When should I start showing

[louiserachael]

I am 15 weeks pregnant and I am still not showing - is this normal? Has anyone else taken a while to show ? I'm a size 10/12 around 5'4

Is this your first baby? With ds (my first) I didn't show until 20+ weeks and didn't need maternity clothes until 25+ weeks. With second baby I started to show at 2.5 minutes!

It'll be soon. With my first I felt a total fraud at the 12 week scan and only had a small bump at 20 weeks. Got big soon enough after that though!

Thank you so much for replying ! It is my first baby- everyone of my friends said they started showing at 12 weeks! I'm not the skinniest of girls but i always thought you showed quicker if you were curvier ! I have some bloat and of course some fat there which fluctuates depending on what I've eaten but there is no bump and I haven't gained any weight !

I didn't start showing until around 28 weeks and even then I wouldn't say I had a proper bump until 32 weeks

Oh thank god ok so I guess I will show when it's time !

I didn't start showing until around 26 weeks, so don't worry... even then I looked tiny!

Thankyou @dertyyuoih2 I feel better now !

I was in maternity jeans at 12 weeks (first baby). They were too big round the tummy bit for a while but my normal jeans were so uncomfy. Was a size 12 so a bit curvy but not big. Wasn't so much a bump though, more bloat at that stage! Proper noticeable bump was probably around 16/17 weeks for me but everyone is different I know people who've had no hint of a bump until around halfway. Your tummy muscles are still intact at the moment, holds it all in first time around.

Enjoy it, before it gets a massive weight to lug around - it will, soon enough! My bump was colossal by the end (it did contain a nearly 9lb-er though!)

@quiettimeneeded oh wow! Ok I'm going to stop worrying and enjoy those skinny jeans whilst I can !

@louiserachael I remember almost posting the same when I was around your weeks! It was so annoying not having a bump even though I knew I was pregnant. I think I 'popped' at about 17 weeks and was v proud of my little bump.
Now I am 35+4 and feel huuuuuge so don't worry, it will come in time

Not obviously pregnant until well after 20 weeks with my first, with my second I had to hide the obvious bump before my 12 weeks scan. Your bump will be there soon enough.
With that in mind, I look bigger at 22 weeks now than my friend did full term.

I argued with a checkout lady when I was 30 weeks with my first, she wouldn't believe I was 30 weeks as I was so tiny.
Next baby I was showing by 15 weeks and like a while by 30 weeks. Dread to think what it will be like with this one.

Enjoy it!

With my first I didn't start showing fully until close to 30 weeks, I just looked like I'd gained a few. I was a size 8 at the time.

I'm pregnant with my second now I'm a 10/12, I'm 13+4 and I can feel the bump but I just look like I've gained a lot of weight again for now. I think I'll be buying maternity jeans soon!

I didn't show with my first until I was about 20 weeks and even then it was a small bump! My friend who was pregnant at the same time didn't really have a bump until much later but she has a long body if that make sense and her baby was quite high up in her ribs. I think I'm going to start showing a lot earlier with this one!

Didn't show until 19 weeks with my DS and then it was only very slight! Proper bump around 24 weeks

I was a size 10 when I got pregnant, but had a bit of a belly from previously being a size 16. I didn't show until about 24 weeks. I went on holiday just before this and was sticking my belly out because I just looked a bit fat!

I didn't show until about 28 weeks.

Yes, enjoy the skinny jeans OP, your pregnancy sounds totally normal!

I went from having no bump to having quite a noticeable one ,literally in the space of a day, at exactly 16 weeks with DS. It was bizarre!