How can you be showing at 8 weeks

[belfie]

Well i get massive bloating and it's my first PG (that has stuck!). At 8 weeks someone guessed firstly that I was PG, then said "oh, so are you about 6 months!!!!" I can't fit into any of my normal clothes - just went shopping for mat clothes on the weekend. I don't know if things will settle down now i'm past 12 weeks but so far there's no signs of looking any less PG. SO saying, I start the day looking about 4 months, then graduate to 6 months by the evening If I try on my normal work pants - the waistband gap is about 3 inches!!!

I looked at some pics of other girls on the net recently and was relieved to see some of them looked just as big as I do (on their first PG) - I'd been feeling like a bit of a fraud! I guess everyone is different though.

[lj268]

Well I guess it could be bloating, but I sure as hell aint the size I was before falling pregnant! As I mentioned with my first bub I hardly showed at all. I remember going to ante natal classes at 5 months and they all said, are you sure you are pg? hehe. Well next time round I was showing as soon as I got the bfpf! And that has how it has been with every pregnancy since. If it is bloating, is there anything that can be done to make it less obvious?? I just feel like a beached whale and Im only just gone 12wks! lol.

[Willow]

I was showing by 8 weeks and was in maternity pants by 12!!

I was shocked but it was my third prg in 3 years and an IVF prg so you tend to be a bit bloated after a stim cycle (enlarged ovaries etc).

I was heaps bigger this time, I felt HUGE! But he's a big boy so I blame him

[meegm]

very well could be bloating but it looks round.. .. im having trouble hiding it i dont stand up when my boss is around - HA bit hard when he asks me for something.. but i just have to hang in there for few more weeks then ill tell them...

[nelle2503]

Pre-pregnancy I mainly had a flat stomach apart from when I had AF - then I would have bloating.

I had bloating from about 4 weeks and 'popped' out at about 7-8 weeks. Its been growing ever since and is very noticeable. I don't believe mine is bloating as it is quite firm and cannot be sucked in at all.

I have been trying to use my handbag and baggy tops to hide the bump as we have only told our parents.

Could be twins but even then I have heard of multiples not showing till after 12 weeks+. Everyone is different I guess

[Pumpkin's mummy]

I have been showing for the last two weeks. I didn't even realise until MIL noticed. Luckily she knew about the preganacy....lol
By the way ythis may sound silly seeing this is my third but what are maternity pants?
Im losing my mind very quickly here..lol