How early have you 'popped'...

[PumpkinZulu]

Sooo, I have a belly A small one, and to people who don't know I'm pregnant, I probably just look a bit chubby in the middle, but a belly none the less. Do you show earlier the more pregnancies you've had? This is my 5th pregnancy in 20 months (all 8 weeks or under...but even with the first which was 8 weeks, I had a belly). I have very little muscle definition in my tummy, and usually a little pot belly of fat. Like THIS. Then, at 4w3d, THIS. With clothes over the top, it looks like I'm just a bit fat...I don't know...I know that with early preg comes bloating, and I'm sure that's what some of it is...any help?

[Mum2Romone]

With my son I didn't pop till 17 weeks, my stomach was totally flat though and had ab definition, a little

With my last pregnancy I definitely had a tummy at 7 weeks and took pictures, I'll upload them to fb to show you for comparison

I think with each pregnancy you show quicker but I think that's because the stomach muscles get weaker and don't hold the uterus back or something

BTW popped the package in the mail

[sasha]

I popped out quite late with this one - kind of looked a bit tubby and bloated for the first 6 weeks or so, then that bloating went away, and it's only in the last 2 weeks or so (since about 15 weeks) that I 'look pregnant'. I think I might have popped a bit earlier with T (#2) but the first two were closer together, and as I wrote in another thread, I'm gaining much less weight this time round, so that might have something to do with it too.

[Babyluv]

Hey Hun,
With this Preg I couldn't button my jeans at 8 weeks, I popped so quickly & haven't stopped growing since! I was a sz8 before I was Preg!

[Persephone1]

My work mates all knew I was pregnant before I reached 9 weeks because I looked big and couldn't fit into my clothes. I bought some flowing blouses to hide it before I reached 8 weeks. I looked "chubby" rather than pregnant, so if you didn't know me you wouldn't have guessed that the extra weight was baby. In fact, I basically just looked chubby until 25 weeks when the bump really started to look more like "baby" than "fatty."

[PumpkinZulu]

Thanks ladies. I definately think I'm wayyyy bloated atm, it's insane! Hope it goes down soon, and a baby belly can take place instead. I'm a size 12 on the bottom and 14 on the top (because of monster breasts ) so not tooooo big. I think if I remember properly the bloatiness went away at around 7 weeks Yes, to the outside world I just look chubby LOL!

[allycat06]

3.5 months in I started to look a bit podgy, like I could grab the flab and jiggle it lol. I didn't look properly pregnant until 27 weeks. It was kinda annoying and I always felt self conscious that people would just think I was fat. At least when it's a pregnant belly you can show it off and everyone knows there's a baby in there!

[PumpkinZulu]

3.5 months in I started to look a bit podgy, like I could grab the flab and jiggle it lol. I didn't look properly pregnant until 27 weeks. It was kinda annoying and I always felt self conscious that people would just think I was fat. At least when it's a pregnant belly you can show it off and everyone knows there's a baby in there!

So true! Atm when I put clothes on I just look like I ate too many burgers pmsl!

[MrsFabuloso]

I popped alot earlier with progressive pg's but this is (technically my 5th) my 3rd full term pg. I popped at about 7ish wks with this one, about 10 wks with #2 and about 16wks with #1, I was visibly pg. With my very first pg, I remember being 16wks and only just having to buy some new pants! (TMI coming...)I get constipated during pg and when I need to go , my tummy is a fair bit bigger and firmer especially early on. I would say for you, it sounds like it's bloating. I have pics on FB if you'd like to look...not sure how to link them tho. (Or you can friend me, lol!)

[Indadhanu]

At the time, *I* thought I had 'popped' at 7 weeks. And everyone humoured me. It wasn't until about 22 weeks that I actually really truly popped. I still thought I had really popped at 7 weeks until I had Jazz and looked back at all the photos and realised I didn't look pregnant until about 22 weeks! I just looked 'thick'. Maybe pregnant, if the photo was taken on just the right angle

Cute little belly by the way

[PumpkinZulu]

Hmm, you're not humouring me, are you Nahhh, I'm cool with bloating lol...we'll see if it keeps going up, or if it deflates in a few..

[jesses_girl]

I popped really early, copped alot of slack for it too but i loved it. Enjoy your pregnancy and i wish you a happy and healthy 40 weeks :-)

[Jakabella]

I didnt really po with Bella till about 20 weeks but I have had a definate baby belly since about 14 weeks with this one - and Its a big belly! I keep having ppl ask me how long I have left as I look like im 8 months along! I dont care I just go with what ever my body does!

[peanutter]

I popped around 16 weeks, but might have earlier if I hadn't lost so much weight courtesy of insane morning sickness ...

I lost almost 10kgs in the first 14 weeks, but managed to get to 16 weeks without any of my colleagues noticing that I was pregnant - and then worked overseas for 6 weeks, and gave all my friends and family a HUGE surprise when I came back 22 weeks UTD

So yeah, I lost weight (from m/s) and switched to tunic style tops etc, and didn't have an obvious bump until 16 weeks.

Your bump looks gorgeous though, and very bump (ie: not a weight thing, a baby thing!)

[mummydreamer]

Yeh with each pregnancy you pop earlier. This is my 3rd baby but 4th pregnancy, had a m/c last year at 7 wks. With this bub, i definitely popped at 7 weeks! It was probably only noticeable to people who knew, but it was there, nonetheless. I heard it's something about your uterus muscles getting weaker or something, and so they stretch easier and earlier....something like that

[HmCm]

I popped at 14 weeks. Im now 16 and its really starting to show, i just LOVE it

[CrazyLady]

My ex-housemate noticed my belly expanding before I did (she reckons from about 8 weeks). I was in denial and thought I'd skipped a couple of periods from moving stress :LOL:

[Loula]

although i was bigger in the tummy after my OHSS from the IVF no one thought i was pg till after 26 weeks, im talking about the strangers in the shops when you are looking at items to buy for bubs,

I hated not showing early