STM- how soon do you show with baby #2?

lilnugget32 · January 2014

I'm almost 14 weeks and feel like I have a roundish belly already!!!! I've heard that you show sooner the second go around .... Any thoughts?!?!? Am I nuts?!?

BeckF · January 2014

I showed at about five months with each of my first three. With this one I have been showing (where people who know me notice) since about 13 weeks.

Cherisestevens · January 2014

I feel like I'm showing and I'm only 16 weeks. Also I'm plus size so I could just look fat but I feel like it's a bump! Lol :P

AMcLaws · January 2014

I'm plus size also, but have a very noticeable bump at 14 weeks. Especially if I'm wearing my maternity pants. With my DD, I didnt show til about 7 months along, no joke

lindslalala · January 2014

I'm almost 15 weeks and I feel like I'm showing much more than I did the first time around. I'm pretty sure strangers just think I'm fat.

bgoodbpar · January 2014

I think it really just depends. I'm on number 2 and at 16 weeks I'm not showing at all. With DS I didn't show at all till 6 months ( I'm tall and the longer torso apparently is the reason)so I expect something similar this time the way things look so far... I have bump envy too. Wish I was showing already. But "they say" (they being research/theorists) because your uterine muscles aren't as tight ( don't quote me) that the muscles relax more quickly after a first pregnancy and all of my pregnant friends on baby number two have started showing much sooner with LO2, the earliest of which being 10 weeks or so. The when is just so different...everyone and every pregnancy is simply different.

britt6292 · January 2014

I didn't show until almost 5 months with DS. This time I have a noticeable bump at 15 weeks. I also gained weight much more quickly this time so that may be part of it too.

megvin21 · January 2014

With my DS I didn't show until about 20 weeks or so. Right now I'm 14w3d and I'm showing a bump already. But I totally am in the same boat as @lindslalala, I'm a waitress and I've been wearing baggy shirts because I'm convinced I just look fat to strangers.

Neighner20 · January 2014

Bpargood said:

I think it really just depends. I'm on number 2 and at 16 weeks I'm not showing at all. With DS I didn't show at all till 6 months ( I'm tall and the longer torso apparently is the reason)so I expect something similar this time the way things look so far... I have bump envy too. Wish I was showing already. But "they say" (they being research/theorists) because your uterine muscles aren't as tight ( don't quote me) that the muscles relax more quickly after a first pregnancy and all of my pregnant friends on baby number two have started showing much sooner with LO2, the earliest of which being 10 weeks or so. The when is just so different...everyone and every pregnancy is simply different.

Hmm, maybe this is why I haven't felt much ligament pain compared to when I was pregnant with DD.

[Deleted User] · January 2014

When I'm in maternity jeans and a top, I look like I have a bump. But I can still fit in my regular jeans so when I'm wearing those people probably wouldn't think I'm pregnant.

AnotherPreggo · January 2014

I looked through my pregnancy photos from this point last time, and I look just about a couple weeks ahead of last time. But... who knows. I really am probably only noticing this time because I still haven't shared the news, and am realizing it is getting hard to hide.

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BBColt78 · January 2014

About 19 weeks with DD and 15ish with this one.

slensic · January 2014

I am 16 weeks and am showing much sooner than I did with DD. I am about the same size I was at 20 weeks with her. People began giving me the side eye at work around 12 weeks, I came out at 13 weeks after my NT Scan.

Rach7170 · January 2014

I showed at 15 weeks with my first. This one I am barely showing now at 18 weeks. Every baby positions themselves differently and every pregnancy is different. Most of the time STMs show quicker but, that has not been the case for me.

Lhalliburton · January 2014

With DD, I started showing early... maybe 14 weeks or so. I'm 16 weeks now and I look the exact same as I did pre-pregnancy.

cookieinva · January 2014

Like @LeaLupins, I think I am only showing noticeably if I wear certain things. In general I am wearing looser tops and pants so nothing noticeable but if I pull out maternity clothes and form-fitting tops I look pregnant. I was not showing that much at this same point with my first. I also was a bit more fit and in better shape for that pregnancy just overall so that may be a factor.

tealowl · January 2014

I'm 14 weeks and I'm puffy. My stomach isn't hard yet because my uterus isn't high enough yet, so I'm sure I just look fat.

I'm a STM, so I still had a pooch leftover from DD, but since I've been at the gym for over a year, my muscles were getting toned and I was starting to get a smaller abdomen. It might be longer before I show because of that? IDK...

*LrCg* · January 2014

This is my 4th pregnancy (my oldest just turned 5 so my pregnancies have all been back to back) and I'm 16 weeks and not even close to showing. I'm at work right now in a fitted turtle neck and compression pants and people still don't believe I'm pregnant. I generally start showing @21-23 weeks along. I'm short and petite but I have an hourglass figure so maybe the babies just hide in my hips.

rainstar752 · January 2014

This is my second pregnancy and I'm petite. I've had a bump since 13 weeks, and look about 4-5 weeks further along compared to last time. I think it's just because my ab muscles are lame and just gave up early, so everything is just kind of pushed out right away.

eortman · January 2014

I'm 14 weeks and showing. I was starting to show around this time with both of my other children, though, too.

AutumnBonfire · January 2014

I'm fifteen weeks and I've been showing for several weeks now. My stomach wasn't even close to toned since having DS and I had a little big of a belly before getting pregnant and it's really pushed out now. Its still all smushy like fat, but definitely looks like a baby bump. With my first, I started showing around 12ish weeks, people were already suspecting. A coworker commented that I really "popped" when I was around 14 weeks the first time.

loulou1212 · January 2014

I'm 17 weeks and this week I feel like I look pregnant. But it might also be that I made the switch to maternity pants. I haven't gained much (2-3 pounds) but my body definitely looks different.

TurtleMonsters · January 2014

I carry my weight like a pregnant woman, put on weight since finding out I was pg. Ive been in maternity clothes (unfortunately) for weeks, I definitely look pregnant at 16 weeks. maybe from around 13 weeks I felt like my guts got pushed out enough to look pregnant- actually a doctor commented on it. it's still soft if someone was to touch it.

drunkenhandstand · January 2014

I was about 20 weeks before I showed with my first. About 16 weeks with my second. And I'm 14 weeks now with number three and I think I "popped" within the last few days.

Carly198330 · January 2014

Hi this is my third child and I'm 17 weeks I've had my first congratulations by people that don't know me that well. But I've had two c sections before so my muscle tone is not very good. I can't even hold in an extra slice of cake so I had no hope!! Lol. Xx

Pinksundrops · January 2014

So stronger ab muscles have to do with showing earlier or not? Gah, I need to get on that

. Didn't show until five months with my first, can't remember with my second, and started not being able to hide this one at 14 wks. Is that technically three months or two and a half? Either way, it was a LOT sooner. My uterus is already to my belly button. I need stronger abs apparently.

Carly198330 · January 2014

I'm not 100% sure but I've read it a few times on the internet that having stronger ab muscles does make a difference but like I said not 100%!! Xx

marsalisails · January 2014

I'm in week 14 now, and by the end of week 13 people started noticing (all women with kids though). I feel like I look the same as when I was about 20 weeks with DS, but I started out heavier. I haven't gained NEARLY as much weight at this point, so I'm just happy that I can control myself better this time! Ha! I've been in maternity clothes for about a week, and it feels WAY better than my regular jeans!

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