Question for the mommies who showed really early with number two

[too_scared]

I'm currently 11 weeks pregnant with number two and I look about 5 months pregnant already!

My question is did you ladies who showed early keep growing or did you get so far and stop for a while? I'm scared I'm going to be huge!

 

[Rickles]

Stalking!

 

[RcdM]

Hmm I never thought about it really but now that you ask, I think the growing started to slow down a bit after I popped out. I am 21 weeks and already way bigger than I was with my first at 30 weeks! I started showing around 12 weeks and I'd say I REALLY popped out around 16 weeks and I've grown since then but not at some crazy rate. It seems I just popped out super fast but then having been growing like normal from there. That could just be me though! I haven't gained a whole lot of weight, it's just been my belly that looks huge. I didn't even start showing with my first until like 23 weeks, so it's definitely been way earlier for me this time around.

 

[too_scared]

Thanks

I seriously popped at 7 or 8 weeks! I pretty much can't hide it anymore. I had a scan already and know there's only one! Haha!

I felt like I was huge with my son. I gained 35 lb but it was all belly. I'm so scared I'm going to be so big I won't be able to move with this one! So far I don't think I gained much at all, thankfully. I guess maybe my stomach muscles are just crap still. I will be working out ASAP after this one comes! Haha!

 

[MummyToAmberx]

It was steady growth till 28w then i grew massive, i was twice size at end compared to first born.
Funnily enough she came out almost 1lb lighter haha.

 

[too_scared]

Thank you

I'm hoping number two will be around the same size as number one was. He was 6 11.

 

[Veronicaco]

I had a LOT of bloat early on and then it faded a bit. A couple of weeks later my belly popped. Its now only marginally bigger than first time around x

 

[too_scared]

Thanks

 

[mrspeanut]

This time I had a major bloat from around 8 weeks to about 16 weeks! I showed early on, but then it seemed to settle down. I've got a big bump now lol but I'm not sure it's that much bigger than before

 

[too_scared]

Thanks

My belly doesn't feel like bloat at all. Maybe it is, though, and it'll go down/just turn into a bump and not get much bigger for a while.

 

[kaylamariee]

I know how you feel!
I had a little belly going at 10 weeks already!
I'm now 22 weeks and as big as was at 32 weeks with my first!
A little freaked out.. Lol

 

[k1w1mum]

I will be stalking this thread ..

with my first pregnancy I didn't show for a long time, and then all of a sudden got massive. This time around, I'm only 6 weeks but have a little bump already, although it is all just feeling like gas, it is very hard to disguise! eek...

 

[hotslinthesun]

I showed early with my first pregnancy so I knew it would be coming again this time! I was in maternity clothes at 12 weeks with this pregnancy. I've found that the growth definitely continues, but instead of growing out the bump just keeps moving higher right now. I'm measuring about 2 1/2 weeks ahead at this point (but ultrasound confirms my due date is as expected), but like I said, it's mostly in bump height instead of depth or width... if that makes any sense... hahaha.

 

[too_scared]

Kayla, that's scary! Hopefully your belly slows down soon!

Hot, my belly seems to be doing that right now, moving up from where bloat would be to looking like a proper bump! It's a little crazy.

 

[Lavendel]

i showed as early as 9weeks and now at 23 weeks im huge!! compared to the first one, i look like 30+ weeks! baby measures smaller though in comparison, midwife said also that baby lies very low and i can actually feel it "sticking out", while baby #1 was more growing vertically. if that makes sense to anyone.
im so afraid of streched marks..i didnt have them with my first..
good luck to u all!

 

[too_scared]

Thanks

 

[Enasy]

This is my first pregnancy but from 6 weeks I had started to show, at 8weeks i looked like I was 18 weeks. I couldn't hide it at all. It pretty much stayed the same until I was 18 ish weeks and now i am getting bigger still

 

[too_scared]

I think I may put my kiddo's "big bro" T-shirt on him tomorrow when we go to baby group so I won't have to try to hide this belly anymore. Haha!

It seems maybe over the past few days there's been some shrinkage. Maybe some of it was bloat. But, maybe not because dh told me a little while ago that my belly is really popped.