I'm currently 12 weeks with #2 and am much bigger this time around. I texted a friend a side by side of 10 weeks this time and 22 weeks last time. She replied "you're even bigger than 22 weeks with #1!"
I'm hearing this is normal. 
but did you ever even out? I was pretty big at the end with #1 and I'm worried I'll be even larger.
Also, I'm in a wedding in 4 weeks and the dress barely zips. ?
cherry / 158 posts
That last question mark is apparently how hellobee interpreted my "shocked face" smiley.
blogger / honeydew / 7081 posts
Yep! I was much bigger for the first half of pregnancy with #2 than I was with #1. But about 20 weeks or so (maybe a little later), I evened out.
I'm measuring roughly the same now at 33 weeks as I was last time at 33 weeks (fundal height 31 cm).
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
I started showing earlier but gained less with LO 2. Kids were about the same size.
grapefruit / 4056 posts
With LO2 I got big fast - but just kept getting bigger - and she was 2 lbs heavier than big brother!
honeydew / 7235 posts
@Kelley_lovelikecrazy: I'm 33 weeks with #2 and I got big FAST. I thought at 19/20 weeks I looked the same as 30+ weeks. BUT I have definitely leveled out (so far) and not staying huge the whole time. Again, so far. We will see how I look at the end! Haha
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
I had bloat and a bump way faster but evened out in second trimester and carried smaller overall w number two. I gained less was more active and had him two weeks earlier too. Two wks pp and I'm def smaller than I was after number one! Lo2 was 8 lbs at 38 wks, lo1 was 8 lbs 11 oz at 40w3d, so around same size too
pomelo / 5607 posts
I evened out at some point, but I carried pretty small with both. And I never carried to term.
persimmon / 1179 posts
I evened out from probably 20-30 weeks, but then near the end of my second pregnancy I pulled ahead again. A lot of the clothes I wore to the end with my first were too small and my belly button started to pop which it was nowhere near doing the first time.
grapefruit / 4066 posts
I started showing WAY earlier the second time, like at 8 weeks I was as big as 20 weeks with #1! It has definitely evened out though, probably around the 29 week mark I looked back at my bump pics and thought they looked similar in size, just carrying differently.
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
I had a much bigger baby this time (10lb 2oz compared to 7lb 13oz with DD) but ironically, people told me that I was much smaller all over this time. But by about 30 weeks, I was definitely as huge as I had been with #1.
grapefruit / 4455 posts
I weigh less but my belly itself looks bigger still at 30w. Arms, legs, face, etc. are smaller though so it's hard to say.
apricot / 347 posts
I evened out at the end of the first trimester and am smaller now at 35 weeks than last time because of baby's position and the fact that I weigh less (from chasing a toddler all day).
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