Feeling Huge Already

bakercorina · March 2016

I am exactly 6 weeks and I already feel gigantic. I know that it is just bloating but I do not remember this symptom with my DD. Does anyone else feel this way? I feel like it's going to be a very long nine months

jarethinafrock · March 2016

I'm 6W4D along and depending on the time of the day, I can get pretty huge. It sucks. Looking forward to having a real bump.

MrsBigTime · March 2016

I think my night time belly at 7 weeks gives my 18 week belly the first time a run for it's money. It's less in the mornings, but still there for sure!

banfrog · March 2016

The bloat is getting to me too. I'm already wearing maternity pants because the bloat is so bad.

nanner26 · March 2016

*Lurking from Aug16*

I am 17 weeks and my pants from weeks 6-8 were tighter then than they are now! I remember walking around in an airport with my pants unzipped and unbuttoned with a shirt covering and I was 6 weeks along! I had no idea bloat could be SO bad.

It should subside but it was something fierce there for awhile. I feel your pain!

laurenlalap · March 2016

I'm actually quite concerned with how big I'm looking at not even 6 weeks. It's just bloat but it's shocking. I look about 5 months p

mrsasolomon · March 2016

Glad I am not the only one. This morning I went to get dressed for work and put on maternity pants so I could be comfortable. They are only pants with small elastic panels on the sides but maternity non the less. I fee so huge!

SRJR2013 · March 2016

I am also feeling this way! I didn't wear maternity clothes until 27 weeks last pregnancy. This time at 6 weeks I want to bust them out. I'm concerned for my waist line.

TrulyBlessed22 · March 2016

Glad its not just me. The bloat is real but it's so big that it doesn't look like bloat - it looks like a little baby bump. I know most woman show early with their second but this is next level lol. Currently walking around with unbuttoned and unzipped jeans with a shirt covering it because there is no way these are buttoning. I guess it's time to go in the attic and bring down the maternity clothes <sigh>.

Edit: For those on mobile I'm 6w,2d today

mtvkv5 · March 2016

I am also feeling huge. This is my first and I didn't expect to be bloated so much so early! Luckily I work from home this week so I can wear yoga pants. But next week I have to go into the office. Haven't even tried on my jeans to see if they fit yet.

DunkinDecaf · March 2016

@TrulyBlessed22My bloat is doing the exact same thing! I even got a lovely lecture from my mother about how I need to lose weight and tone my abs bc it looked like I was 5 months when I was 5 weeks.

KilgraveMadeMeDoIt · March 2016

My bloat has already started to go down a bit. This happened with my others. It'd come and go. For the first trimester with my second, on average I'd need maternity pants 3-4 days a week then I was in them full time by 12w. With my first I was so bloated until 8 weeks that I couldn't button my jeans but then it reduced and I was able to wear my non-pregnant pants until I was around 24 weeks because I carried high.

TrulyBlessed22 · March 2016

@srose109 it's serious and I know it's bloat but still crazy lol. Even DH is surprised. Last time I had a visible baby bump at 12 weeks which wasn't bloat so I wouldnt be surprised if I got one again this time pretty early especially since it's my second. But at 6 weeks I know it's bloat...doesn't help that I'm petite.

rencontrezmoi · March 2016

This is totally me too. I'm so bloated this time around! I have to unbutton my pants, and unzip my fly just to sit down...

stepamos · March 2016

Same here! Already busted out the maternity pants at 5 weeks. The bloat is unreal.

jmaines821 · March 2016

I thought this was just me too!!! I am 6 weeks with second child and I look and the mirror and go "Really?!?! am I already showing it can't be possible please say no" I hope it is just the bloating as well and I don't show till after the 1st trimester especially since we are waiting to tell family/friends in May at my daughters 2nd birthday party. We are going to have her wear a shirt that says I have a secret (on the front) and I am going to be a Big Sister (on the back). Its so hard not to say anything to our parents but I am hoping I wont show any till around that time frame. But I heard with your second you show faster..... ekk =/

bakercorina · March 2016

banfrog: Yoga pants have been my best friends but they are even too tight. I told DH that in about two weeks I'm going to need some maternity pants. I keep trying to wear my jeans but have to take them off ten minutes later because they hurt my belly.

