Did you show earlier with your 2nd or 3rd than you did with your first?

[Headmeister]

With my DD, I started the "bloated and can't button my pants" thing at around 9 weeks, it went away, and then I started to show around 15wks, which I thought was super early being that I'm a large woman.

This time around, I'm barely 7 weeks and I've already worn my Bella band once, and my pants - even the loose ones - are starting to get tight. I can't even wear my rings right now.

Did you show earlier with your 2nd or 3rd than you did with your first?

[organicpapayamama]

Oh yes I did. with #1 I started to show at about 14 weeks. with #2 I started to show at about 10 weeks. With this one (#3) at 8 weeks! No joke! I have the pics to prove it

[NCmama]

Absolutely

[jillmamma]

Definitely!

[melodyka]

for sure!

[jenfl]

Yup. In fact, I think I put on maternity pants the same day I got my positive test.

[WaitingForKiddos]

7w1d here. Put on the bellaband this morning. I look 12+ weeks!

[guestmama9966]

My first I didn't show untill 6 months! My second, 3rd and 4th I showed at 2 months!!! I don't know if I really showed but my belly was already sticking out a lot.

[tnh2007]

It's funny... Although I've heard it said numerous times, I still have a hard time believing I am showing so much more with this pregnancy already. It's #2 and I'm at 12 weeks... The belly is poking out! With #1 I showed a lot later. Oh well, I try to think of it this way... at least I "feel" more pregnant with this one. There is something to be said for looking down and seeing a belly instead of just "knowing" that it's in there! KWIM! Enjoy mama!

[shoefairy3]

Yep, I didn't start to wear maternity pants with #1 until 20weeks and this time I am already in them

[babymkes3]

yep! with my first i still had a 6 pac at 17 weeks

my second was much faster and i was in mat clothes by about 14 weeks, this little monkey wanted to be known bright and early though. for a full week before i even took a test i could not button a single pair of pants that i owned.

By 7-8 weeks i was in mat pants, and now at 20 weeks i easily look 6 mths or more.

[megviolet]

I'm actually about the same... but i showed really early last time too. I've been comparing to my photos from last time and at mopst i'm maybe a week or so ahead.... but factoring in that i have a layer of squish from that pregnancy i think i'm about the same.
For the record, last time at 13 weeks strangers would ask me when i was due... so ya i'm definitely showing already this time too! And, i'm measuring about 5-6 wks ahead.

[rachel65655]

I personally don't. I am not especially overweight but I am not thin either. With my fifth pregnancy, I was almost 30 weeks and people still couldn't tell or didn't believe that I was 7 months pregnant already; and I was actually thinner before I got pregnant that time than I had been in several years. It was that way with most of my pregnancies. I was just barely in maternity clothes (pants at least) at about 20 to 24 weeks but no noticeable bump.

This time is another story...but I'm carrying twins too. I have been showing big time since about 20 weeks and am as big as a whale now (or I feel like it).

[JennTheMomma]

Yup. At 5 weeks I couldn't fit into my pants.

[thefreckledmama]

Absolutely. This is my 4th, and I was already able and needing to wear maternity pants at 8 weeks.

[rachie]

yep

I'm only 7 weeks and already having trouble buttoning pants - and when I manage to - there is a "muffin top" - I'm just pudgy around my tummy. I look way further along than I am (unless there are multiples in there!).

[caj'smommy]

Yes absolutely! With my first, I didn't make the transition to maternity clothes until 25 or so weeks. With my second and subsequent pregnancies, it was 12-14 weeks.

[cinderella08]

Yes!! I'm a fluffy mama, but I started showing around 9 weeks with my 1st DD, this time around - 5 weeks - no lie. Of course, it's all bloat, but hey - it looks like a baby bump!

[buckeye_bebe]

Sure did! Started to lose the waist first. Even though I wasn't gaining weight, it was redistributed and my waist started to straighten. I lack good abdominal muscle tone, so the uterus started tipping out pretty quick.

[noobmom]

I didn't show any earlier with #2, but the baby is also measuring small. In fact, even now 8 months along you can't tell that I'm pregnant if I'm wearing a coat. I couldn't fit my pants sooner with #2, but I also started 10 pounds heavier.