When do you start to show? - Pregnancy

gibmo

04/12/2007 at 09:03

Hi
Just curious to know at what stage do you start to show.
Of course I have read the books but thought there is nothing better than asking direct.
Im only 9 weeks but convinced my tummy is bigger.
Rx:\?

gr2007

04/12/2007 at 09:15

hey, everyone is completely different! my friend didn't show till 20 weeks but i know other people who show quite early, In early pregnancy lots of women suffer bloating etc which can cause the bigger tummy.

I'm 11.5 weeks and convinced i'm starting to get a baby bump (sadly tummy wasn't as flat as it should be though so its hard to tell!).

ItMustBeLove Platinum member

04/12/2007 at 09:16

but ladies isint it just lovely to be big and not to have to make ANY excuses for it! xxx

Becki_K

04/12/2007 at 09:19

i started to show from about 15 weeks i think as i was too skinny not to see my bump, now ive put on becki weight and baby weight which i love, not goin too small again!!!! i love bein curvy!

27+6

[Modified by: Becki_K on December 04, 2007 01:27 PM]

gsmummy55

04/12/2007 at 09:24

I started to show around 15 weeks. I didn't look ANY bigger until then & I was starting to worry! But overnight I got my bump - it just popped up, one day it wasn't there and the next it was...how does that happen???

It's enormous now, and jus goin to keep gettin bigger lol. I'm 19+1 x x x

Anged

04/12/2007 at 09:30

Not sure - ive always had a bit of a pot belly (!) but it started to feel hard at around 10 weeks (and a colleague kept telling me i was showing when i was in the early stages and she wouldnt have it ive always had a bit of a belly).

I think in my mind it was around 15 or 16 weeks. Now people who dont know me that well can tell ive got a definate bump.

04/12/2007 at 10:00

I have always had a really flat tummy and I started to show a definite baby bump at 11 weeks. I'm 14 weeks now and cannot fasten any of my trousers. I haven't put on weight anywhere else (yet) so I'm using bobbles and elastic bands to hold my trousers closed!!

sez31

04/12/2007 at 10:43

hi im 7+4 and bloated as hell got the shape of a tummy tho but it not quite there but cant wait for it to show i will be soo proud of it

xxx

mum2babyhope Platinum member

04/12/2007 at 12:38

i started showin properly at bout 3-4months im still not v.big n im 20+5

mcnamara_kerry Platinum member

04/12/2007 at 15:36

I started to develop a "bump" straight away, which i just put down to bloating, but now at 10weeks I have a nice tidy bump that is quite large for my dates. My friend reccons I'm further gon than I think but scan will reveal this nxt wk, she says my bump looks nothing like bloating but a definate baby bump. Hope im not further along tho coz that will clash with my graduation at uni, im already pushing it been due on the 30th june. Kerry xxxxxxxxxx

Fairymary

05/12/2007 at 04:49

Hi,
I am now 24 weeks and I don't think I am looking pregnant. I am still in my normal clothes, although a little tighter around the middle, but baggy on the legs. I have not put any weight on. The only part of me that seems to have grown is my boobs. I was a 40 d/dd to start and I am now measuring a 40 H. I hate to think what I will be at the end. cannot wait to get back into underwired bras.
I would not worry about not showing just yet. Make the most of it, lol
Mary xx

debbie_w

05/12/2007 at 04:56

Hi..

I have only really just started showing and have just turned 20 weeks and has only just started to show in the last couple of weeks, although still look as though I'm a bit podgy, can wait to have a real round bump.

People who know me say its a bump, but I'm sure the joe bloggs on the street would just think I'm a bit on the chunky side.

Think it all depends on your size and whether 1st baby, second shows quicker as body is use to the stretch.

Debs x

summersmummy Platinum member

05/12/2007 at 06:03

hi i started to show at 8 weeks but this was bloating im 16+4 now and i can still wear my normal clothes but wear jeans etc under bump and my tops are a bit tight but my boobs have got massive!!!!

ClaudiaTsoontohave3 Platinum member

05/12/2007 at 06:35

Hi am 12+2 with second baby and in maternity wear as expanded out of both my size 10 and then size 12 trousers in tummy department (although no other weight gain so far - hoorah!!!). Think with first baby didn't show properly till about 18-20 weeks, maybe longer. Everyone been telling me that I must be further along than I thought as have obvious bump now but had scan yesterday that revealed that I am 12 weeks and no more. Lord knows how big I'm going to get then - am hoping my bump will even out and stop getting bigger for a while!!!!

hayleys1

05/12/2007 at 06:45

hi i felt i started to show strait away! i cant have but i felt like it! i had (note the word HAD) a flat tummy and was (WAS) a size 8 so i noticed pretty soon! not so sure i would next time! xx

mandyhickman Silver member

05/12/2007 at 06:57

hello i have just signed up today. i am only 6 weeks and started to bloat before i even found out. some people (strangers);\) are asking if im 5 months!!! i have to suck it in when the family come over til after we have had the scan. with my first one i was so skinny i showed at 8 weeks. which was hard to hide til i had the scan.

LMSunshine Silver member

05/12/2007 at 07:01

I am only 8 weeks and already have a noticeable little bump on my tum. I have always been blessed with a very flat tummy so I guess its very noticable to me (never again I guess!!!). Put some clothes on though and it def disappears - although one pair of jeans is already too tight. (mainly bloating probs there me thinks!) I am taking a pic of my tum every week so I can look back and see the difference! xx

05/12/2007 at 07:10

im 12.4week and got a baby bump. at about 9week i become very bloated but by about 11 +week it got very round and it is very hard now. im very proud off my bump and oh loves is he said i look like a great when im pg ( i carnt look that good when im not pg lol). every 1 is diffrent hun x x x x

Cath27012008 Gold member

05/12/2007 at 08:40

I'm 33 weeks now and didnt start to show until 28 weeks and some days still dont look properly pregnant, my mummy friends say I should be pleased, but I feel abit robbed I want everyone to know I'm pregnant!!!! I also looked like I shouldn't have been at antenatal classes yet as everyone else had bigger bumps!
Hopefully you'll get your bump well before I did. xx

Moni

10/06/2012 at 20:16