Hey everyone,
How soon did you start showing with your second pregnancy and how many years apart are your children? I'm currently 13 weeks pregnant with my second child and I already have a belly! I had my first child almost 6 years ago. Do you still show sooner even though there has been so much time between the two pregnancies? I'm still able to wear my normal jeans and scrubs (the scrub tops are starting to get small), but I almost feel embarrassed because I'm showing so soon!
Sooner with the second. With my first around 20 weeks, and with my second definately by 16 weeks. My kids are almost 4 years apart.
With my first I was wearing clothes I didn't fit into before I was pregnant at 6 months! I was really sick with her.
My boys, I feel like I put on the maternity clothes as soon as the line appeared!
I started wearing maternity pants at 8 wks with my second. Dont be embarrassed, be excited.
yes, much sooner. My theory is the muscles of the stomach wall are irreperably altered with your 1st pregnancy, creating a baby sack. No matter what you do, or even how flat you get your stomach, your hips will always be wider and those muscles will always be looser, inmo.
I was pregnant with my second when my first was only 14 months, but I had lost pretty much all of the baby weight. Nevertheless, I started showing very early, around 6 weeks, YIKES! I wore some looser pants until about 9-10 weeks, then I gave up and wore maternity clothes or pants that had elastic waists. My doctor said it's normal to show sooner with subsequent pregnancies, even if there is a gap between them, because your body is stretched out and just knows what to do. Good luck and enjoy the time!
By week 8 I was already out of my regular jeans! I only gained 1 lb more with my second, and he was 3lb more than his sister!
It is completely normal to show sooner regardless of how long it has been (there's 15 years between my two). Everything has already been stretched and your body now knows what to do and starts doing it sooner.
Yes #2 showed sooner By more 4th month I was in maternity :) Same with #3
DEFINITELY showed sooner with the 2nd (I also still had a lot of baby weight from the first, she was only 10 months old when I got pregnant the 2nd time)...
With the 3rd, I was in maternity jeans within weeks. I just quit, LOL! Thing is, I gained less weight with each pregnancy, but since my body already knew how to stretch out, oh, stretch out it did!!
Don't feel bad.
First- about 6 mos
Second (3.5 mos after first was born)- about 10 or so weeks
Third (12 mos after second was born)-about 8-10 weeks
Miscarriage (20 mos after third was born)-6-8 weeks
Fourth (15 mos after miscarriage)- I am 11 weeks now and I've been in maternity pants since about 5 or 6 weeks.
My first pregnancy I was huge, really I was like a cartoon, and as soon as my body figured out I was going to have number 2 it's as if it said "heeeey, we've done this before, let's see if we can get even bigger!". :-) I gained less weight but was showing probably by 10 weeks. Congrats!
Sure did show faster with my second! I was starting to show just before I miscarried with my third pregnancy and with my third child (4th pregnancy) I was completely in maternity pants by 8 weeks. I had already been doing the elastic band through the buttonhole to make my other pants fit before that point.
Congratulations!
Don't be embarrassed, be proud...congratulations!
Blessings.....
I am 15 weeks pregnant with my second child and they will only be about 4 years apart.....i have a little belly that shows from the side view or if im looking down at it. "myths" out there say that the second kid you show sooner.....good luck with everything!!
My kids are also only 17 months apart (1st baby was 10 months old when I was pregnant again). With the 1st I didn't gain any weight or show until almost 7 months along. With the 2nd I started showing about 4 1/2-5 months. Overall I gained 2 pounds less the 2nd time around.
totally normaly!!! that baby dosnt have to work as hard to stretch stuff out this big brother/sister already did it for them i about hit the floor when my feet disappeared at like 21 weeks lol
My kids are almost 6 years apart. With my second, I was 14 weeks when a friend I hadn't seen in a while (and hadn't told) came up to me and said "congratulations!" It was that obvious. I gained about the same amount of weight, but my belly was much bigger (I also delivered early with the first). Also....had the first at 29 and the second at 35. The skin on my abdomen had not gone back like it did with the first. :(
I was in maternity pants by 12 weeks with my second. My kids are about 5 1/2 years apart.
Oh, yes! I was six weeks pregnant with my second pregnancy, and my coworkers were already asking my team if I was pregnant. So, not only did I have a belly, people could already figure it out.
I didn't start showing until I was 6-7 months with my first! I got pregnant with my second when my first was 19 months old and I had a little belly by 14 weeks. Don't feel embarassed it's totally normal! Congrats!
CONGRATULATIONS!
Dont be embarrassed, It sounds healthy to me! I threw up so much with my second that I probably didnt show any sooner though most people do. I was hospitalized for dehydration and lost a lot of weight. So enjoy your belly!
