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5787844 tn?1376078984

for anyone who started their pregnancy over weight...

When did you start showing with each pregnancy?
With my 2nd i was only slightly over weight. Started being obviously pregnant around 20 weeks..  Im heavier for my 3rd...im afraid I'm gonna have people going "is she just fat,or pregnant? " lol

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5787844 tn?1376078984
I know all about being busty.... Im a 40DDD pre pregnancy.
Thing is Im 5ft 8 and little over 200lbs. They've always been big even before I had kids. They just never went back down after my first lol
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Avatar universal
I'm over weight and pregnant with my third. I popped out at 15wks quite noticeably - everyone was asking if I was sure there was only one in there lol I think it definitely depends on how you carry,  some woman seem to carry in their backs more.  I had a friend who has had 4 kids and all of them you couldn't really tell she was pregnant until 7mths she just looked like she gained weight. Its all about means to an ends though so don't stress what people think xx
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5864964 tn?1378854185
Im overweight too but its mostly because im so short! Haha im 5'1 and im only 30lbs over weight, im 16w5d and my doc is like we are putting you in a nutrition class. I was like just cause im fluffy doesnt mean im not healthy! Haha i live on a marine corps base so all these women are tiny! So.when pregnant they have that perfect little baby bump. \(._.)/ I just have more t!ts than the average marine.wife here. I can understand if they was worried about the baby if they seen the weight was harming the baby but if the baby is perfectly fine.then really wjats the need. They needa stop worryin bout my fat and more bout.my baby. Oh! Let me tell you she and I had this dicussion while she was.examinin my cooter, i bout.kicked her in the face.rant over
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5272460 tn?1372384086
I'm overweight and have been always. I'm 34+5 and unless I wear maternity pants or a belly band you can't tell im pregnant (unless you know me) I always had extra weight in my stomach but It never stood out and looked semi flat because I dressed correctly for my size. Dr says it's because baby is hiding under my placenta and ribs. She's estimated to be 6lbs. So I don't have that perfect round preggo bump but hey, no stretch marks! Also my cup size hasn't gone up yet either, im a DDD and I'm thinking that won't change until I start breast feeding. Every pregnancy is different also. You could be huge in one and barely showing in the next
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5265255 tn?1375320805
I am the same bra size as you!!! Lol
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5265255 tn?1375320805
Lol. I just look like I'm a fat whale :( everyone says oh it's a baby belly.. I'm like no it's been there forever! I could never get below 200 even dieting... I feel uncomfortable when they measure my belly because it is like all under my fat :( so embarrassing
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Avatar universal
Ok ladies you are making me feel gimormous. Lol! I am a hefty momma.  I am overweight (started out about 50 lbs overweight) and I am almost 18 weeks and had to buy some maternity pants this week.  I have only gained 2 lbs Thank God but I am all belly and the inches are out of control. I have been able to tell for a while now but there is no denying it now.  Lol.  I am huge.  Lol.  I am a big busted woman too. (38DDD pre pregnancy) and my belly is now out further than my growing breasts. Lol.  This is my second though and I know they say you start showing sooner. I am alsohave a short torso so that probably had something to do with it.
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Avatar universal
Im over weight n with my first i didnt really start to show till about 28 wks this time i started to show around 20
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4484425 tn?1384228334
I'm on the chubby side and I still looked super pregnant but I have a short torso so baby had no where to go but out.
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5628321 tn?1376273593
In my opinion and experience with a few friends, it all depends on how you carry more than actual weight. I have seen a woman who was only 20 pounds over not show really until 26 weeks. Yet we have another friend who is/ was pregnant at the same time who is nearer to 40 over. She showed at only 22 weeks. One carried more side to side and got wider. The other carries straight to the front and looks like she swallowed a basketball. (That's her description lol)
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