yes Buffykaz I have stuck out earlier with each pregnancy - not so much maybe with the third cause my stomach already stuck out with fat but if you compared my stomach with Nicole Kidmans for example (and she is only a few weeks in front) I am noticeabley pregnant to anyone and everyone now even with a loose shirt yet I struggled to find her baby bump on this mornings tv. My stomach muscles have never trengthened to the level they were prior to the first pregnancy and thus why I think I stick out earlier each time. Doesn't happen to everyone but certainly did me - and yes I do get the comments - especially between about wk 12 and wk 20 when I'm sticking out and I'm not even half way there yet.