How can you be showing at 8 weeks

How on earth can you be showing at 8 weeks ...

I look like i did at 4 months with my first son...

I think with 2 pgs close together, everything expands again very quickly. I was showing by 3 weeks with pg no 2. I kid you not, I didn't even know I was pg and DH kept telling me to do a test because he could see I was. Then other people started congratulating me and I'm saying "oh no, I'm not pg". Well a week later with a red face I had to tell them that they had been right, I was pg LOL. Overall though, I didn't get much bigger than the first time, it just happened more quickly.

oh thats good - im thinking Sh*t im gonna be huge....

And im trying ot hide my tummy im not telling work for a while im not even back from my 1st stint on maternity leave full time yet . . . . . . Ha!

GL with hiding it. I wasn't going to tell work for a while but I knew the game was up when someone came up and asked me. Normally I might find that rude but tbh it really was so obvious that there could be no mistake LOL. Everyone knew by 8 weeks!

Yep I was asked by a stranger when my baby was due with #2....and I was only 10 weeks!! :doh:
I had to tell my family at around 7-8 weeks because it was so obvious. Totally starting popping out about 5 minutes after I got the bfp :redface:

Oh crap.... Im waititng to sign me new part time hours arrangement they are letting me do 30 hours a week instead of fulltime) then ill tell them i think....

I was showong at 8 weeks with my first pregnancy....but I was having twins...:dance:

I was in maternity pants by 7 weeks this time, but it slowed down quickly and by 2nd trimester I was pretty much on track with my first pregnancy.

I thought that I wa sshowing at 8 weeks, but I was actually just bloated. lol

My tummy was very big with this pregnancy right from the start, i thought i would show early being my 5th preg but this was ridiculous!!! Turns out i was just bloated and constipated from the pregnancy vitamin tablets i was taking. Once i stopped them my tummy went back to normal, yay!!

GL with everything :D

Lea x

I'm huge too! I guess our tummy muscles aren't as strong as they were before bubby no#1 too so it all kind of shows! Mine sticks out but it still realy soft so I can't wait to have my firm baby belly again!
Good luck!

I totally agree with what most have said here lol. I showed nearly straight away this time and have found that I have done it with all but my first pregnancies! So much for hiding it and keeping secrets hey lol.

I used to be big for ages then in the 3rd trimester things evened out and I had an average sized bub each time. This time round I already look like Im about 6 months pg! and Im only 12wks hehe. But all is good, I dont mind being larger for a good reason.

Good luck with it all anyway and congrats that you are already having #2 :dance:

Cheers Lindy

I wouldn't have thought it was possible to show at 8 weeks - you sure it isn't bloating? I know many women have bloating the first two months and then it pops back in for a month or two.

I'm coming up 26 weeks and there are still a number of people at work who haven't noticed I'm pregnant even though I though I thought I looked pregnant months ago (obviously I didn't).

This is my first pregnancy, but by 11 weeks I am showing. I don't think anyone would guess unless I was wearing a bikini, but my husband loves playing with my belly now. I have heard that 2nd+ pregnancies can show earlier.

I've also read that slim women show earlier than larger women, which makes sense, doesn't it?

I would say some of mine was bloating at 8-9 weeks but my tummy definately stuck out and I would say it must be because my tummy muscles just aren't as strong as they were before I had DD. I really popped out with her at about 15-16 weeks although I was in maternity pants from about 8 weeks as well. It just wasn't as obvious as it is this time.

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 :lol: 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.

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.

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 :cryinglaugh:

i woke up with a flat stomach today, i had breakfast (2 muffins with with avo, bacon & cheese) and my stomach tripled in size!!

so i have put it down to bloating, but when my stomach looks "normal" i can see the smallest little bump...and im 11 wks now :)

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...

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

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