Second Baby, When Did You Start Showing?

Updated on April 12, 2011
M.M. asks from Lake Charles, LA
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I'm pregnant with number two and I'm curious when other women started showing with their second pregnancies? I'm way more in shape now than i was before number one and I didn't start showing until 5 or 6 months... but it's at 5 weeks now and I feel like my stomach is a little bloated, I'm thinking "I can't possibly be starting to show!" I have a dr. appt on thursday but I figured I'd ask you guys to get a better idea!

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S.C.

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I was three months on my first and 5 weeks on my second.That difference is even considering the fact that I weighed exactly the same at the beginning of each pregnancy and lost more weight with my second pregnancy (had terrible "morning sickness" and lost weight through the first trimester in both). I also gained less weight the second time but had a larger belly (and larger baby). I guess my abdominal muscles just never entirely recovered after the first pregnancy.

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M.O.

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The minute I found out I was pregnant - LOL

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M.M.

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Second time around, the body seems to recall all too well how to get big :( I was 19 weeks along with my first when I told people at work! I swear 2 hours after I took the pregnancy test with my 2nd I felt like I needed maternity pants!! CRAZY!!

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J.H.

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i knew before i had missed a period because i immediately had a poochiness that hadn't been there before. clothes didn't fit by 4 weeks!! congrats...siblings are so incredible!

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J.S.

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Probably about 10 weeks I noticed my pants getting too tight.

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K.G.

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With my second, I was very nauseous. More than I ever thought possible, as a matter of fact. The idea of eating was abhorrent to me. I ended up losing 20 pounds right away.

I started showing at about 5 months with him, but my friends said it looked like a stick swallowed a grape. By that time I'd realized that I could eat until about noon, and then I could eat cereal with milk. That was it. My symptoms lasted the whole pregnancy.

S.J.

answers from St. Louis on

I started showing about 20 weeks with baby 1, 18 weeks with baby 2 and 18 weeks with baby 3. I am a small girl with a flat tummy, so I expected to show a lot earlier. Then, by 35 weeks I was ready to stop "showing" so much!

Happy pregnancy!

A.S.

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I was showing with my 2nd pg by 16wks.

My 1st... I didn't really start to show until nearly the end.
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This is visibly speaking.

I had to stop wearing my reg. jeans/pants almost right away. Like maybe 8wks along.

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B.

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I started showing almost right way with #2, I gained half the weight the 2nd time and showed MUCH earlier.

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J.B.

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I was 12 weeks with my second when I noticed the clothes were getting too tight. Good luck! Enjoy this wonderful time in your life!

A.G.

answers from Dallas on

Immediately, but I'm only 4'11 and very small. I got huge with each pregnancy, and then returned to my normal size soon after. I think I was showing with my first pregnancy by 12 weeks, and with my second pregnancy it was earlier than that. I carried both of my babies right out front too, so maybe that had something to do with it. Congratulations on your pregnancy!

M.B.

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I think I started showing about 9 weeks with #2 and probably 6 weeks with #3. You are probably bloated though from hormones. In the beginning I felt huge even though I lost weight! You will have your "fat" and "skinny" days. I think its pretty normal.

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