When did you start showing with your first?

[Blanca78]

Just wondering. 10w2d here and not a sign, except for breasts.

[Earthy Mama]

I was well into my 2nd trimester with my first. With my second, I was 7 months. With this one?? About 4 weeks

[nova22]

I was definitely past 16 weeks, but I don't remember how much. I started showing only a week or so before I felt the first movement.

Earthy Mama, I feel your pain. I could feel myself bulging out as I waited for the HPT to dry.

[CherryBomb]

Around 18-20 weeks, I don't remember exactly.

[MaerynPearl]

18-20 weeks for me too

showed much sooner with #2 and 3 but definitely did not look pregnant for a while with #1!

[Adamsmama]

I was close to 20 weeks with my first. The rest were much, much, sooner!!!

[Dichotomy]

I was nearing 20 weeks before I was showing, as well.

[DanielleT]

When i was due with my first i could put on a hoodie and most people didn't know i was pregnant; even people i saw regularly

[babygrey]

It was summer, so I'm sure I could have gotten by longer if I was wearing more covering, but it was around 18-20 weeks, IRRC.

[kalamos23]

It was until at least 22 weeks because I was showing slightly by 24 weeks at my BIL's wedding.

[allisonrose]

I believe it was in the 24-28 week range (which is how I voted). I didn't get my first comment from a stranger until around 30 weeks! I'm tall with a long torso so I have plenty of "space" to fill in before things move out.

Now pg with my second, I'm 4-6 weeks ahead of the first pg. Even with me feeling big, I got a surprised reaction at 22 weeks from a saleslady when I mentioned I would be having a baby in January.

[wholewheatchick]

I thought I started showing at 18 weeks, but no one made any comments or asked any questions till I was 24 weeks. And that is in FL, wearing form fitting tank tops to the grocery store!

It took a good 14 weeks for me to even have the glimmer of a baby bump; even DH could hardly tell then. I had a very severely tilted uterus, though, so it took a while for it to spring out. I didn't measure on target until week 26.

[babyjelly]

I was 17.5 weeks. One night I went to bed still fitting comfortably in my regular jeans, and the next morning, I was visibly pregnant. I called my mom in tears because I literally did not own a single thing that fit over my belly and couldn't even fake it with a rubber band; she brought me a pair of sweat pants and took me shopping
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[hannybanany]

Past 20 weeks. Maybe 22-24.

[WifeofAnt]

I voted 16-20 but I have week by week pictures and its a slow progression. The earliest change I saw was around 7 weeks. Around 16 weeks is started to look more like 'pregnant' than 'bloated'. At 20 weeks it was obvious to even strangers.

[Sihaya]

I felt my uterus actually "pop" with #1 at 17w4d. There was a sharp pain near my pubic bone, a BH contraction, and then instantly my belly was obviously a pg belly.

[fujbeck]

I'm short (4'11") and thinner so I think that's why I show earlier. I think around 14 weeks with my first, 8 weeks with my 2nd and with the 3rd... uh, I've been struggling to hide it since about 5 weeks.

[Evergreen]

30 weeks. I did get really big those last 10 weeks though!

[Blanca78]

Originally Posted by Sihaya

I felt my uterus actually "pop" with #1 at 17w4d. There was a sharp pain near my pubic bone, a BH contraction, and then instantly my belly was obviously a pg belly.

That's amazing! I'm awestruck by these stories of it happening in an instant or overnight like this.

I have a teeny-tiny bulge in my lower abdomen if I suck in, but I've always had something like that. It just looks a little rounder to me now. Except I can't find my camera's charger to take a belly pic. Oh well, it'll turn up.

Thanks for your responses, everyone! Really interesting.

[anne1140]

I am 8w3d, so not showing yet, but from my weekly pictures, my belly is changing.