Overweight questions

jstuck82 · August 2014

I am 5'3 and considered really overweight. Everything has been fine at my appointments but I am now 15 weeks and just wondering when other overweight first time moms began showing. I think there are times I am and times when I think I look normal. Anyone else?

baloneydisc · August 2014

It really is different for everyone. My SIL and I were both roughly the same size pre-pregnancy. I started showing around 18w. We saw SIL at 36w and DH asked me if we were positve she was really pregnant (she was not showing at all).

bjb1979 · August 2014

I'm a FTM who carried a bit too much to begin with and started showing at 14 weeks, I also very quickly put on weight all around my lower body. Now at 16 weeks there's no hiding it and the "end of day bloat" makes me look much further along than I am. I guess everyone is so different. I am only 5.1 so maybe shortness meant it had no where else to go!

gremaud07 · August 2014

I am five foot and wear size 18-20 , my weight is mostly in my belly. My first pregnancy I didn't really look pregnant till after 25 weeks. I am on number 2 and am already looking 6 plays months pregnant.

MNgirl326 · August 2014

I would say I started really looking PG around 20-22 weeks. I always kind of had a B shaped bump rather then a D. That did round out more as i got bigger. I used full panel maternity clothes and bella bands to help round things out make things look more like a bump.

This time i started showing closer to 14 weeks. Still sporting that B shped bump. But my bella band and full panels are already helping me out.

KristenMarieDoyle · August 2014

It would depend on how over weight you are. I am 5'0 and am normally a size 8-10.. I am 17 weeks tomorrow and still don't think I look pregnant. With that said, I certainly can not suck it in!

Cass005 · August 2014

I am 21 weeks and sometimes I feel like for people who don't know me could thing I'm just fat. I too am overweight. But for me and my friends they say I look pregnant. Might be a few more weeks for you and I think it also depends on the shape of your body.

path75 · August 2014

I am 5ft 3inc and just over 200lbs. I am 19 weeks and not showing. I have quite a bit of weight in my belly but its definitely not a bump just blump.

lesliegolem · August 2014

I am overweight and was overweight with my first pregnancy. With my first I think by 20 weeks I starting to show noticeably. It was like a ballooned over night!

With this pregnancy I was showing at like 8-9 weeks. Like huge lol! I weigh less with this one than I did my first too. People kept saying it had to be bloating, maybe it was but I never got smaller I've only gotten bigger! My Dr said with the second pregnancy your uterus can expand larger earlier. People have been saying since I was 11 weeks that I was having twins but there's only 1 baby in there =P I'd give it 4-8 more weeks hopefully you will be showing soon

KnitPixy · August 2014

I think body shape has a lot to do with it. I'm 5'4" and just over 200lbs but I've always had an hourglass figure (Nice way of saying I have big hips and chest). To those who know me they all say I look pregnant mainly because it is the first time they've ever seen me with a bigger waist (in porportion to the rest of me that is) but I would say a stranger on the street wouldn't notice at this point (17 weeks). I have a bump but it is definately as MNgirl put it a "B" shape.

My SIL is a bit smaller than me but she carries her weight around her middle and hips, she's only 10 weeks but looks much further along than I do at this point.

ksgsmu · August 2014

I am 14 weeks with twins and I just started looking a bit pregnant this week. I do think that most people wouldn't notice still and think I am just fatter! My stomach is firmer and rounder but I only gained a couple of pounds and still wearing pre-pregnancy dresses.

Beevol · August 2014

From what I've seen when you show has more to do with how long your torso is than anything else, then after that how much fat you carry around your middle and how it's distributed can also play a factor.

I've known heavier women who never really "showed" and just kind of got bigger because the way their belly fat framed the bump and I've known skinny women with long torsos who just looked a little pudgy at 9 months because they had more room.

Tarene · August 2014

I'm just under 5ft and started really showing at 17 weeks. I have a very short torso though and was a size 12 pre pregnancy

TehysKitaBug · August 2014

I'm fairly overweight and 18w tomorrow. I am still in all my normal clothes and although I can feel where the baby is when I'm lying down I'm not physically showing at all. Which I am totally okay with. I had a friend about the same body size as I am (slightly different shape) and you could barely tell until she was over 34 wks especially since she was pregnant during the winter.

digwriter · August 2014

I'm an overweight STM and I've been showing for a couple of weeks now. It really depends on where you normally carry your weight.

kelsz12 · August 2014

I'm slightly overweight and 5'8 with a long torso, so baby has a lot of room to grow in there. I had a slight bump last week at 20 weeks and now feel like I'm kind of showing more. It also depends on what I wear, some clothes make me look more 'pregnant' than others!

katiescarlett1 · August 2014

I was overweight to start, and now at 22 weeks I think I look pregnant, not just chunky, haha. And that's still only noticeable to me and people I know! It make be a little longer for you, too, but don't fret, and enjoy your healthy baby and pregnancy!

Amyou06 · August 2014

I'm 5'9'' and over 200 lbs. size 14-16. I'm a little lucky because I'm taller so my weight is more dispersed but I still feel fat most days lol. Anyway, I'm a FTM, and I'm in my 16th week. I have a bump, that I can tell is not my normal fat, I can't suck it in and it's more solid and less jiggly. But to the person just looking at me on a daily basis, would probably just think I'm gaining weight, not carrying a baby. I'm lookijng forward to the transition when It looks more like the D and not the B.

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