How quickly after falling pg did your stomach start to swell?

[Blossomhill]

I am hoping and praying I am not pg but there is a slim chance.
My stomach is so bloated, far more than usual. Am due on in a week.

At 6 wks with DS2 I felt huge and bloated and my waist had already disappeared. (I am normally size 10, if that makes any difference!)

Sorry, not the answer you were hoping for?

It may be just fluid retention with the recent hot weather, are your rings tight ?

I am size 12 and slim everywhere but my stomach

Rings are not tight lgj :(

I can start to get bloated from about a week before I am due on BH so maybe it's just that.

Have to say all I really wanted to post then was

The earliest I began to show was at about 7 or 8 weeks with dd. Definitely not before AF was even due.

BH :( Could it be some weird stress-related thing? IIRC you've had even more than usual to deal with just lately.

nutty and ct - a baby would be the absolute worst thing for me right now.

I can hardly cope as it is :(

I doubt very much that you'd be showing a week before your period was due BH.

With Ds I started showing at about 6 weeks I think but def not before.

I don't want to get your hopes up too much but I think Nutty's probably right about the pre-AF bloating. It's something that I sometimes get too. I've also had pregnancy scares where my stomach suddenly seems to have a high firm bump but it's just a false alarm. I vaguely remember another MN'er starting a thread about something similar.

Will keep my fingers crossed for you, BH.xx You don't need this extra worry right now.

BH, I agree with nutty. I'm due on in about 5 days and my stomach has been really round for about 5 days now. I actually look pregnant and I'm a slim size 8-10 everywhere else. I'm deffo not pg as dh has had the snip! I often get this but not 100% of the time - it's been really annoying me all week actually, ruining the look of all my outfits

Fingers crossed it's just pre-AF bloating x

I started to show v. early with all 3 pregnancies - but I'm talking 8 weeks-ish, not the week before I was due.

Thanks nutty, GDG and ct. I couldn't handle a 7 year age gap. Just getting my life to where I want it. Sounds selfish I know.

With my first it was around 10 weeks but with dd2 I found out at 4 weeks and was in maternity jeans by 6 weeks. By 10 weeks the mw sent me for an emergency scan as I was so big she thought I was having 2 or more, thankfully just the one little bugger popped out.

It's been 7 years since I was pg so I have pratically forgotten it all (except the birth of course

So what if it is selfish anyway? We all have to put ourselves first sometimes. I'd be devastated if I got pg again now aswell - mine are 5, 3 and 1 and I could not cope with another. I've not got all your difficulties but I know how scary the prospect of another baby is. I bet you'll be fine love.

Aww thanks GDG xxx

You're not being selfish, BH. There's only a 3yr age gap between each of mine and it was still tough going back to the baby stage each time. Only you know what you can cope with.

You'll be cursing next week when it arrives and you feel like crap!!

ct - that's the thing ct I wcouldn't cope and it's not fair on ds and dd.

GDG - I so hope you are right.

Not sure if this is all in my mind but feel sick today

I always get bloated pre period and sometimes do look pg (am relatively slim but weight always shows on my tummy first). Agree that it is not necessarily a good indicator of pg. Even with my 'full' tummy I didn't start to bloat properly till 6 or 7 weeks.

BH reckon it is water at this stage, heat will do that. Really unlikely that you'd be showing- what would there be TO show?

Sympathies. Thought I was pg last week too coz of water retentiion / nausea / diziness, turned out to be a virus. I WOULD welcome another baby but totally understand where you are coming from- would like another, not sure how wise it would be until Sam a buit more sorted.

Hope its all OK, sure it will be - well hope so

pc - do you know what pc you have hit the nail on the head. I can just about cope with dd. Have been told that I have 50% chance of it happening again so worries the hell out of me :(
I feel bad on dd saying that as I love her loads and it makes me feel disloyal.

I wuldn't panic too much - I ahd got to the point where I was actually liking the idea (stupid cow!" sam, two other kids, a degree underway, tiny car...) and ended up feeling disappointed! PMSL! But I would like another one when Sam can cope, which I think will happen one day. But I don't want to go into the whole statementingt hing / Uni / etc plus a new baby at the same time. Can you iamgine? LOL

Same here pc, have a 3 bed house and a vauxhall astra. Would have to buy new of both and we just couldn't do it.
I am enjoying my freedom and the thought of going back to baby phase makes me shudder.
Had a lovely lie in this morning (10am) and I love my sleep way too much!

YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I come on today (phew)

So, so relieved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Told you so! Ner-ner-ner-ner-ner!