baby bump

leemo24 · June 2011

Hello moms-to-be! I'm a newbie to posting and such. Just wondering how many of you are showing or were showing by 8 weeks? I have a noticeable bump already and thought am i supposed to be this big yet?

I haven't had an ultrasound yet so I don't know what exactly is going on in there. My Ultrasound is next week Thursday!

Mrs.Pumpkin · June 2011

yep, i'm showing. But it's my 2nd time and I think it is a lot of bloat.

quashae · June 2011

maybe your having twins!!!!!!

jmckeag · June 2011

Yeah I'm showing. And have been since like 5 or 6...Unfortunately that is largely due to baby bloat and the three large ovarian cysts I have right now. :-/

bigbear · June 2011

I was showing at 7 weeks already and it was NOT bloat

I'm really skinny and small so when the uterus started growing there was no place for it but to go out LOL.

WifeyMommy2011 · June 2011

Your LO is about the size of a blueberry and still not above your pelvic bone....your just experiencing bloat. It will come and go but the bump is coming just be patient!

leemo24 · June 2011

Interesting enough, twins run in my husbands family. His mother was a twin, and his grandmother had 4 sets of twins (13 children in all). So I really don't know. Guess we'll have to see next week Thursday.

runrinserepeat · June 2011

leemo24:
Interesting enough, twins run in my husbands family. His mother was a twin, and his grandmother had 4 sets of twins (13 children in all). So I really don't know. Guess we'll have to see next week Thursday.

Just wanted to clear this up - you have no greater chance of having twins because there are twins on your husband's side of the family. Think about it. If you were to have twins, the egg would have to split (a freak a nature, not something that genetics can control), or you would have had to release two eggs in the cycle that you conceived. Try as he might, your husband has no control over how many eggs you pop. Twins is only hereditary on the mother's side for this reason.

FinallyMrsBMW · July 2011

I'm pretty thin and all, but it's just bloat until your baby is big enough to move out of your pelvis. Around 8-9 weeks my doctor could feel my swollen uterus in my pelvis but there's no way I could. I think I started getting a slight bump around 12-13 weeks but didn't even really start showing until close to 20 weeks. Hang in there. It will come! I'll be interested to see how much sooner it is for #2 though...

hillbillysunshine · July 2011

Ahhhh...you've hit upon the great bloat vs. baby bump debate. To me, bloat or bump, doesn't matter...you're showing! You wouldn't have bloat if you weren't pregnant, right? So you're showing. As far as baby, your uterus won't pop above your pelvic girdle for a few weeks yet.

This is my second but I'm still all bloat.

bethanno · July 2011

OMG! Not to get completely off topic, but your dog is giant!

leemo24 · July 2011

Thanks for the info, but i already know how twin genetics works (studied it in school and worked in maternity for awhile). I know my chances aren't extraordinarily increased by my husband's having twins in his family (being its maternal) but the possibility is still there regardless. As previously mentioned, I don't know what's going on in my belly because i've had no U/S, but we'll see later. Thanks for replying.

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