks, is when I couldn't really hide it anymore..

jntaylor11 · April 2011

I looked bloated for a while... Then the bloat went down, and I really started have a baby belly around 20 weeks... It looks much different than the bloat/food belly...

msm1379 · April 2011

I was pretty bloated after about 12 weeks, wearing maternity jeans but mostly regular tops. By 20 weeks I had definitely gone from "maybe just fat" to "definitely pregnant". Though from 19 to 20 weeks the change was pretty dramatic!

melaniedel · April 2011

I was definitely bloated at 12 weeks, but just started really showing around 22. I still don't look huge in the morning. I am carrying low and my uterus is now just above my navel.

newmama0208 · April 2011

12weeks. This is my 2nd pregnancy and I'm having twins!

mama livingston · April 2011

I am almost 23 weeks pregnant and BARELY starting to show. I'm pretty annoyed to be honest! My friend's have given me all these cute maternity clothes and I would look ridiculous wearing any of them yet (though I am wearing maternity pants full time now, nothing fits, so I'm thinking I'll pop soon!). Even with gaining 20 lbs (I lost about 10 lbs in the first trimester, so I am only 10 lbs over my pre-pregnancy weight) you still can't tell I'm almost in my third trimester. It kind of makes me nervous but my doctor said everything is great, my uterus is where it should be I can't wait to be able to post a photo on August2011's BDHD post!!!

Sharra711 · April 2011

newmama0208:
12weeks. This is my 2nd pregnancy and I'm having twins!

jsimpkins17 · April 2011

21ish weeks..although I am 26+ weeks now and I still have people just now noticing and saying "I didn't know you were expecting!" LOL

SFAug07 · April 2011

Just starting to show now. We told a couple today that we were going to have a baby and they were really surprised, as they couldn't tell. It depends on what I am wearing too of course. For me it's obvious because I am very thin and my belly is not as flat as it used to be.

elynds · April 2011

I had big lunch look for quite a while, and actually "popped" at about 18-19 weeks - though it has weirdly gotten a tiny bit smaller since then, but strangers and people who didn't know could tell at 19 weeks.

mabma80 · April 2011

Well, considering this is my third pregnancy, I was showing at around 10-12wks. I'll be five months next Saturday. It is normal if you have a small frame, or it's not your first pregnancy. I just now bought maternity clothes online at Old Navy and have been wearing them since Friday. I actually went a lot longer this time with my normal clothes then before. I think it's because I lost a lot of weight before getting pregnant this time around.

WashingtonQueen · April 2011

I started to pop a little between weeks 19 and 20 but I just now started to show enough to be able to tell.

heatherandlogan · April 2011

I am currently 22 weeks along! But i was showing when i took an at home pregnancy test. I have been really big through my whole pregnancy. I was worried at first because of my size but now i have kinda grew into it.

calliesmom6 · April 2011

This is me almost 2 weeks ago. First pregnancy, and to the best of our knowledge only one baby in there. everyone kept saying it was bloating it would go down but it never did. it is def. here to stay and is actually firming up. i think its really really different for everyone. i would ask other women in your family how they looked at this stage. my mom, grandmother and aunt all said they showed really early with their first babies and everyone told them the same thing. enjoy your bump. get some coco buttter.

sunandsurfmama · April 2011

I just started showing but most people only think I am around 3 months, not 6.

TeacherVicky · April 2011

I only really started to show this past week (I am 20w as of yesterday). Before that, I just looked like I had a big lunch and could still suck it in.

butterfly1980 · April 2011

I started to show more now. Looks like more of a preganant belly.

Rachel7103 · April 2011

I'm just starting to show now at 20 weeks. But I still haven't really popped yet into that round belly. I am looking more round from the front than anywhere else which I find weird.

ababymaybe · April 2011

I'm 15.5 weeks and starting to. I think my prediction about popping around 16 will be pretty spot on. I'm thin naturally, and about average height, so there really isn't any where for baby to go but out. As it is now, it's probably only obvious to people who really know me-- my stomach used to be flat and now it's poochy.

PhoebeJones3 · April 2011

So far no bloat and no bump. Since 14 weeks I can tell the teeniest bump, but because I'm tiny to begin with, I don't think I'll show until 18 weeks or so.

I don't have a FLAT stomach anymore, I just look like I've had one too many doughnuts.

lyndafortune · April 2011

Im 16 weeks and nothing... my friend is 18 weeks and she has a big pregnant belly you cant mistake hers for food and she started to show i think around 16

lookingformommyland · April 2011

Everyone is different. I started showing at 16 weeks.

lilred001 · April 2011

Aw congratulations I bet your belly is sooo cute!!!! I am currently 22 wks and i am still in the "looks like you had a big lunch" phase. I weighed 125lbs prepreg. Maybe i'll pop sometime soon. Good Luck!!!!!!!

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