first time pregnancy
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Topic: first time pregnancy
Posted By: NovemberMum
Subject: first time pregnancy
Date Posted: 07 April 2007 at 7:56pm
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Posted By: sparkle
Date Posted: 07 April 2007 at 8:03pm
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Around 12 weeks I definitely had a bump. Now at 21 weeks I have a small mountain!!!! My boobs were the first to give it away though. I've gone up 2 sizes and I'm dreading when my milk comes in! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 07 April 2007 at 8:11pm
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Im only 7 weeks and I reckon by 12 weeks I will be showing and yeah my boobs have gotten bigger well according to my husband they have trust him to notice :P ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 07 April 2007 at 9:55pm
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I didn't show until 16-ish weeks, boobs finally grew at 6mos and never got bigger after then! -------------  |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 07 April 2007 at 10:21pm
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I was around 6 months. But I was big to start with, and I don't know if I really ever looked pregnant with Maya or just fatter than usual. I never had the round bump that I had from very early on with the gremlins ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 08 April 2007 at 1:20am
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I don't think I looked pregnant until I was about 20 weeks- and even then, only if I wore fitting tops. ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 08 April 2007 at 7:30am
| I started growing at like 10ish weeks, but I don't know when I actually looked pregnant. Even now I still get the odd person not realising that I'm pregnant and not just fatter lol |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 08 April 2007 at 8:44am
| My clothes where getting tight when I was 8 weeks pregnant. By 11 weeks I was in maternity pants, by 13 weeks strangers were guessing I was preg! Im pretty small, and Ive never had good stomach muscles so maybe that had something to do with me showing so big so quick?! |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 08 April 2007 at 9:15am
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I started having trouble with clothes at about 11 weeks and it felt like it was overnight. the bump was only visible if I wore certain clothes and prob around 16 weeks. Now at nearly 22 weeks its huge!!!!! I still think I just look fat but strangers are now automatically asking when its due so I must look preg.
Boobs only went up 1 size but really filled out. I think soon I will have to change my bras as the underwire is starting to rub the top of the bump. But I am dreading not having one as I am 18D at the moment!!! When I have tried the "supportive" no unerwire ones my boobs look like they are sitting under each armpit. |
Posted By: AN E
Date Posted: 08 April 2007 at 10:36am
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I didn't really start to show till I was about 20 weeks, and only then in tight tops! I think it depends on what size you are to start with, and where the baby lies.
As for bra size went from a 12B to 14D at about 15 weeks. I started to wonder why I was so sore around my boobs, and I didn't want to wear a bra!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 08 April 2007 at 11:19am
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My boobs still fit my normal bras (16 -18 DD usually), so that is lucky. A parent guessed I was pregnant at an even ing function when i was 12 weeks, but I didn't really show obviously until after 20 weeks. before that it could just have been a weight gain around the tummy. I am still in some prepreggy clothes, a couple of pairs of pants I had for school have elastic waist bands so they still fit fine. Most of my pre preggy t shirts are nearly too short over my bump, so I imagine I will be needing more tops in the next few weeks - but that isn't so bad when I have less than 11 weeks to go! -------------  
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Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 08 April 2007 at 12:28pm
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It is funny, I am over 6ft tall and tho I have put weight on over the last few years, I am probably only average weight (used to be skinny and am not anymore). People thought I was pregnant before I was and now think that I am showing, when I'm not. I have a little pot belly (DH says it is cute) and people think that is a pregnancy belly. I have not really changed shape yet at all, even DH says I don't really look any different. So funny to have people coming up and asking me when I am due - they think they can get away with it now!! ------------- Mum to two beautiful kids
Luke (09.11.2007) Amy (01.04.2009) |
Posted By: MelanieAndBree
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 12:48pm
Im too fat to look pregnant. lmao.
 ------------- Melanie. Mum to Briahna Robyn, 3yrs |
Posted By: Brenna
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 9:12pm
I *think* I was about 12ish weeks when I really started to notice, but probably not until about 14 weeks when people could tell and at that stage it looked more like a beer gut (as a woman I work with told me!!) I think by the time I got to 17-18 weeks, I definatley looked pregnant!------------- My beautiful 2 girls...nearly 4 and 13 months
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 9:21pm
I have had a bump which has stayed relatively the same size since about 4-5 months. Last month my aunty came over and said "Oh I was expecting you to be huge, but it just looks like you ate too much dinner". That was at seven months pregnant! 
Don't think she meant it to be rude, but still. |
Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 9:57am
| I just looked like I'd eaten all the pies til I was about 22 weeks - then I just popped out almost over night. I carried all out the front, from behind I didn't even look pregnant, but WOAH from the side or the front!!! |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 11:06am
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What do people mean when they say "you must be carrying a boy/girl because you are carrying it all out the front"? how do you carry it out the back? Do they mean that you are showing rather than not much? It confuses me as I get told this a lot and I would like to see someone with a camel like hump becasue they are carrying it out the back
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Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 11:47am
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I definatley have a little more belly that usual already! Lots of my pants are now too tight, and my favourite jeans are already a bit too uncomfotable to wear for long periods of time. I have lost weight everywhere else, so for a change its not just because I am a wee piggy and have eaten too much!!! I am pretty big normally (sitting anywhere between an 18-24!!) and was really worried about just looking fat! (see earlier thread from me having a panic!!) but it definatley looks like there is "something" in there now! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 12:03pm
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I had a friend guess at 7.5wks as I was already showing (although the boobs gave it away too) and my sister thought it must be twins at 8 weeks! (Its not!!). I couldn't do up my normal pants by about 8 weeks, and was in maternity pants by 12-14 weeks. Thankfully the growth rate slowed down - but now at almost 7 months I'm growing out of most of my maternity stuff and have to buy more!
I was small to begin with tho and my doc said my "bump" was just all my intestines being pushed up by my uterus at first (and probably fat!) - the "bump" didn't get hard til about 14-16 weeks. And like an e - my boobs went from a 12B - 14D ... hopefully they won't keep growing much more ...  ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: MelanieAndBree
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 1:15pm
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My boobs have not gotten much bigger yet. lol. I was scared they would get huge as they werent exctly small to begin with.
I think i look more pregnant than fat now hehe. Ive always been biggish so i was a bit paranoid that everyone will just think im putting on weight and i wouldnt look like im pregnant. My midwife asked me if id lost weight today so that was nice hehe. ------------- Melanie. Mum to Briahna Robyn, 3yrs |
Posted By: kabe
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 9:58am
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I'm 13 weeks and have got a noticeable bump. I'm quite slim normally, so I think only people who know me would notice. I lost quite abit of weight at the end of last year, so most of my pants are loose and should last me a while yet. I've stopped wearing fitted tops to work, as that's abit of a give away! ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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