TrulyBlessed22 · March 2016

This morning I got dressed for work and my outfit fits (because it's stretchy material) but I actually look prego. I thought maybe I'm imagining this because I'm only 6w, 4d so I asked DH and he admitted I do look prego. I actually don't mind this as for the most part I actually loved my prego body last time but I'm just not ready to share with anyone and so this is making it a bit tough. DH suggested I start wearing baggier clothes but I really don't own any plus Spring is here so sweaters will be way too hot <sigh>

ANZ116 · March 2016

Happy Easter, I think the Easter bunny brought me bloat. I feel so gross! I'm with my family today and hate all the pictures they've taken. Not sure if anyone else is recovered or recovering from an eating disorder, but I am and this is making it super tough. Sorry I'm being Whiney, DH just tells me I need to "be nice to myself" (a tactic for when I put myself down) but he doesn't get how bad this feels. I don't think it'd bother me so much if it were a belly and not bloat

Hedgessm · March 2016

I look like I'm several months pregnant. I'm about to shamelessly bust out the maternity clothes just to be comfy. The tight clothes make the m/s worse.

kns1988 · March 2016

ANZ116. I'm not in the same boat, but I can imagine it must be hard to be recovering from an eating disorder and be going through the changes of pregnancy.

I know it's totally different, but I'm in my own recovery (sobriety) and I had a moment today where I was anxiously reading up on pain meds during labor because I can't have anything mind-altering. So in a way, I feel you! It's hard to deal with a recovery and pregnancy at the same time. I like your husband's advice to be kind to yourself.

talkthewholetime · March 2016

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The struggle. It's so real.
edited: the picture was huge

Katemr1146 · March 2016

Morning I look pretty much the same. By 4PM I'm somehow 5 months pregnant. The bloat is INTENSE this time!!

ShawnJuliet · March 2016

I'm 8 weeks 3 days today. I was doing fine wearing my normal clothes until Thursday (7 weeks 6 days) when my belly seemed to pop out overnight! I had to bust out the maternity pants because nothing else fit! I know it's not baby, but my goodness! My stomach is big and round and firm from right under my rib cage to my pelvis. I'm a plus sized girl anyway but I actually look about 5 months! I'm wondering if it's possibly twins even though my ultrasound a couple weeks showed only one. Could one hide behind the other?

Justpeachier13 · March 2016

Me too @ShawnJuliet I look 6 mos pregnant by the end of the day. So gross. I hate it!

LindsayLuLu27 · March 2016

This is my first pregnancy after my DD and I feel the same way! So big but I know it's bloating but it's seriously uncomfortable to feel this big already!

Britt428 · March 2016

I'm the same way @Katemr1146. Stomach looks totally normal in the morning but by late afternoon, like woah!! My stomach just feels so sensitive to anything pushing on it. Im just seriously uncomfortable.

mrsjlang · March 2016

Only 8w+6 and I've busted out a pair of maternity pants. Sooooooo comfortable.
My Dr was telling me that it's just bloat so far, likely residual from all the hormones for IVF, but it's unreal. I gave up most of my jeans during treatment because the bloat started then.
I miss my jeans.

I had just gotten some of them to the perfect worn in stage.

kns1988 · March 2016

I'm feeling the chub today. I thought a woman at work was gaining weight a few months ago (not that I'm policing it or care; I just noticed), and then one day she came in and had a super defined bump. I guess that's what people mean when they say they've popped. I'm in the "is she gaining weight phase?" for sure. The scale doesn't say anything different, though, so I guess it's just bloat.

thatlauragirl · March 2016

I have an interview at work today and the skirt on my suit only zips 3/4 of the way. Wearing a Bella Band and praying for no wardrobe malfunctions!

mrsjlang · March 2016

@thatlauragirl good luck for the interview!

Hedgessm · March 2016

@talkthewholetime girl stop stealing my pictures

MrsWookie · April 2016

This is my first. I thought I knew a little something about bloating, but this is ridiculous and uncomfortable! And it doesn't go away. Stretchy pants for me...or no pants

tjljsc · April 2016

I decided last night that I just can't do the jeans anymore. I wore my favorite stretchy pair and literally unbuttoned and unzipped as soon as I got in the car to go home. Thankfully, my work pants have a lot of stretch/give and I have a solid maxi skirt collection to get me through the summer. The bloat is out of control.

Jazz1016 · April 2016

Does any of you ladies know about how long this awkwardly bloated stage generally lasts? I did not have this symptom with my 1st or 2nd pregnancy. Right now, I am rockin' a full blown blump and I look/feel ridiculous. My yoga pants are soo tight!

Knottie90083565 · April 2016

I can't understand how I haven't put any weight on but nothing fits. Someone at work said to me yday 'your belly has got huge!' At 7 weeks 3 days I'm so not ready to be huge! Every1 says you show much faster with 2nd babies...

Knottie1458416769 · April 2016

Coworkers thought I looked like five months at 5 wks, that's how bloated baby made me. At week 6 the bloat is mostly gone but I kind of miss the 'bump'

asreinholm · April 2016

Yep! Glad I'm not the only one. I've been surviving in yoga pants. I can't even wear my favorite jeans bc they're so uncomfortable.

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