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When did your first "bump" start to show?

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LackingNicknameInspiration · 18/04/2007 19:29

Hello All!

This is my first post, although I suspect it's going to be the first of many as, having got my BFP at the end of January, I have realised that I know absolutely NOTHING about this whole pregnancy/baby lark! Agh! Thank goodness for mumsnet - it's been my most useful source of info to date (she said, sycophantically....)
Anyway, for reasons I won't bore you with, I haven't yet told work I'm pregnant (this week is my first opportunity to do so but having trouble getting to speak to the person in question). Am slightly concerned that I might be starting to show (am 16 +5)as two people have offered me seats on tube in past two days, which is earlier than I expected (no basis for this, though). It did strike me that I might just be fatter than normal, having only really managed to eat junk food for the first ten weeks and, while I'm better now, I still can't really start the day without a couple of biscuits! Hoping it won't be a problem anyway, presuming that I can tell work this week, but just interested to know when you started to show with first pg (I understand it's generally earlier with 2nd?) and if you do show early, do you grow at a similar rate throughout the pg??
In which case, I'm off to find some exercise classes!

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Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Tinasan · 20/04/2007 10:44

I had a definite bump at around 12 weeks but I'm quite small (5'4) with very narrow hips and a short body...the midwife said there was nowhere else for the baby to go but outwards! It really depends on your build, my friend was pregnant at the same time as me and is the same height and slim, but long-waisted and she didn't show until around 20 weeks...

pistachio · 20/04/2007 11:06

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beckmo · 20/04/2007 14:19

I was about 21 weeks. I thought I was showing earlier but I saw photo of me showing off my 'bump' at 16 weeks and I just look like I had eaten a particularly large pie.Having said that I'm now 33 weeks and have a nice proper sticky out bump but still haven't been offered a seat on the tube...what's your secret?!

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