Question for 2+moms (from a 1st Tri)

mrshenderson081807 · July 2011

Hello ladies! I'm hoping I still have a while to go but I have heard you show much sooner with your 2nd pregnancy. I didn't really show with DS until 20ish weeks and now I am wanting to prepare myself. When did you have to break out the box of maternity clothes? TIA!

atc282 · July 2011

Congrats on your pg!

Granted, I had twins first, but ironically, I started to wear maternity clothes about the same time as them as I am with this pg, which was about 16-17 weeks. I just was all about going straight to comfortable maternity clothes this time around vs. trying to stretch out my normal wardrobe as long as possible, and since I already had the maternity clothes from pg #1, I went ahead and let myself into them at about 16.5 weeks.

MrsPhunk · July 2011

My bloat quickly turned to a belly around 9 weeks, but I didn't need to start incorporating maternity wear until about 14 weeks. Even when I did, I was still able to go without wearing maternity stuff every.single.day until about 18 weeks. Then things started getting tight and I decided I didn't want to deal with the stress of tight clothes, so I went whole-hog mat. clothes. Congrats and good luck!

Traycee1242 · July 2011

I honestly "showed" about the same time with both (22ish weeks) but with the second I found I was much more bloated and it lasted longer... so I was in maternity, then the bloat went down and I was out... then the bump came and I was back in.

I'm also carrying much differently this time (very low last time, very high this time) so my regular clothes fit longer because my bump was much higher. That very may well have been why I was around the same time with both..but who knows.

alicia023 · July 2011

With DD I was in maternity clothes around 16-18 weeks just for comfort but didn't really show until about 21 weeks. With this LO, I was in maternity clothes in about 14 weeks. I did show earlier too but as PP mentioned, I'm carrying a lot different this time too. With DD, she was always high and I have been carrying super low this entire pregnancy.

jonnygurl76 · July 2011

i was in my maternity pants at 8 weeks.....went straight from bloat to belly this time. good luck!

ludicrous · July 2011

I was in them pretty early due to bloat. I do think I was showing earlier and at 16 weeks or so I looked like I did at about 24 weeks with my last pregnancy. Then it evened out and I didn't get any bigger for a long time.

ExpatFamily06 · July 2011

Six weeks, no joke. I was SO bloated right away that nothing was fitting right and I busted out the maternity pants and haven't been able to wear anything else since. As far as belly went, I showed a lot earlier, probably around the 12/13 week mark.

memali26 · July 2011

I was in mat clothes by about 9-10 weeks. Not because I was showing yet, just because I was so bloated my regular pants weren't comfortable. It's hard to say when I really started showing because I had a pooch left from DD, but I definitely felt I got bigger faster. At 30 weeks with this LO I think I look about like I did at delivery at 39 weeks with my first (I carried small with her).

12bailey18 · July 2011

I showed earlier the second time around. 1st time around I started showing between 16-18 weeks. This time around I had strangers noticing and commenting at 13 weeks. I was shocked! I probably didn't start wearing actual maternity, though until closer to 16 weeks. I just wore a lot of looser tops, dresses, etc.

forensicmama · July 2011

Congratulations!!!

With DD, I didn't show until maybe 25 weeks and that's about when I started wearing maternity clothes.

With DS, I had a nice bump by 20 weeks! I was comfortable wearing maternity clothes at 18-19 weeks, but was still not totally noticeably pregnant to strangers. By 20 weeks, I looked pregnant for sure. My blog has recent pictures of this pregnancy (in my siggy). Blog labels are Baby 2 and Charlie.

Jen&Peter · July 2011

Strictly for comfort, I brought them out way early. 10-12 weeks or something. I wasn't going to be a martyr for my 2nd or 3rd pregnancy

I just wanted to be comfy

CJ22 · July 2011

With #1 I started wearing maternity clothes around 15 weeks. This time around, I started wearing maternity pants, at least, around week 9! It was crazy! It still amazes me how much faster and larger you grow, in general, with your 2nd +. HTH and GL!