Anyone else clearly showing at beginning of second trimester?

I started showing at 12 weeks (at least that DH and I noticed, b/c we were looking). I'm going to be 14 weeks tomorrow, and I feel like I look way too big! This is my first pregnancy that has made it past 6.5 weeks, so I don't think I can attribute it to past pregnancies. Part of the problem is that my sweaters are fitted to begin with, so I can't camouflage my belly too well with what I already own. I need to buy more maternity clothing, but with the holidays coming, I've been slow to start, so I really only have a couple of pairs of pants (jeans & leggings), and a couple of sweaters.

On one hand, I don't mind showing, b/c it's a comfort to see that a baby really is growing in there. On the other hand, I'm already starting to get a few comments at work that I'm showing early. Am I alone?

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aww don't worry, I was asked at 13 weeks by a coworker and yes, I was wearing a fitted sweater that day

most of my clothes were pretty fitted so i outgrew them pretty fast

you can check out my belly pics in my album. My 12 week pic may not look like I'm really showing but like you, I could tell the difference on my own body.

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I was showing by then when pregnant with my first (and definitely with my second).

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I was.

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With my first I came out at work right at 12 weeks because I just couldn't hide it anymore. It was very obvious.

With this baby, I was already full on in maternity pants at 8 weeks and showing. By 10-12 weeks, it was wayyy obvious. I'm 19 weeks now, but I look like 7 months!

Some people show quicker than others. Embrace it

I will say though - at 3.5 months I was shopping with my MIL and someone congratulated me and asked how far along I was. I felt so embarrased to say not even 4 months yet. Trust me, their faces were so "not even 4 months yet??? WOW, BIG BABY!" ... oh well, what can I do. My weight gain hasn't been very much, so it's not that. Just how I carry.

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I think the progesterone you were on for the first 12wks or so contribute to bloating, etc. and giving the appearance of showing early even though you are no longer on it. With my first pregnancy, I started showing around the same time. Actually, at 9wks someone at work commented and said I was carrying like I was having a boy!!

Some people show earlier.. some later.. Embrace it!

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This was my 2nd pregnancy and I felt like I was starting to show at around 9-10 weeks or so! I was already in maternity pants by then (regular tops) because my reg pants were just not doing it, and I think that accentuated it.

No worries! You are pregnant! Flaunt it!

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I showed around 15-16 weeks with my 1st pregnancy...newly pregnant now and feel like I'm showing already this 2nd time around.
In the beginning of my 1st pregnancy I lived in open cardigans...they hide the belly well!

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this is my second baby and I still didnt start showing till about 23 weeks. BUT i would have loved to start showing sooner. I love having a preggo belly. Enjoy this time and flaunt it momma to be

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i was definitely showing at 13 weeks and then my bump kind of stayed approximately the same for awhiles. i think some gals just put weight on differently or baby grows differently. at 28 weeks now, i don't look that much bigger than when i was 20 weeks!

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I don't think I'm showing b/c my belly has always been fat.

I will tell you though - I am rotating through one pair of jeans and three pairs of work pants that I HAVE NOT WASHED in like 4 weeks b/c I'm afraid I won't be able to fit into them anymore.

Yes - 4 weeks. They are walking on their own.

Having admitted that - I probably won't come out of hiding.

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I'm 17 weeks and don't think I'm showing, but my family says I am. I don't notice it. And a guy that I work with told me the other day that I've "popped", but I still don't see it

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UMmmm - look at this picture and tell me what you think 12 weeks, Baby #3.

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I did. At 13 weeks a coworker I barely knew congratulated me on my pregnancy. No one had told her but my belly was that obvious at that point. Now at 26 weeks people keep asking me if I'm having a Christmas baby!!!

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I'll be 9 weeks tomorrow and got asked today if I was pregnant. It's my second pregnancy, but I thought I was still ok at hiding it. I guess I was wrong.

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Posted by HolyCrap

I don't think I'm showing b/c my belly has always been fat.

I will tell you though - I am rotating through one pair of jeans and three pairs of work pants that I HAVE NOT WASHED in like 4 weeks b/c I'm afraid I won't be able to fit into them anymore.

Yes - 4 weeks. They are walking on their own.

Having admitted that - I probably won't come out of hiding.

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I'm gigantic! maybe it's bc I am 5'1'' & was 125 lbs when i got prego but I'm HUGE! my stomach is ginormous! I look like people I know who are due in january & I'm due in april. I'm not complaining bc its worth it & I will lose it after baby comes but its a little ridiculous! LOL! I told DH the other day that if a stranger asks me when im due, im going to say march

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I feel like I'm showing already. A couple of people say I am but they know im pregnant. No random person has said anything yet. But I get stomach pains from trying to hold my stomach in at work. At the end of the day I feel like I spent hours at the gym working on abs... I'm assuming it's from trying to suck in my belly... ?
And I'm only between 10-11 weeks with baby #1

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I couldn't fit into my regular clothes at 10 weeks. But people didn't start to notice until about 16 weeks

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I've been showing since 11 weeks now at 15 weeks I look like I did when I was 20 weeks with dd.