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12-18-2012 at 2:22 PM
rpalen29
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plus-size women..show off your bump!

im 18 weeks, and not showing yet :( im 5'6 and a size 14/16. I am so looking forward to having a bump.. i'm at this weird stage where my skinny jeans don't fit anymore, and i just have this big muffin top right above my belly button. I want to know when you started showing.

please post your stats, when you started showing, and please post pictures!

plus-sized, pregnant & proud!! 


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12-18-2012 at 2:40 PM
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I am 5'4" and a size 12/14 reg sized.  The only time I really look like I have a bump and I'm not overly fat is when I wear maternity pants and/or shirts.  when I am in my sweats I look like I have a major muffin top.  I am actually job hunting and I can hide my stomach pretty well if I wear black.  :)  Deceitful I know.

Sorry I don't have any pictures right now.  


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12-18-2012 at 2:56 PM
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I'm 24 weeks and I just recently starting show some sort of bump. I'm 5'10 and also a size 14/16. I haven't gain any weight, but I do the have the famous"muffin top" above my belly to. It all depends on what I'm wearing. If I wear maternity clothes, you can tell I'm prego, if not I just look like I have a few extra pounds on me.

 
12-18-2012 at 3:16 PM
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Im about an 18 and this was when I was 16 weeks Im 20 now :) Im 5'5


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12-18-2012 at 3:22 PM
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I'm 5'7 size Large/XL or 12/14 pre-preg. I have not gained any weight yet but I can tell that my "bump is growing. The only bad thing is I guess I have what they call "B" belly so the baby is sitting really low right now and it doesn't matter what I wear you cannot tell that it is my "bump." My husband is the only one that can tell.

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12-18-2012 at 4:26 PM
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I'm normally a 20/22 and 5'4" and I'm currently at 23 weeks. I have a bump above my belly button, so I look pregnant even though the baby is still mostly underneath it. I just started wearing maternity shirts too, which help me look more pregnant. It's funny that I've been trying to camouflage my belly and to minimize it for the past so many years and now I want one. 
 
12-18-2012 at 6:18 PM
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I am ashamed to say I still haven't taken any bump pictures.  :(

I am about 5'7'' and 207 prepregnancy.  I lost some weight initially and am back up to 205.  My jeans stopped fitting around 10 weeks and I had to switch to maternity jeans (or sweatpants, which doesn't appeal to me for going out and about). I felt kinda silly then because I didn't really have a "bump", probably just bloat. At 21 weeks, I feel huge now, and definitely look pregnant.  The first time a stranger commented on my belly was 17 weeks. 

One thing that has surprised me is the lack of stretch marks.  I had just a few (4?) faded ones around my belly button prepregnancy, and so far only have noticed that the very tip of one of them has darkened a little.  My mom didn't really get stretch marks during pregnancy, so I'm hoping I get that from her (even though she was super tiny, only about 100lbs before she got pregnant). I definitely didn't get her figure!

I'm still wondering when (if!) my belly button is going to pop! 

 ETA: I should have mentioned, prepregnancy size 16.


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12-18-2012 at 6:28 PM
AshleeR20
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I'm a size 22/24 at 5'3 (I know i'm short lol my fiance is about 6'3)

And this is me at 18 weeks, not a great pic but it does some justice :3


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12-18-2012 at 6:56 PM
jstring88
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 Not sure if this is going to work. I'm on my phone. But this is me at 16weeks. I just look fat. Wish I had a bump. Sorry it's so big. Not sure how to resize on my phone.


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12-18-2012 at 7:01 PM
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i cant figure out how to get my picture up. but i am 5'9" and was about an 18/20 pants. i was shocked when people noticed a bump at 10 weeks. especially since i had actually lost weight.

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12-18-2012 at 8:35 PM
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I'm 5'7 and was 217 pre pregnancy. I'm now 230 at 19w3d. I just look fat because I don't have a round bump, just a big stomach pouch above my belly button lol

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12-18-2012 at 9:54 PM
rpalen29
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ArizonaJessika:
I'm 5'7 and was 217 pre pregnancy. I'm now 230 at 19w3d. I just look fat because I don't have a round bump, just a big stomach pouch above my belly button lol

ditto, i got the same thing going on. I know its not the baby, its basically my intestines moving upward to make room for baby.  


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12-19-2012 at 12:27 AM
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I was 5'4" 180 when we conceived and I'm still 180 now at 30 weeks.

This is from week 12 of pregnancy:

 

 

And this is when I think I started showing in week 18:

 

 

And this is me last week at 29 weeks:

 

 

Obviously, my weight loss isn't what happens to everyone. Baby seems to be fine (I'm even measuring a little ahead now) and I seem to be fine and it does happen to some women. But yeah, some people (depending on my clothes) still wonder if I am pregnant or if its just how I carry my weight. Maybe next time I will get strangers giving up their seats for me or offering to help me carry things to my car, but for my first pregnancy I seem to have people stumped by my bump!



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12-19-2012 at 6:42 AM
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5'1", size 16/18 pants, medium/large shirts, 192 pounds pre-pregnancy. 

This is me at 20 weeks but I started showing early for those who know me because I am pear shaped so I don't really carry my weight in my belly. 


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12-19-2012 at 8:56 AM
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I'm not plus size but I just wanted to say how pretty you ladies look!  Smile

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12-19-2012 at 10:23 AM
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IMO, I started showing maybe around 14 wks...that's when strangers started to notice I was pregnant and my co-workers were noticing.  My husband says he could tell before that, but I think he was just being nice.  I am generally a size 16 or a 14W and appx. 5'8. 

16 weeks today with twins!

ETA: edited to fix pic


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12-19-2012 at 12:18 PM
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I'm a size 16 regular & purchased some maternity clothes from Gap & Old Navy. I was at the mall the other day & a woman asked me if I knew what the gender was- I was shocked! I think maternity clothes make you look more pregnant than you are (empire waist tops/maternity yoga pants). I'm just beginning to show at 14 weeks- I think it's because I never had a muscular stomach. 

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12-19-2012 at 6:32 PM
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1and1is3:

5'1", size 16/18 pants, medium/large shirts, 192 pounds pre-pregnancy. 


This is me at 20 weeks but I started showing early for those who know me because I am pear shaped so I don't really carry my weight in my belly. 

 

I love your dress! So pretty! I need to find some cute dresses I can wear now. 


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