For my husbands sake...from your own experience could this be twins?!?!?

[ktmgray]

Well I am expecting our first child. I am only 8 weeks and feel huge. I had to buy maternity clothes already! Don't get me wrong I am thrilled but I am a little confused I must admit. None of my girlfriends were this big this early. Someone said maybe you shouldn't eat so much but I am a healthy eater and I do not see pregnancy as an excuse to overeat so I am living by " don't eat for 2". My ultrasound to hear the heartbeat is next week. For my husbands sake... from your own experience could this be twins?!?!?:

[MaerynPearl]

Id say it sounds more like the normal first trimester bloat to me.

I don't know many women who do not, at some point, wonder/worry that it is twins whether it is their first pregnancy or third. But rarely is that the actual case.

[sanguine_speed]

Yes, it could be twins.

But not because you need maternity clothes. Even if it was twins, there wouldn't be enough baby in there yet to make a difference vs a singleton, especially in a first pregnancy.

It's very common to become bloated during early pregnancy.

[happythistle]

I'm also having the same concerns because I'm so big - looking 4 months pregnant at 12 weeks - and feeling a ton of movement daily for the last week. We'll check with the midwife and OB tomorrow but just a doppler, no u/s.

Enjoy your fast growing baby bump!

[Lyndzies]

To put your (husband's) mind at ease... this is me at 9w5d and 11w5d. Non-pregnant I was average weight/built for my height (5'1") and had a pretty flat stomach. But I was in a bella band at 6 weeks and maternity clothes at 8 weeks.

And there is definitely, absolutely, positively just one in there. Confirmed by an 8 week and 12 week ultrasound.

I have a short torso, and besides... every woman and every pregnancy is different. I've talked to friends who weren't as big as me until 6 months, and others who bloated/showed just as fast.

Of course it COULD be twins, but not just because you got big fast.