When did you show?

Yaz14 · September 2014

For those of you ladies who are a little further along, when did you begin to show? I know this seems really idiotic but at 13 weeks I swear I'm showing. And I mean not like a tiny wee bump but a pretty noticeable one. Over the past week or so it just seems to have popped up out of nowhere. I know I've put on weight (I don't know how much, I haven't weighed myself) but it all seems to be in my belly and I cannot for the life of me suck it in. I'm finding it really hard to believe that it's actually baby at this stage. So... when did you begin to show? And was it sudden or gradual?

classicstar28 · September 2014

For me, people started commenting on it about 13-14 weeks. It was of course mostly bloat and organs and stuff, but I did actually start to get a little rounded bump by then. I have carried very forward the whole time.

rox825 · September 2014

I think around 14 weeks people at work started asking if I was pregnant. I think it depends on body type and where you gain the weight. My weight gain was all in my stomach until the end of 2nd tri so it was pretty obvious pretty soon.

Eliz77 · September 2014

I could tell something was forming around 15-16 weeks. People at my job started really noticing around 25 weeks. I didn't start off thin to begin with and was wearing longer shirts, so I think it was hidden more than not there. Actually, just yesterday, at 29 weeks, one of my client's mom who sees me 2-3 times a week, asked another mom if I was pregnant when I made a comment about my ankles being swollen and "I guess it comes with the territory." LOL...I guess she just thought I was packing on the pounds!

Samuelismomma · September 2014

I'm 24 weeks and now have a bump my H can rub! I'm short and petite ...if I wear a baggy shirt can't really tell..

ToriGirl2014 · September 2014

I'm short and on the small side and frankly felt like I started having a bloat bump at about six weeks. IMO, the real bump was apparent by about 13 weeks even though I'd gained little, if any weight.

Mel&John2013 · September 2014

This is my second so a little different. I'm 13 weeks and my friends say they can tell. It's just bloat and organs being misplaced, but I think it's noticeable. However, if you didn't know me you'd probably just think I had a little extra weight in the belly.

I'm definitely in maternity clothes tho, I got sick of being uncomfortable trying to force my regular clothes to work. So glad I made the switch!

With my first I didn't show this much this soon and I probably didn't have to switch to full on maternity clothes until closer to 15 or 16 weeks, but I could tell there was a difference by 13 or 14 weeks.

mandi195 · September 2014

I'm 16 weeks, and feel like my bump is still more of a blump than anything. I'm hoping in the next few weeks it turns more to "cute pregnancy bump" than "woah, that girl has a nice little beer belly going".

smcniff · September 2014

People could tell at 10 weeks here, but I am very slim. I am also lucky because even my blump looked like a baby bump.

intheplanningstage · September 2014

People who knew me started commenting about my stomach at 10 weeks-but I'm very small. At that point I called it my 'blump' because I knew it wasn't actually baby pushing out-probably bloat. At 15.5 weeks I definitely have a baby bump.

With one of my losses I made it until 8 weeks and although I know I wasn't showing yet, I feel like maybe my uterus still stretched someone, which also helped me pop quicker.

E&B0811 · September 2014

Birch113 said:
My bump popped between 13 and 14 weeks, and people started asking if I was pregnant between 15 and 16 weeks.

Ditto.

jess123456 · September 2014

I remember feeling so large at 16 weeks but now looking at my weekly photos that I take, it looked like just bloat. I think I looked visibly pregnant to strangers around 19/20 weeks.

BackstreetPixie · September 2014

I am at 13 weeks too and in the past 2 days boticed my tummy got really round. I wondered it it was just bloat or what But I am also short, 5'1". I think that can also effect when you start to look pregnant.

Ps i have not gained any weight yet. So yeah.

Yaz14 · September 2014

Thanks ladies. It makes sense that it's more my organs being pushed up and bloat etc than the baby so I'm going to call it a "blump." It really does look very round though which I'm happy with because I look quite obviously pregnant. I'm short also at 5'2" so I guess I may really start showing a bit earlier.

taberbtb · September 2014

I thought I had "popped" at around 18 weeks, but now looking back I suppose I did however it wasn't obvious it was baby belly. Even now though when there is no more hiding it my bump is very spread out and not a cute forward bump like @classicstar28‌ is describing