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Eibhlin1
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How early do you start to show?
Eibhlin1
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I'm at 6w2d and it's already hard to button my pants. I had to go shopping for pants with a more relaxed fit this morning.
mmc 5/19/11, IUI 6/15/12, IUI 7/18/12, BFP 7/8/13! EDD 3/9/14.
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Re: How early do you start to show?
Depends on the person and if this is your first pregnancy or not. With my first, my regular pants stopped fitting at around 11 weeks, and I used a Bella Band for a week and then went to maternity pants at 12/13 weeks. I looked bloated and fat, but not pregnant. I didn't look obviously pregnant until 18/19 weeks.
This time, the bloat showed up much sooner, at around 6 weeks. My regular pants still fit, but I don't think they will for long. I'm probably going to pull out the maternity pants soon, maybe in another week or two.
At six weeks I could tell my belly was rounder from the progesterone working is magic to slow down digestion for the baby. At almost 13 weeks people who know me can notice the bloat and see tha my belly is rounder. However, I cannot yet really feel my uterus so I know its not baby yet but the rest of me moving around to make room her.
Some girls show earlier if their uterus is higher. I'd say in reading these boards over the last 13w the average is about 17/18 weeks to start showing and 20w before strangers start noticing baby bump.
It seems so long
With my first I was wearing maternity clothes around 12-14 weeks. But I wasn't showing until I was 26ish weeks.
With my second I was again in maternity aroung 14 weeks, but didn't show till I was 22ish weeks.
This is my third. I'm 10 weeks and just wearing pants in a bigger size. Definitely not showing yet. Hoping to hide it at work till 20 weeks. We'll see.
It's going to vary from woman to woman.
I'm short and thin, and didn't really show (to the point where strangers could tell I was pregnant) until I was 18 weeks with DD. DH and I noticed changes a few weeks earlier.
I'm now pregnant with #2, and I can see a tiny bump, but if you didn't know I was pregnant, you wouldn't be able to tell just by looking at me.
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it does depend on the person and the number of previous pregnancies.
i'm starting to show, not really bloated - but my stomach is "changing". my husband says that unless you know me and know that i'm pregnant you probably would not realize it. he's the one that told me the other day, but it's getting the typical tear drop shape that my belly normally takes on. i also just lost about 20lbs, which is probably in my favor. i'm currently 7 wks. with my last pregnancy, i was showing at 8-9wks.
I'm about your height, short torso and thin...I didn't show until 18 weeks.
Well, DH and I could see a difference, but strangers couldn't tell I was pregnant until 18 weeks.
I am 5"4' and very short waisted. I started to really show around 14 weeks with my first. I'm sure it will be earlier with this baby.
I'm 5' 9" and loooong waisted and three days ago someone on the metro pointed to my stomach and asked if I wanted to sit down. That counts as a perfect stranger noticing I'm pregnant. I have a bump that is certainly some part fat, but it is rounded and while not everyone will notice I'm pregnant (especially while sitting down) it is starting to become obvious I'm pregnant, not fat.
I think it depends on every woman, pregnancy, and uterus. I don't think it has much to do with height and being long or short waisted although it might...like I said I have a very long torso and I am, apparently, showing already.
ETA: It's only clear that it's a pregnancy belly when I wear tight clothing though. In a loose t-shirt it's not visible.
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