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overweight moms

For any moms or moms to be that are anywhere above 190 lbs in weight, when, if at all, did your bellies start to round out & look more like a pregnant belly? I'm scared I'll be 9 months pregnant & still have to to wonder if people think its just a gut. I'm 24+5 weeks & in certain shirts I look pregnant, hut I till want to know.
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I WAS 226 at my last appointment, & i KNOW I've gained more weight lol thank you for all the replies, I'd love to keep in touch with some other plus sized women on here!(:
congrats on all of your pregnancies too
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I was 210 pre pregnancy an I didn't start showing until about 26+ weeks !!
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I didn't start showing until after 30 weeks.  I started at 265 and lost over 30 and everybody said I looked setup much skinnier now I'm 251 but look like I'm ready to pop, which I am lol being induced tomorrow at 39 weeks.
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im 300pounds. 140 kgs for aussies. im 6ft tall. so its a tall fat person. im 24weeks and showing . i still have pudge on my lower belly area but nothing to big a tummy band cant shape nicely lol pregnancy tops kinda say it all :P  if your worried about not getting noticed .( cos we all wanna say look at what im making :P   ) try a pregnancy top thats obvious :P  
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I started of at 226 lbs and am now 25+5 and am 204 and have just stated to really show in the last 3 weeks. This is my 4th pregnancy 3rd baby and the others I showed.really quickly.
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I weighed 280 pre pregnancy im 16 weeks 5 days and now 272 pounds and look pregnant supposedly
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3419238 tn?1353081771
I started off at 206lbs didn't really start showing till 31/32 weeks and I'm now 36 weeks and she dropped about 2 days ago I'm now 230lbs
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I am a bigger girl and I am fifteen weeks and the top of my stomach above my belly button is sticking out and my belly is starting to stick out more :)
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5094917 tn?1366986485
I started at 250 and started showing at 14wks, I'm now 257 at 16wks. But I will admit I do look further along than I am and some women don't understand that every women is different depending on their body type and it really does feel good that there are other women out there like me because I was starting to feel ashamed and I was always happy with my weight because even though I had fat I am very healthy. Thx plus size expecting mommies!!
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1276121 tn?1420860600
Nope I believe there are quite a few of us here that are plus size. This will be my last baby as I'm having a tubal after. So I will most deffenatly be working in loosing weight.
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Started out 200 lbs and I'm showing at 15 weeks, started at about 13. I've gained 10 lbs (not sure how...) some clothes I look more pregnant than others lol. I'm glad I'm not the only 190+ girl on here!! Makes me feel better about getting pregnant at this weight lol.
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I started off at 197 and im almost 29 weeks and at 207 now....my belly is very round and can definetly tell im pregnant and not just fat...around 24-25 weeks is when i really started looking pregnant
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1276121 tn?1420860600
This maybe a shock but I was 290 when I got pregnant this time. I don't think I looked that heavy at all and this is my 6th pregnancy but 4th child. My family said I started to look round at 12 weeks but now at 22 weeks I think I look it finally. Although when I go out some people still have a shocked look when I say I'm pregnant.
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I'm 18 wks and still not showing also :(
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I was 210lbs when I got pregnant and I started showing at about 17 weeks... I'm 27 weeks tomorrow and I am huge now. Don't worry about not showing cause I know I did and it is definitely not an issue
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