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Should I be showing?

10-4LilBuddy10-4LilBuddy member
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Pardon the dumb question and I know that every pregnancy is different, but please bear with me.

I'm at 10 weeks 1 day right now with twins.  I did IVF so I was a bit bloated from all the drugs and retrieval.  I am at a normal weight usually so I don't have an absolutely flat tummy normally, but it isn't as round as it has been.  This week, however, I definitely feel like my tummy is not as rounded. 

Did anyone else have this happen?  Did I just lose my bloat?  I'm getting really nervous and I don't have my next u/s until next week.  I got so spoiled at the RE with the multiple ultrasounds that I'm so nervous that I haven't seen them in two weeks.  Thanks in advance.  I am so tempted to call my OB, but know I sound like a crazy woman.

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Re: Should I be showing?

  • kellymacckellymacc

    Not crazy - I think I tend to worry a lot more because we have to do IVF.

    You probably just lost your bloat, with DS I didn't start showing until 18 weeks but my bloat went away around 8 weeks or so. Basically as soon as my m/s showed up the bloa

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  • MuseumMavenMuseumMaven member
    My twins were spontaneous so I never had a drug bloat, but I was definitely not showing until 17 weeks. I didn't look obviously pregnant until 20 weeks. I kept thinking I should be looking bigger since it was twins. But I made up for it in the end!
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  • Mitzi BishiMitzi Bishi

    Don't panic. I felt very bloated at the beginning then it went away and this past week (going into week 12) I can feel my uterus pushing out above my pubic bone. People show at different times due to their stomach muscles, anatomy, and the twins growth

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  • SWA80SWA80 member
    I started showing around 13 weeks and suddenly am growing quickly.
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  • CNYBride05CNYBride05 member

    I don't think there are any "shoulds" in pregnancy (for the most part).  I'm w/everyone else in thinking that you probably lost the IVF bloat and you'll start showing for real soon enough :-)

    Good luck and H&H pregnancy to you! 

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  • megs2011megs2011 member
    I noticed a bump around 11 weeks but no one else noticed till around 17 weeks. I was really bloated in the beginning (4-8weeks) then it went away a bit.

                              

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  • megemoneymegemoney member

    I looked more pregnant the weekend BEFORE I found out I was pregnant than I did when I was 10 weeks.  (I did a hybrid cycle with IUI)

    I didn't "pop" or really start to show until about 12 weeks.  Even then, looking back on the pictures,

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  • rld13rld13
    I also did IVF and am now expecting twin girls. I had moderate OHSS so I looked really big right off the bat, but I never went back down completely. I ended up just trading off bloat for bump and other people could tell I was pregnant around 12/13 weeks.
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