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When did you start showing 2nd time around?

8 replies

Winnipeggy · 19/12/2023 13:07

Trying to differentiate between bloat and a bump. I didn't start showing until about 15 weeks last time but I'm 8-9 and can feel a roundness. Although....y'know...pizza.

Did others start showing earlier with their second? Do you remember when you first saw bump?

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MamaTryingHerBest · 19/12/2023 13:11

I've got 4 children. On my first I didn't show until around 16w, 2nd baby I was about 9w and my last 2 babies sooner again; both around 7 weeks

pinkfunk · 19/12/2023 13:15

10ish weeks I could see my bump,
12 weeks most people could see!

glasspaw · 19/12/2023 13:32

I was so bloated I was honestly looking pregnant at 5 weeks! I had to cancel a swimming meet with my sister because in a swimsuit there was no hiding it.

It settled towards the 10 week mark then started quickly turning into bump. By 14 weeks I couldn’t really hide it again.

Winnipeggy · 19/12/2023 13:58

Oh wow so it defo does come earlier! Just seems so mad since baby is literally about a cm or two big. You'd think I had a small melon in there already 😂

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Wheeeeee · 19/12/2023 15:57

Currently 13 weeks but have been insanely bloated since about week 8. Can't really call it a bump as it really is just bloat but but it's still very noticeable!

Puppupandaway · 19/12/2023 16:04

With my first I had no visible bump at the 12 week scan, with my second I could see a bump by that point. I was much bigger, much earlier all the way through the second pregnancy. I found up to 12 weeks I had a lot of growing pain, apparently it's due to the ligaments stretching that had previously been stretched so it's more painful. Congrats.

PickledScrump · 19/12/2023 17:11

The bloat was so bad with my second. At my 8 week appointment my midwife thought I was her 8 month lady. Thankfully it was lockdown as it looked like a huge baby bump very early on there was no hiding it

Tryingtoconceivenumber2 · 19/12/2023 17:38

Yes definitely earlier the 2nd time. Didn't show until around 16 weeks the first time, 2nd time there was an obvious bump from 10/11 weeks and I was looking bloated from about 8 x

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