Overweight- when did you show

[SRK16]

I’m nearly 15 weeks with my second pregnancy and think I am showing. But I’m actually really struggling to tell what is bloat, what is having put more weight on etc. With my first pregnancy I was quite a bit slimmer and I think I started showing around 16 weeks, but maybe not obviously to others until 20 weeks.
I’ve also forgotten ‘where’ you show- as in, lower belly or upper? I have quite a lot of lower belly fat, not helped by having a c-section overhang (painting a lovely picture here aren’t I!). I feel like I’m showing in my upper abdomen, above my belly button. But constantly second guessing myself and feeling self conscious due to my weight, so hiding my stomach a lot.
if you were/are overweight, do you know when you started to look pregnant to others?

You start to show lower down, you won’t show higher up and further along. With my second I was over weight. I bloated really badly from very early on, at my 8 week appointment the midwife had to check she hadn’t got me mixed up with her third trimester lady I was that bloated. It never went away, just eventually turned into a baby bump

That’s helpful, thank you. Maybe it is just bad bloating for me too. I certainly feel incredibly bloated, but was hoping it would settle down soon 😭

Been overweight in both my pregnancies.

With my first (imo) you couldn't tell I was pregnant until after 30 weeks. I was still fitting into my regular clothes until then anyway.

With my second, I was asked straight if I was pregnant at 8 weeks. They weren't wrong to ask, as I definitely looked like I was! I don't know if it was bloat though. It always felt hard/bump like to me. Had to break out the maternity clothes well before the end of the first trimester.

Baby shows from lower down, however your intestines get pushed higher up so it looks like it's whole pregnancy belly. I'm nearly 12 weeks pregnant, not overweight but it all expanded from bottom up to my breasts. I feel a bit weird too, my last pregnancy was over 10 years ago but do t remember showing so early so much. I think the more pregnancies the quicker we show. It also depend on height if you are tall then that upper part will not come up as fast, I'm average 5'4.