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post #21 of 30
Well, if by showing you mean when others notice, not for quite a while. By 18 weeks I was a little thicker but friends still had to wonder and it was my behavior more than my body that tipped them off. I kept rubbing my belly and 1 friend commented that those who were "fat" like her rather than pregnant would never do anything to call attention to their belly like that (not that it was concious). I felt large to me and needed to modify some pants by about 10 weeks but I tend to favor high waisted pants. As for showing where strangers could tell, yeah, 7, maybe six months. At work I was 7 or 8 months because I wear scrubs and they hide a lot. Even so, people were shocked when I told them when I was due.

I remember being kind of annoyed about it at some times. I had some issues with nosebleeds for days at 22 weeks and continually had to remind the medical staff I was pregnant. 1 even wanted to argue with me. Dubiously, "You don't look pregnant."

I am also tall with a long torso. (as for how you'd know this, you'd have issues with fit in regular clothes).

I have a feeling it is going to be sooner this time. I feel so bloated.
post #22 of 30
I don't have any earlier belly pictures from my first pregnancy, but this was me during my first at 17 1/2 weeks... http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fwyGvoajL8...n_4-months.jpg

I was showing (and had been for a while) but could have hidden it with baggie clothes had I wanted to...
post #23 of 30
yeah - the high-waisted pants are killing me. ALL my work pants are high-waisted... so I'm now sporting the bella band with a few pairs, and ordered my first couple pairs of maternity pants this morning.

PS - Crystalyn, that's an awesome picture (and a great shirt!)
post #24 of 30
people that knew I was pregnant could tell by 20 weeks, but it wasn't until around 24 weeks that I looked pregnant in normal clothing. I'm 5'9" and pretty thin with a long torso, so I think that hid the baby well I liked to wear tight shirts when I was pregnant the first time, which made it more obvious, but had I continued wearing looser clothing people might not have known until I was closer to 30 weeks.
post #25 of 30
with my first i started showing at about 13 wks
post #26 of 30
I'm just so gassy that depending on what I've eaten (pretty much everything makes me gassy now though) I might look like I have a little bulge from time to time. I'm at 12 weeks tomorrow. I still fit into all my normal clothes however and will be sporting my corset on Halloween very comfortably. I'm on the tall side, and lost some weight during morning sickness, so maybe it will take a bit longer.
post #27 of 30
DDC crashing! Sorry! I am 5'10" and have a long torso. I wasn't over or underweight before pregnancy. The first person noticed at roughly 16 weeks. No one else noticed until 17. I'm now 18 weeks, and it's only because I wear slim-fitting shirts that people can tell. I've gained 3-5 pounds (haven't weighed myself in a week).
post #28 of 30
I am a pretty small gal and I still didn't really "show" with my first until around 7 months. Then people said I looked pregnant. I had a healthy 7lb, 14oz-er at the end there, though

Now I'm on baby #5 and I'm showing already at 9 weeks
post #29 of 30
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Yeah -- I'm pretty sure any time I feel anything, it is pretty much hot air! Have to say, I never examined my gut enough pre-preg to really know how much I stick out! ha ha... there isn't much, but i was a almost but not exactly flat tummy. Healthy, i like to think! It's a good thing I was not too skinny due to losing so much weight these past weeks. I am weighting/waiting (ha ha) for the needle on the scale to start going back up!
It seems there's no rhyme or reason about which foods make me feel bloated and which seem to settle. It's so aggravating -- feels like the food is just sitting in there going no where! I keep pushing the band of my pants down to avoid that cramped feeling more than anything I suspect -- just like you said Kamalynsky. oh well!
Finally feel less nauseated around the clock. For me that is enough cause to celebrate for now!

ALSO -- GREAT NEWS -- I broke down and ate some raw cheese (formerly a big no no as I have been super sensitive to dairy for about a year now?) cuz i wanted it so very badly and it caused absolutely NO GI issues!! Oh am SOOO thrilled!!! more food I can eat and it's sooooo yummy!!!! Oh how I have missed cheese!
post #30 of 30
i was pretty anxious to start showing the first time around too...now i am honestly a bit horrified at my reflection some days! i don't know why some days i am bigger than others but i know others are experiencing it too. i find myself staring at my belly profile in the mirror quite a few times a day...

actually, when i was 5 weeks pregnant we told this couple we know that owns a skate shop in a town we were stopping in and the wife was like wow! so you're what, 2-3 months now? based on my belly. i was shocked! haha
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