when did you start showing with #2?

[thisiserica]

So I know that you start showing earlier with your second baby but what is sooner? Hardly anyone could tell I was pregnant with my frist until I was half way done with my second trimester. I am starting this pregnancy 10 lbs. heavier than my first one and feel like I looked pregnant before I even got pregnant. I am only 5 weeks but I feel like I'm going to have to get our my maternity clothes soon!

[Jaimee]

I hear you!  My abs separated with my first pregnancy and never fully got back together before my second.  I started showing around 6 months with my first and I'd say around 4 months with my second.  Now on my third with even weaker abs, I started showing at 2-3 months.  I had to unbutton my pants starting at like 6 weeks.  But remember, a lot has to do with bloating, too, in these first few months and you might actually shrink down a bit after the initial adjustment.  Right now a bella band and stretchy skirts are my friends! 

[Baby_Cakes]

I looked 100% visibly pregnant by 13-14 weeks.  With my first, you couldn't tell unless you knew until about 22 or 23 weeks!  Its quite a trip the 2nd time around for sure!!

[Abraisme]

With my second I was out of my regular pants by 10 weeks and showing by 13.  It's been about the same with this pregnancy.  I'm 12w now and there's no way I could hide my pregnancy from my friends or family (not that I did)..

[doulawoman]

Well, my belly was a bit...erm.. floppy after my c section and I hadn;t gotten up enough courage to exercise my abs after dd (15 mo)...it sort of triggers memories to get in touch with that area. I'm nto overweight, but not thin, and my middle is a bit poochy, but with the extra bloat at about 4.5-5 weeks now, I'm wearing a belly band or I look 4 months along! So embarassing!

[StephandOwen]

It had been 7 years since I had my ds, but I still started showing stupidly early this time. By my first appointment (7w2d) I was wearing maternity pants. I was able to hide it somewhat until around 10-11 weeks when it became too obvious.

[MoonWillow]

I felt like I was showing at the moment conception with my second 

[ZombieMama]

I didn't really show earlier with my second (no one believed I was pregnant until about 23 weeks), but with my third, I was showing by 9 weeks. With my fourth, I had a definite bump at about 7 weeks, and with this baby (my fifth) I was in maternity pants by week 5.