When you were in that awkward starting to show phase but the bump isn't big enough to look like baby, it just looks like fat? Did you try to rock the bump anyway or did you still with flowy tops to hide it?
I'm there 
I'm sick of hiding it because as this is my second baby, I got there early and had to hide it before I hit 12 weeks and wanted people to know. So now I just let the "bump" if you can call it that, hang out.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
Flowy tops with my pants unbuttoned. I bought a pair of maternity jeans with a half panel thing early on. They'd be pretty tight now, I think, but they were perfect from 10 weeks through the upper 20s-- and now it's hot enough that I don't want to wear jeans.
I always carry weight in my middle, so most of my tops were already looser in the middle and kind of long. I wasn't a fan of that stage though-- as soon as it was a bump I wore more ruched mat tops.
Oh and lots of open cardigans. Hide the muffin top.
pineapple / 12802 posts
OMG. I missed that you were pregnant again! Congrats!!!!!!
I totally kept wearing fitted items. I didn't really have a lot of flowy type stuff so I just tried to rock it.
grapefruit / 4213 posts
Like the others said, I wore looser tops, especially flowey ones with an elastic waistband where it sits on my hips.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
I did the looser top thing only because we were holding off telling our nieces (who we were living with at the time) for a while. If that wasn't the case I totally would have just rocked it.
pomegranate / 3331 posts
we haven't shared the news with most people yet (and particularly with work!) so i'm rocking the baggier clothes. I'm sure everything just thinks i've been eating my weight in food lately 
i can't wait till this phase is over!
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
I wore cardigans a lot, the open kind, that kind of concealed the belly.
bananas / 9357 posts
I say rock it! I hated that in between stage though. I didn't care and just wore tight fitting tops anyways. I would hold my belly in hopes people would get the idea that I was pregnant.
pomelo / 5321 posts
I just tried to wear whatever fit. I've been living in yoga pants when I'm home. I think it's easier as a SAHM since I don't have to worry about getting ready to leave the house as often.
pomelo / 5607 posts
I'm 9w and already pulled out my old "fat pants" from when I was heavier. All my weight gain has been in my boobs and stomach, so I'm with MrsKC and rocking it and putting my hand on my stomach a lot. I have seen a shirt online that says "there's a baby in there, not an extra meal," which I plan on buying very soon. I'll probably get an "I love my bump" one as soon as I start actually showing, even if it's still a bit tiny to be a real "bump."
eggplant / 11287 posts
I am in that stage right now (15 weeks) and I am just rocking it. My husband insists that I wear tighter clothes to show off my belly (I usually try to hide it under baggy clothes) so I have been wearing tighter T-shirts and looking like I have a beer belly.
Lol, the secret is out and everyone knows I am pregnant now, so no one except strangers actually think I have a beer belly. Everyone else knows it's baby. 
grapefruit / 4187 posts
I waited until 13 weeks to announce and I remember around 10/11 weeks is when I started getting the magically disappearing and reappearing baby bump based on how bloated I was that day. So at that point I stuck with flowy tops and did the rubberband trick with my pants as needed. I definitely didn't look pregnant at all as long as I wore a slightly looser top.
I didn't start rocking the bump until about 20 weeks because I was too small for maternity clothes but too big for my regular clothes. I continued with the flowy top/wearing a size up in regular clothes transition period until then. Oh man did I hate that stage! Every day was a challenge, especially since I work outside the home.
nectarine / 2765 posts
Ugh. Such an awkward stage. Most of my clothes are form fitting so I had a rough time. Mostly wore what flowy tops I could scrounge out of my closet, wore lots of cardigans & dresses.
grapefruit / 4903 posts
@mrskc: Ha, totally this. I was always touching my belly, sometimes subconsciously and sometimes in an it's-baby-not-chub way.
nectarine / 2217 posts
i just did flowy tops, loose button down tops (like those chambray tops), anything with a flowy cardigan, dresses help, too!
papaya / 10570 posts
I rocked it from about 9 weeks! I found that full panel maternity jeans made my flab look like a full baby belly so I teemed them with a tight top and rubbed my tummy a lot!
coconut / 8475 posts
@mrskc: same haha
Instead of flowy, I just did tight and *ruched*. A ruched t-shirt with skinnies?
I did flowy at the end when my belly button popped out and I had love handles!
examples (google):
coconut / 8681 posts
I'm trying to rock it. I'm still in this stage too (16 weeks) and it's extra frustrating because when I have DS with me I think people just automatically assume that I just have stomach fat since he's still only 8 months old. Oh well! Hopefully the bump will pop soon
coconut / 8475 posts
@Running Elley: omgosh, yeah, I ca totally see people assuming that! Oh well, the bump will make its appearance soon:)
eggplant / 11287 posts
@Running Elley: LOL people think the same about me! On saturday we told a couple who was over at our house (acquaintances) that we were expecting and the gal was like "ohhh, you are? I thought you just had chub from baby #1!"
LOL!!!
eggplant / 11287 posts
@TurtleDoves: I saw the first pictures you posted and I was like "whoah. she changed. Turtledoves got a make-under!" LOL
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