when did you start wearing maternity clothes

[Brown Eyed Gurl]

I'm only 7 weeks but for the past week my clothes have felt snug and uncomfortable.  Enough so that I've been wearing stretchy clothes and loser clothes.  I feel like I've already got a pooch in the making but I've actually lost 3 lbs. so when did you all start showing?  I don't think I'm showing just really really bloated.

[rachie204]

With my first I didnt show at all until I was prob. 5 months or so.  But I got REALLY big after that...(i gained 65 lbs) ...second pregnancy my stomach was very big at like 6 weeks and started wearing maternity clothes.  I am hoping I am pregnant now so that I can wear them again as I have a BUNCH i didnt get to wear due to the miscarriage.

[LosingMyMindInGA]

lol, I thought twins too...not only becuase of the size issue, but becuase I seemed to have the symptoms 5 times worse than I ever have.  U/S yesterday only showed one...but ya never know. LOL

[Brown Eyed Gurl]

Well I'd definatly wear PJ pants if I could get away with it  but I might get some people mad at me at work.....but I've been wearing athletic pants so what's the difference  LOL......I'm seriously wondering if maybe twins with the bulge showing so early and me being over weight.

[JoyRenee]

What happens is that any pressure on your tummy can make you queasy. Wearing maternity clothes will def. help! I can't remember how far along I was. I think I wore pajama bottoms for the first couple months.

[ExpectingaRedhead]

My belly didn't start to really grow until around 23-24 weeks. I  started wearing maternity jeans and tops around 26 weeks. People still can't tell I'm pregnant though, and I'm almost 29 weeks! That's probably a good thing though!

[beautifullychaotic]

With my first born I was wearing them around 5 or 6 months....but with my second....I was into them like as soon as I found out I was pregnant which was like 5 weeks!  I dint feel comfortable in anything until those maternity clothes were on! haha

[loismwallace]

I didn't have to start wearing them until 10wks, but hey sometimes it's fun to just shop and this gives you an excuse

[Leanna26]

With first mc I started wearing maternity clothes at 12 weeks. I was having twins...

2nd mc didnt need them.
3rd mc about 12 weeks again.
This pregnancy I am 12 weeks and just starting to wear maternity again. Even though I lost 8 lbs since my first visit. lol

[sameerab]

im 9 weeks and ive been bloated out of this world so it looks like im 6 months lol and im not even overweight i cant fit any of my clothes i cant even look at my size 5 6 or 7 jeans so now i have to just settle for the 8 or 9 which is not maternity clothes by far but it is for me

[diela]

I am 2 days shy from my 6th week and to tell you the truth, i am getting fat around my waist already..!! i have bee travelling and i took a lot of pics and i can clearly see in those pics that there is hangover around my waist when i wear tight jeans and my boobs look like there are gonna pop out from the t-shirt..!!! LOL.

i have bought maternity clothes and i cant wait to wear them...!!!

[LosingMyMindInGA]

With my first pregnancy I never wore maternity clothes...just stretchy  pants and t-shirts....but some peopel couldn't tell I was pregnant even at 8 months.

With my 2nd full term preg.  I guess I started around 4 or 5 months

With my 3rd it was prolly about 3 or 4 months

With my 4th it was about 3 months

With this one it just seems that I'm either bloated or something...Even my stretchy sleep pants are getting tighter.  I had to pull out the maternity clothes or I'd be running around naked and believe me, it's not a pretty sight LOL.  

I started this pregnancy overweight (5'5" / 170 lbs)  I'm not "showing" per se" but i'm definately looking bigger...it just doesn't look like "pregnancy" it looks like "fat gut" LOL  I already had most of my old maternity clothes, I just had to buy some jeans.  They are just a tad bit big, but are far more comfortable than my regular clothes at this point.  I never "felt" bigger this early on in any of my other pregnancies.  I dont' make it obvious that I'm wearing maternity clothes-I only wear things that pass off as normal stuff.  

[Brown Eyed Gurl]

The other 2 I was 8 weeks and 6 weeks but I think the first one the baby died before the 8 weeks I just started bleeding then.

[kennedydp5]

when i found out i was preg this time my youngest dd was only 6 months old!  i had been working very hard to loose the baby weight and was almost where i wanted to be and was buying size small shirts and tank tops and feeling very good about my accomplishments...  and then we found out we were being blessed w/ another child!  i still wore my small stuff for a couple weeks but then i went and bought some loose fitting tunic length shirts on clearance to get through the transition stage (you know when no one knows if you're preg or just getting fat!?!?)  and now i'm wearing my old maternity shirts but i'm still wearing my own jeans.  but that will change very soon!  my jeans are comfortable to wear until i sit down and they kinda dig into my belly a little to where i have to unbutton them.  i'm 16 weeks now...

[Brown Eyed Gurl]

Yep I'm 7 weeks and I'm starting to wonder how many are in there cause I feel huge already maybe just from the bloating but huge none the less.   I get another u/s Tuesday so guess I'll know how many are in there then  LOL   I'm gonna try to just wear stretchy pants til 12 weeks or so then maybe go for the maternity wear.

[lmrsoldier]

With my first pregnancy, I was literally showing a pouch at 8 weeks!! It's very normal to notice it right away with first-time pg, because your uterus hasn't had anything growing in it yet. The only difference between like your first and multiples, is that you can't feel the baby move very early on in your first. I felt this one move my 11th week!!! I about peed myself when I felt her, and she's been playin' soccer with my bladder ever since!! lol   I think if you've had m/c previously, this could still be like your first, if you've already carried longer, so the growing could very well be from the uterus!!

[chantal21]

Hey! So glad to hear you are 7 weeks!! =) My clothes started getting tight and uncomfortable by about week 8-9. But I wasn't ready to buy maternity clothes then so I held out until I was about 15-16 weeks! Don't know how I went that long. lol. It's weird too because I thought I looked really big and pregnant all along and someone just told me the other day that about a month ago they didn't even know I was pregnant!! lol. I am 24 weeks...how could they not tell at 20?? haha. I'm huge now.

[Brown Eyed Gurl]

This is my 3rd pregnancy but first healthy one the other 2 were MC's so I don't know what to expect.  But I seriously look pregnant already I'm also bigger girl not huge but my belly actually looks pregnant.....

[kirby26]

Is it common in your first pregnancy to show early?? im 5'5 and usually weigh anywhere from 120-130. but i seriously have a pooch.

[danielle72007]

I'm 9 weeks today and I have actually lost a couple pounds, but I feel a little bigger, if anything I just look bloated.. my pants don't feel comfortable anymore, I haven't bought a belly-band thing, so I've just been rigging them up with a rubber band haha..

[lmrsoldier]

I'm actually a bigger girl, so I don't know if this makes a difference or not...but I didn't have to start wearing maternity clothes until the first week of my 5th month, and this is my 3rd pregnancy. I was in my 14s right up until then, nobody even knew I was prego. It was nice....it might just be that y'all are bloated or, you just might keep on growing!! Which is ok too, cuz I love the baby bump, it's one of the best things about being pg!!! Good luck ladies!!

[LosingMyMindInGA]

I've been wearing maternity jeans since about week 6.  I'm now 8 wks 3 days.  None of my regular jeans fit me comfortably anymore.  Even some of my shirts are tighter.  I've lost a pound or two but feel bigger.  I just look fat though. :)  This is pregnancy #7 for me though so my muscle tone is like non existant at this point so I guess it'll all just "hang out" so to speak LOL

[kirby26]

I am almost 8 weeks... and I feel like i am already showing!! everything fits except for my belly! my hips are no longer there and i have a little pooch.