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When did you start showing with twins?

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I'm just 9 weeks with identical twins and starting to feel uncomfortable in my work pants. Wondering when those of you with twin pregnancies started to show. I also hope to keep it a secret at work until 12 weeks, so curious for this reason too.

Thanks! 

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Me:34 PCOS, one kinked tube, low thyroid.
DH:39 lower than average count.
Married 2006. 3 failed IUIs and countless BFNs.
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  • mrsjamimrsjami member
    I'm a few days behind you and I just busted out all my stuff. I am ok in most Of my pants but decided to just get comfortable. I pray this my last hoorah, so I might as well get some use out of these clothes.

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  • lynn0926lynn0926 member
    I started showing at 9w. I was lucky to get some hand me down pants from my SIL, so I have been in maternity pants since. I bought tops that are blousier and not fitted to hide my bump at work. I can't wait to come out of the closet next week at work. It has been hard to hide it.
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  • macchiattomacchiatto member
    I moved to bella bands/maternity pants at 13w and got my first stranger comment right around 14-15w (though someone else in the room who worked with me hadn't even noticed my belly yet so I think that stranger was a little forward ;)).
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  • thundercatsaregothundercatsarego
    I started wearing maternity pants at 8w for comfort, and I noticed a difference in my stomach, but other people really couldn't tell until I was around 15w I would say. (Besides DH and my family) 
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  • MamaHookMamaHook
    Around 10 weeks, I absolutely couldn't button my jeans or any other pants so I had to break out the maternity pants. I feel so much better! I've had a couple strangers comment on my bump (and I'm overweight) so I guess it's noticeable. 
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  • BananaPancakeBananaPancake member
    8w, but I was less than a year postpartum with #3, so I'm guessing that had something to do with it...
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  • mamak0328mamak0328
    Things started getting tight around 10w but I "popped" out around 15w and it just keeps getting larger lol.  
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  • yinyang124yinyang124 member
    At 12 weeks, most of my pants were too tight to wear. 15 weeks, others noticed that I was pregnant.
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  • projectbaby2012projectbaby2012 member
    I started showing around 16-17 weeks.  This is my first pregnancy past 6 weeks and I had a lot of morning sickness first tri, so I lost a bit of weight those first 15 weeks.  I did have to use a hairband on my pants starting around week 13.  You should be able to keep it secret until 12 weeks.
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  • JesseKhloe&MeJesseKhloe&Me member
    9 weeks tight clothes, 12 weeks visible pooch, 15 weeks I all the sudden looked 18 weeks and I looked way ahead from that point on. (I thought I was just further along with a singleton & my doctor was ignorant, turned out at 19 weeks it was twins and figured out why I looked like I was 30ish weeks.. *& she was ignorant)
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  • LadyNikonLadyNikon member
    i didnt start showing until 14 weeks.  Anything before that was a bunch of gas.  
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  • Temp6313048411121614Temp6313048411121614 member
    I'd switch to mat pants if I were you.  I dindn't "show" to strangers until 16w.
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  • amh04amh04
    A day or two before 16 weeks I was actually showing rather than just looking pudgy. I really started showing at 17-18 weeks. This is my first pregnancy. 
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  • amb2013amb2013 member

    So helpful, thanks for the info!! All the info I find has to do with one baby, so really appreciate your insight.

     

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    Me:34 PCOS, one kinked tube, low thyroid.
    DH:39 lower than average count.
    Married 2006. 3 failed IUIs and countless BFNs.
    ~IVF#1: July 2012~
    7/10 Retrieval: 16r, 14f w/ICSI. 7/15 ET: Transfered 2. 4 frosties.< Poas faint+ 4dp5dt.>
    Beta#1 (8dp5dt): 138. Beta#2 (10dp5dt): 355.
    u/s#1: (19dp5dt) 8/3/12 one sac, two yolks! Beta 8,000
    u/s#2: two strong heartbeats! EDD 4/2/12
    Boy/girl fraternal mono/di twins-- lost our sweet baby girl at 22 weeks due to SIUGR
    Preterm labor at 23 weeks 4 days, lost our sweet baby boy.
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  • Brummy14Brummy14 member
    I started showing noticably at 13-14 weeks - I had coworkers starting to ask questions then, and they had waited weeks until they were sure before asking! Granted, I was a size 4/6 with a short torso going in, so bonus weight on me is pretty obvious. Now I get plenty of unsolicited comments from strangers. ;)
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  • elizabeth0705elizabeth0705 member

    My clothes were definitely tight around 9-10 weeks, and I had a tiny bump around 10-11 weeks. My stomach got noticeably bigger around 12 weeks, and just kept going from there!

    For what it's worth, I am normally fairly petite and on the short side. 

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  • babya2010babya2010 member
    It was around 14w when DH and I began to notice, 17w when it was obvious to strangers. My twins were my first pregnancy.
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