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When did you actually start looking pregnant?

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squiglyline · 13/04/2018 16:49

When did you start showing?
I’m 14 weeks and I’m going between my stomachs just not flat anymore to a bit bloated at night after dinner.
I really want my bump and to look pregnant 🙈
I know it will come but as a FTM I’m really excited 🤰

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Hypermice · 13/04/2018 16:51

First time about 14 weeks.
Second time about two days ... Grin

Poppins2016 · 13/04/2018 16:58

I seemed to pop slightly at 14 weeks and now at 16.5 weeks I've popped again... Bump suddenly seems more bump like, there's no denying it's there! This is my first pregnancy.

Lilly1207 · 13/04/2018 16:59

My first pregnancy I was 20 weeks, I was very young and very slim back then.

I've just found out I'm pregnant again 9 years later, about 4 weeks, and I just look bloated 🙈 I'm expecting to show much sooner this time round xx

Poppins2016 · 13/04/2018 17:01

@squiglyline I forgot to say, I understand your impatience, I'm the same, can't wait to look 'more pregnant'! I'm sure I'll regret saying that in a couple of months time...

0to3sadonions · 13/04/2018 17:02

About 3 minutes after I got my bfp. This is my 4th though

60sname · 13/04/2018 17:07

I thought from about 15 weeks (dc2) but judging by comments at work, actually about 28 weeks....

SuzieKD · 13/04/2018 17:09

I'm a first-timer and didn't get a noticeable bump until 24 weeks. Before getting pregnant I was a size 10-12 with a very flat stomach so for most of the second trimester I just looked like I'd put on a couple of kilos. Which I had, obviously! 29 weeks now and bump is starting to encroach on my lungs!

liveinthemo · 13/04/2018 18:07

I'm a FTM and I started to show at about 15 weeks and as soon as I started to show I just carried on growing bigger and bigger! I'm currently 27 weeks and I am hugeeeee! Have looked very 'pregnant' since atleast 19 weeksGrin!!

Sunflower2018 · 13/04/2018 18:26

I think I look quite big to say I'm about 7 weeks. My sister in fact, pointed out today that I look bigger than she did at 20 weeks pregnant! Hmm

Oysterbabe · 13/04/2018 18:33

About 1998 after I got a part-time job in a chip shop.

lookingforaline18 · 13/04/2018 18:44

I'm 17 weeks now and I have to wear baggy tops now because I have an obvious bump! Won't be able to hide it for much longer!

Praisebe · 13/04/2018 18:46

Im only about 4 weeks and im showing already Confused im fairly slim so maybe its that but I've got a little bump already and my jeans are becoming uncomfortable

pimlicolife · 13/04/2018 19:41

Sometime after 20 weeks.

0to3sadonions · 13/04/2018 20:05

@oysterbabe 😂😂😂

UrgentExitRequired · 13/04/2018 20:05

I'd say from about 10 weeks!

Flatwhite32 · 13/04/2018 20:13

First time mum here (well, second pregnancy, but lost my first at 12 weeks). I started showing a bit at 16 weeks (looked like I had just put on some weight though) then it became more obvious at 20 weeks. Now I'm 25+4 and there's no hiding it!

Aria2015 · 13/04/2018 20:16

Only had one and it was ages but I'm tall. Looking at my bump photos I had a jump from bloated belly to pregnant belly between 26 and 28 weeks. I never got really big though (no outie belly button if anything) and had a smallish baby.

jubbablub · 13/04/2018 20:22

Also wondering this. I’m 17 weeks and just look like I’ve had a bowl of pasta. The baby is definitely out of my pelvis as the midwife had to go right up towards my belly button to hear the heartbeat on the Doppler earlier this week.

bassackwards · 13/04/2018 21:45

Around 20 weeks for me. Took a lot longer than I thought it would.

niclw · 13/04/2018 22:27

About 17 weeks for me. I'm 18 and avbit now with my first. The first thing my mum said when she saw me yesterday was that I was showing. I was hoping to hide it in a nice baggy top but it didn't work.

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squiglyline · 14/04/2018 08:58

Thanks ladies, I suppose it’s different for everyone. I’m tall with a slim build so maybe baby has found somewhere to hide just now.
I suppose I should be grateful most of my clothes still fit. Jeans don’t but that’s what jeggings are for.

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LisaSimpsonsbff · 14/04/2018 09:01

At 16 weeks I could see a definite bump, but it was about 22 weeks before other people noticed (of their own accord - people who know you're pregnant will always claim to be able to see a bump, in my experience!). I also had a swollen stomach throughout my first trimester but that was bloat, not bump, and went away around week 12 or 13.

LaurG · 14/04/2018 09:05

24 weeksish. Could still hide it then. Now almost 28 weeks and there’s NO hiding it now! Can’t beleive how big it’s got in the last two weeks!

GinUnicorn · 14/04/2018 09:06

About 20 weeks I looked either like I was pregnant or like I'd had a really big lunch as belly stuck out. A few weeks later it looked a lot more obviously pregnant.

MonkeyPoke · 14/04/2018 09:07

I went only holiday with no.2 at 19 weeks and I could hide my bump whilst in a bikini. Just. As long as I didn't eat 😂

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