When did you notice a 'belly'?

Hi all
Just thought it would be interesting to see when you (or if you) have noticed your 'belly' starting??
I am half excited and half scared about these changes!

I am nearly 11 weeks and I have noticed I am a lot 'rounder' and my clothes are getting tighter... I cant wait til I can tell people the news so that I can accentuate the roundness not hide it under baggy and unflattering clothes!

What about all of you...

I was to skinny tall build... And me and most of the people around me noticed my belly by 12weeks... By 16 weeks everyone could notice.

Too early for a tum for me you can't notice anything, give it time I'm anticipating being queen of the seacows soon enough (if I make itthat far..)

Im 11 weeks also and yesterday i woke up and notice a 'rounded' belly too. THis is my third pregnancy though. With my first pregnancy i was 35 weeks pregnant and i remember still having to tell people i was pregnant with 5 weeks to go....

I always had a bit of a pudge but noticed that i was a bit bigger two weeks after conception, I'm suspecting that it was just bloating tho. lol
I've found a lot of my normal pants are not being worn as often because they just don't feel or sit right anymore. My stomach has really started to round out and firm up a bit this last week or so (8-9 weeks). Looks more pregnant than chocolate addiction now. lol

I'm like you, pregpan, can't wait to be able to let it all hang loose and wear preggie clothes instead of yesterday feeling fat. Although, family and friends know so I can breathe out around them.

Aaah so I am not imagining it or making it up.... I guess I am getting rounder. My clothes 'fit' but they are uncomfrtable and my shape is different! I am sure ppl think I have just put on a bit of weight!!! Will be soooo good when I can tell people in just over a week now (going for scans etc end of next week!)

I started getting a bit more "round" at about 11 weeks too. DH and I could notice, but other people didnt really notice till about 4 or 5 weeks after that. I coulld still wear my usual pants, but they were just a bit tighter. I also felt a bit bloated then, so it was probably partly bloating and partly baby for me.

Yay about your scan next week too!! I loved my scans, it was just the best to see little bub on the u/s.

I am 8 weeks and noticed yesterday my spare tyre isnt so tyre like anymore as it is rounding out... I am also going to the toilet a lot more this week so I think there has been some growth in there... If I lay on my right side I need to go the toilet within 10 mins.

11 weeks soon and my tummy is def getting more preggy less pudgy lol

Baby belly has arrived - now having to get creative with my wardrobe. Still not poking out beach ball style, but there's definitely a rounder look to my tummy :)

yep thats how i feel (and I am just 11 weeks!) like my clothes can go on but they dont look v good! not big enough for mat clothes but need to get creative with my wardrobe until then... i just went to witchery and they have heaps and heaps of stretchy and baby doll style tops, the lady there was telling me how they are good to see you thru the 'in b/n' times pre and post baby! i snapped up 3 new tops that should see me thru a few more weeks without people noticing too much! i am sure ppl just think i have put on weight or something!

Yep I'm 10.5 weeks and definitely noticing the pants getting tighter and the tum getting rounder. I"ve been very careful with my diet so it's def preggy related and not chocolate! Though I don't think anyone else will notice for a while as I'm quite large already and they probably just think of me as *fat*. It's not the same as when you're skinny and you start to bulge in a very specific way! :)

Im with you Marydean.

I think i have a room all ready for the baby to move into (i carry all my weight in my bottom half) so it will prob take a while for me to even think to myself that its a preggie belly, let alone others. But i have noticed my mum staring at my belly lately as if its changed some how - and i havent even told my parents yet! Although the bb's are making up for the lack of noticable growth - much to the delight and facination of my DH!! :)

I'm only just 9w and I've already got a bump! DH commented on it last night, saying how round and firm it felt. I'm kinda glad he said that because I was worried I was just putting on fat from all the extra food I've been scoffing lately! LOL :redface:

I can still fit into all my regular pants/skirts though because the bump is quite high up, just under my belly button. I think if you're a little on the slim side, you start to show sooner.

Belle
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I started noticing that clothes didn't fit so well at around 10 weeks, and by 12 weeks I was into maternity pants, because I couldn't stand anything tight around my middle. But I think to other people I just looked pudgy until around 16 weeks (or, in my mum's terminology "really potty" - charming!) but massive growth spurt around 16/17 weeks & I've well and truly popped. Even though I might have looked a bit plump, when I felt my tummy, even in the early stages, it's not the same as feeling excess weight, for me it was firmer & rounder.

Hi

I am on my third pg and noticed my belly started to stick out slightly around 6-7 weeks - without me actually gaining any weight. It wasn't really noticeable to anyone else though! Now I am 10 1/2 weeks and my skirts/pants are getting tight, and those who know can see I am starting to show. I guess other people just think I'm getting fat, or it's middle-aged spread! lol

First time, I was out of my normal clothes by 15 weeks. I could tell, but it was still quite a few weeks before anyoen else could.

This time, I'm still in my normal clothes at 15 weeks - but look a LOT more pg! Depending on what I wear, I look VERY pg!

I'm now wearing some maternity shorts and they are so comfortable. I can still wear my old pants but it just feels uncomfortable. Yesterday i bought a couple of shirts that are gathered just under my bb's , and i swear i look like i have a rockmellon under my shirt. (i've even noticed a slight waddle!!!!!)

My Doctor told me that the rounder tummy feeling at around 9 to 12 weeks is more likely to be constipation or gas retention or something strange like that!

Bowel Distention is what she said it was...

I noticed fitted pants getting tighter at about 8-9 weeks. I have been managing in skirts and elasticised waist cargos. Today was the first day I wore maternity pants, done up a long way though. (we are 12 weeks) I have a spare tyre there anyway but its starting to stick out more. With my first it was ages before I needed maternity gear...sigh

i didn't notice anything until i was about 18 weeks, i just looked like i'd eaten to much at an all you can eat buffet until then. lol.

Im starting to get firmer and rounder it looks like Ive eaten a cow to myself lol its their in the morning and even if i go to the loo so im thinknig its the firming and expanding of the uterus rather than digestive bloating but u never know. My mum looked 6 months preg at 8 weeks and stayed that size till 7 months then ballooned again lol

My first pregnancy I 'popped' at about 16 weeks, with my second at 14 weeks, still yet to with this one, but it won't be long now. Maternity clothes are so much more comfortable once you've popped.

well i am now much bigger and everyone can see. i dont know if you would call it 'popped' but its pretty round! i love it!

I'm only 8 weeks and I've started to notice a little belly forming... I always had a really flat stomach before, so maybe that's why I can notice it so early. Its only small though. I don't think its noticeable unless I'm wearing somethign skin tight or showing my stomach.

With my first pregnancy, I popped out at 14 weeks, second pregnancy I didn't pop out noticably until around 35 weeks and I got MASSIVE really quickly, I looked like I had twins or triplets, with this one it was 9 weeks and now I look like I am full term when I still have 8 weeks to go.

I think it also depends on how strong your tummy muscles are too... I am only a size 6-8/ used to exercise exessively along side my DP who is a body builder (natural - no steriods). I really haven't noticed anything, but at my scan they said my uterus had swollen to the size of a orange. Again the abdomen muscles, perhaps that's why second time mum's pop sooner!

I am almost 16 weeks and in the last week have started to show slightly. I can just squeeze into normal pants, but can't do up the top button. I find trackies and elastic skirts are the most comfortable right now, or low hipster jeans. Can't wear those to work though!

Jo
due 13 Sept 2007