When did you start to show with your first?

snocone00 · October 2013

I am a ftm and almost 14 weeks. I am a smaller build and was expecting to show right away due to the fact that I had a very flat stomach to begin with. Now that i am almost 14 weeks i feel like i have pudgy stomach that is all bloat, not baby. When can i expect the baby bump to take over so i actually look pregnant and not like i ate too many cookies?

jjh471 · October 2013

I am 9 weeks 4'10 and about 110 pounds I have a little bump that isn't really bloat it's lower but then above that there is definitely bloat I have gained some weight already about 3 or 4 pounds so that adds to the little chubby belly lol

ncbelle · October 2013

I think if you start with a flat tummy, it takes much longer for strangers to notice you are pregnant and not just sporting a tummy. I was past 20 weeks for sure before those who didn't know me could tell - and even then it depended on what I was wearing.

jjh471 · October 2013

danielle4348 said:
DH and I could tell a difference around 16 weeks with my first. My family could notice a bit around 19-20 weeks but to the outside world, I didn't look pregnant until about 22 weeks. I got my first stranger comment at 23 weeks. It takes forever with your first. I show much faster with my second and now with my third . . . . . I'm just hoping to make it to Halloween before someone outs me. The bloat is out of control and I'm much quicker to bring out the comfy maternity clothes!

I just went and bought jeggins from Walmart they had tons of colors and they look really nice so I can pass them off at work they are very stretchy too. Only 12 bucks!

abbyful · October 2013

I'm smaller (5'8", 115 pounds), and I didn't show about 5-6 months with baby #1. (I could tell my stomach was different earlier than that, but the general population couldn't.) Even though I'm thin, I never got "big"; I was overdue and had random people asking me how many MONTHS I had left. It all depends on how you carry the baby.

starsinger17 · October 2013

I started to look more like bump and less like bloat sometime between 14 and 16 weeks but I didn't really show until around 20 weeks

beccam1230 · October 2013

I'm about 5'8" and I've always been pretty thin, at 14 weeks, it might still be some bloat.. I started to get a small bump at 16 weeks. Now I'm 20 weeks today (yay!) and it's pretty apparent that I'm pregnant.. It's definitely a clear baby bump when I first wake up but I still get bloated as the day goes on! So I usually look more pregnant by the end of the day than at the beginning :-)

momthatlifts · October 2013

My mom said she didn't start showing with her first until around 4-5 months

rowanthefrog · October 2013

19-20 weeks.

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Calla123 · October 2013

I am only 5 ft and skinny and with my first I did not show until around 24 weeks. At that point I suddenly popped.

This time I am almost 13 wks and it is quite noticeable already - just bloat really but I am already in maternity pants and feeling uncomfortable.

rainydayluck · October 2013

Probably around 24 weeks, but no strangers ever make comments because I honestly never looked pregnant. I was 5'6" 125lbs with my first. I guess I have a lot of torso room.

japrice678 · October 2013

I'm 12 weeks now, and some family and friends said they can start to see a bump this week. (Of course, I'm really trying to show it off!) I was a size 6 before pregnancy.

Rosebud2587 · October 2013

I was almost 30 weeks before I started to actually look pregnant and not just bloated. I'm interested to see when I'll start looking pregnant this time around. Oh, and pre-preg I was 5'8" and 138lbs.

Laura_Elaine · October 2013

I was in maternity clothes around 20/21 weeks with my first... but there were still some "regular" clothes I was wearing up to my due date!
With #2, I was in maternity clothes around 17/18 weeks.
With #3, around 15/16 weeks.
With this one, I'm 10 weeks and have my maternity clothes washed and hing up, but I'm not quite needing them yet.
I am not a small build, though. Maybe my curves hid the bump better then... but now that my body knows what to do, it does it earlier. :-p

MamaBovs · October 2013

20 - 25 weeks with both.

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