8 weeks,3rd pregnancy, is this me starting to show already? PICTURE!

[tkeith8109]

A little background. I'm 23 and this is my 3rd pregnancy...in a year! I had my daughter back in September of last year, a m/c back in July at 7 1/2 wks and now I'm 8 wks pregnant again! My clothes have been getting tight and I know a lot of it was bloat at first but now that my stomach is starting to harden up I'm thinking this is actually my uterus since I have been pregnant 3 times in the past year and it probably never had enough time to fully go back to normal, since I've heard it takes about a year to fully recover and considering I got pregnant a 1 1/2 months after my last pregnancy. Am I really starting to show already? Also, with my first I was huge!!!! I looked like I was 5 months at 3 and my daughter was 9.6 lbs at birth. I also know you show sooner with the more you have and I started showing at about 10-11 wks with my first.

 

[April2012]

I am so frascinated by the process of "showing." It seems some women show soooo much earlier than others. I am 13.5 weeks, and I still wear my size O skirts. Granted, I am getting a little bloated in the evenings. I wonder when I will start to have an official bump. (sometimes my stomach is a little hard in the evening, but by morning all is back to normal.)

 

[leannejkl]

i feel my bump becomes a bump when its hard enough to no longer have over hang on my trousers.. sadly i still have overhang lol

 

[branjo]

I am definaitly showing already... this last week I've really popped out and this is my 3rd pregnancy as well! In the evenings I look 5-6 months pregnant. At 8 weeks I was showing only to me and my hubby... because we know what I normally look like nude..lol. But now all my family and friends look at me and say TWINS??? lol. They are teasin but I look prego to them now too! AHHH I was never like this with my other two!

 

[hollyk123]

This is my third and I'm showing a little. In fact a friend of mine asked the other day if I was pregnant because my stomach is not flat anymore.

 

[tkeith8109]

Branjo-do you have any pics?

 

[branjo]

https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/baktownsoldier/pregnancy%203rd%20baby/DSC_0250.jpg

this was a few days ago and I am already bigger.. keep in mind I am 5ft 8 and 127lbs. I had a super flat nice belly before this... so the bump is definitely there. STicking out about 3 inches now... and this is in the morning before eating.. after I eat I bloat up way bigger. By the evening time I am HUGE!

 

[RoseyCheeks]

Hi huni this is my third and I am showing people are actually looking at my belly now and not my face lol I was 10 stone before getting pregnant 5'7" and a uk size 12 so average for my height. I've not bought any mat clothes yet but I've bought leggings size 14-16 cos I can't do my jeans up lol! Like yous my tum is hard under my belly button so I know it's baby and not just bloat lol I was showing with my second early too I think I was about 10 weeks then. The more pregnancies you have especially if full term the more your muscles get stretched and unless you exercise rigorously which sorry I never lol then they never go completely back to their original state I don't carry slot of fat around my waist unfortunately it all goes on my ass lol! So that can be another reason for showing early xx

 

[branjo]

Here is me pre pregnancy! The best pic I could find showing my belly.... Man I miss being able to drink...
https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/baktownsoldier/225272_1722240255929_1236014901_31442599_1627296_n.jpg

 

[branjo]

but you can see how my hips stuck out further than my belly did... now I belly is sticking out way further than my hips...lol

 

[loverguts]

I could probably tell myself that i have a bump but in reality i know its just bloating and excess blubber left over from my last pregnancy. Haha. I can make myself look 4/5 months pregnant by eating a big dinner in the evening and pushing it all out. I think i probably could before i was even pregnant actually... maybe i have something wrong with me. Hehe.
I do wonder how some ladies have a bump so early when the baby is ridiculously tiny! I wonder how quickly the uterus expands, especially after its already done it before?

 

[April2012]

I can make myself look 4/5 months pregnant by eating a big dinner in the evening and pushing it all out. I think i probably could before i was even pregnant actually...

lol...me too. It would be perfectly round and hard! also, bloating can feel very hard.

 

[tkeith8109]

Wow cute baby bump! It's weird cause I feel like my stomach is only hard at the very bottom and a little up top and the middle gets hard only when I'm standing up,lol. I get way bigger after eating too. All I know is that I tend to carry bigger babies considering every child on my hubbys side was no smaller than 8 1/2 lbs. I'm 5'2 and my frame is small even though I'm a little overweight. Not to mention my boobs went up a full size with my first and my bra is starting to get tight...I feel sorry for myself lol.

 

[branjo]

wow you guys do have big babies!! All the babies on my side are 6-7 lbs. SO I am hoping this one is on the small end..lol. Mine gets harder when I stand up too... but there is no more sucking it in.. when I try to push it in I can't breathe and I can't push it in much at all... lolSo weird..I can't wait until I am 3 months because I have an old pic of me prego with my 1st that I can compare to.

 

[tkeith8109]

I wish I had smaller babies, try carrying a 9.6 lb baby lol. I can't suck mine in either, if I do my stomach starts to cramp up cause it's a constant struggle and it keeps popping out on it's own. I just gave up. I started showing at 10-11 wks with my first so I figure since my uterus has been so stretched the past year and you do start showing sooner with your 2nd and 3rd then that's the reason and that's my story lol. I just hate being in that transition stage...where you don't look pregnant and you just look pregnant lol..can't wait till 3 months where it makes more sense to say I'm pregnant not just fat and people don't look at me crazy!

 

[tkeith8109]

Branjo-I also saw the names of your kids and the funny thing is that we decided on Blake for a boy and Brooke for the middle name for the girl...great minds think a like!

 

[branjo]

yes agreed... I feel like people that don't know me or know what I did look like before think I just had a few too many donuts and they all settled in my butt and belly!!! LOL

 

[tkeith8109]

This was me at 37 weeks with my daughter!

 

[tkeith8109]

Haha that's funny. Well I'm overweight and after my c-section it completely ruined everything lol so people probably just think I'm eating way too much! Luckily it's round and not flabby anymore

 

[branjo]

lol yea i love those names.. just saw your post about that. We just used our middle names for our kids.. my son got his dad's middle name and Brooke got mine. Hence Brooke Michelle and Blake Joseph. What is the first name you have to go with Brooke?