Ladies when did you start to show?
By violeta_va
@violeta_va (4831)
Australia
February 20, 2009 10:21pm CST
I was just thinking how different we are but how simmilar we all started. Up to a point all un born babies are exacly the same (or close to)in development the mothers are not. They could measure the baby and tell you how far you are but looking at the mother its hard telling.
When did you start showing? was it different with each pregnancy?
With my first it was about 4 months and that was not a big deal it just looked like fat untill I was 5 months. With this one (I never really lost the baby fat from the first one) but I was suprised to show at 4 months well. Now I am obviously pregnant and I am happy to have the nice round belly.
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@ScarletAlston (2693)
• United States
21 Feb 09
I was always kinda chunky anyway which is why I didn't even know I was even pregnant but I didn't trully start to show until about the beginning of my third trimester..that's when I finally came to the realization that this was going to happen...
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
21 Feb 09
So how far were you when you found out. I swear its better to find out later. I found out when I was less then 2 weeks can you imagine how long this pregnancy seems to be I feel like its my 6th trimester and I still have 8 more weeks to go.
@ScarletAlston (2693)
• United States
21 Feb 09
I was in the six to seven month area when I found out so I pretty much missed the bulk of my pregnancy...
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
21 Feb 09
WOW that is strange My period is never regular but I would have checked after 3 months at the most (but then again I wanted to get pregnant and got pregnancy test in bulk :)))) it took us 5 years for this miracle baby to show up and I had given up at the end decided lets have this holiday (overseas for 3 months) and then see a doctor. But 1 month into the holiday I started feeling strange and knew I was pregnant just waited for the some time to pass to take a test and finaly did it when I was about 2 weeks (it took me another 2 weeks and I think 4 tests to make it real) I could not belive it.
@kezabelle (2974)
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22 Feb 09
I was about 3 months with my first and same with my second, by 4.5 months I had a proper bump and with my second i was massive she was 8lb 2 at 38 weeks though!
My best friend had her baby recently she showed very early on was huge by the end and her son was 12lb 4oz at 41 weeks huge but gorgeous!
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
23 Feb 09
WOW 12lb 4oz (we use kg here so I had to calculate that) well I sure hope mine is not that big. my first child was 3.3 kg thats 7.2lb I think
@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
22 Feb 09
I'm pretty small to start with so I would get that little pouch really early on, like within weeks of suspecting I was pregnant at the latest. But I wouldn't say I looked pregnant until later on...I just looked chunky for quite awhile. I'd say it took until 5-6 months to actually look pregnant in some clothes even though by then I'd usually already put on 20 pounds or more. With my last one I was actually wearing regular low rise size 5 jeans right up through my 7th month! They rode on my hips right under my belly so it kind of turned into a joke that I could wear size 5's at that point, people who hadn't seen me didn't understand it was because I was carrying like a big watermelon right across the middle!
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
23 Feb 09
I know what you mean my friend is tiny she didnt show until at least 7 months before she had something that looked nothing like baby bump but she made up in the last 2 months she looked so funny with skiny legs and arms and all that but her belly was huge. I still wear my normal clothes (baby due in april).
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
21 Feb 09
I started to show around the same time as you, about 4 months. At that point I had a pretty obvious bulge in my belly that wasn't there before I was pregnant. This goes for both of my pregnancies, though I was a bit smaller with my first pregnancy since I had a terrible cold and stopped gaining weight around my 5th month. I remember going to a doctor appointment 2 weeks before I was due. Another pregnant woman in the waiting room asked when I was due and she couldn't believe it when I told her. She figured she was further along than I was! 
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
21 Feb 09
my neighbour was pregnant at the same time as me (this is with my first child) and we gave birth less then 24 hours from each other and she was huge (her second child) when I saw her first she looked like she was at least 7 months and I bearly showed. But then again her son was almost 5kg and after giving birth she looked pregnant. But I have never seen a lady showing before at least 4 months. I actualy lost a lot of weight both times but with this one I have not gained any so far and I am still not back to my pre pregnancy weight and I have 8 weeks to go.
@mammamuh (582)
• Sweden
23 Feb 09
With my first around 20 weeks into the pregnancy - if we're talking about when it really showed.
With my second I showed early about 13-14 weeks (I got pregants when my firs tborn just turned one and I think that had some to do with it).
The third time I didn't show at all until the 25 week. I was at the pool when I was 22 months pregnant and not even my friens could tell!
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
23 Feb 09
I know its worth the wait but boy does it seem to take forever its killing me. The baby is still not turned (due april 19 or anything between the 7th and 19th) and I told my husband if they decide on c-section I am having it out on the 3th so it can share b'day with big brother and daddy.
