8 + 4 weeks and already in Maternity jeans?!?!

[Nicky7611]

Hello

This is my first pregnancy and my stomach has really expanded! I wasnt big before hand, im normally a size 12 and I had a little bit of a belly. I havent put on any weight since before I was pregnant.

Its all around my belly button and below.

Has anyone else had this before?

Sounds like bloating.

im 7+2

really hope not to be in maternity clothes by next weekend, though doubt i will as have lost 9lb with morning sickness so far

i'd hoped that i might have another 10 weeks (at least) left in my clothes, though maybe im being a bit over optimistic!

I'm 7 weeks and as bloated as anything. Not entirely sure what it is, but there's no way it's my uterus

When pg with dd (first baby), I was a slim size 8/10 with a flat stomach. By 6/7 weeks, it was just obvious. I managed until 11 weeks when I had to wear maternity trousers. Your uterus can grow quite quickly in the first trimester (though the baby remains fairly small comparatively) and bloating/water retention doesn't help. If you're slim it can be easier to tell earlier on. I got quite big quite quickly but it slowed down by aroun 17 weeks and stayed the same for ages.

I can't do up any of my trousers and I'm about as far along as you 8 and a half ish weeks... living in leggins! x

Congratulations Nicky! I was bloated up until about 10 weeks but the it went and several people commented on how much weight I appeared to have lost (they obvioulsy thought I had been at the biscuit barrel)! I'm now 17 weeks and have a definate bump that sort of feels different and looks much higher up than the bloating. Everyone is different though! good luck! :)

I'm huge at 6+2 but put it down to bloating and trapped wind. Overnight it 'disappears' but DP let's out a scream when he lifts the bed covers in the morning .

Thanks everyone, its nice to hear Im not the only one

I chucked out my real jeans at 5 weeks and moved to leggings. By 8 weeks my belly had increased by 3 inches so i moved to maternity jeans. I love them.
:-)

i've got bloated but only gained 3 lbs. i'm currently 7 + 6 and some of my smaller size 10s in tops and trousers don't fit. luckily I have my weight loss clothes so might not have to buy too many maternity.