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I started wearing the bellaband at 8 weeks, no lie.

At 10 weeks, friends and close fam could tell.

At Thanksgiving (13/14 weeks) we announced and our extended family guessed.

At 16 weeks, a few clients asked my boss if I was pregnant. Around that time is when ppl started giving up seats on train for me. But I'm 5'2, had no torso, and had a 6 pack before pregnant, so it was a little more obvious.

Here are pics of 5 wks, 12 wks, 20 weeks (or thereabouts). And I only had a 5 lb 5 oz baby.

@lindsayinny You are my hero... we are waiting until the first week of October tell my family in person (it will be week 8) and it has already been SOOOO hard not to say anything!!!

I had to tell work around 17 weeks because I was running out of clothes that were bump hiding!

Congrats!

Congrats! I was around 15-16 weeks when you could see a bump if you really looked for it. As for FB - I deactivated my wall so that I was the only one that could write anything publicly until I decided I was comfortable being "FB official."

The first one is me at 13/14 weeks with my first pregnancy. I think I started to look obviously pregnant around this time. People started guessing around 12 weeks.

With my second pregnancy, I showed later for some reason. I didn't look very pregnant until around 18 weeks (I remember in this pic I was sticking it out, trying to look a bit more pregnant). I announced at 15 weeks and no one had guessed yet.

I guess it totally depends on the way you carry naturally, the baby's position, and your body type!

Congrats! So much depends on what you wear - my colleagues who were moms started to notice around 17 wks because I was wearing empire waist wrap dresses. In jeans and a tshirt it just looked like I had slacked off on the Pilates (which I guess was a giveaway to friends bc I'm a total gym rat).

If you'd like to keep it quiet at the wedding, you may still be able to rock a bikini, you never know! I went on a beach vacation at 12 weeks and our friends' friends who joined us had no clue I was pregnant. I was walking around sticking out my belly thinking I had this big bump but to look back on photos now...you'd never know!

I'm hoping to pop a little earlier this time (is that crazy?) - I'm also due to go home around Thankagiving and think it'd be kind of fun to show up at the airport with a visible bump not having told anyone!

I was about 24 weeks with #1. I also never looked really pregnant. With #2 I feel like I started showing before 12 weeks.

ThE poll didn't go out far enough for me. I'd say that I barely started to show at 24 weeks and I didn't pop until 28, which was surprising because I was pretty slim... But I guess those abs held until they couldn't anymore. They've never been the same since, though!

Around 22 weeks

Early...I started feeling super bloated during the TWW, and my belly felt hard in spots by 6 weeks, I'd say. I had someone ask me at 8 if I was pregnant without any knowledge, and I bought maternity pants last weekend...best. idea. ever.

I used to be bigger, so I think people who knew me then would just think I was a bit bigger again. But apparently, to total strangers and people I know well, it's pretty obvious! We live away from family, though, so my overly-curious aunts have not had a chance to ask any questions!

@LindsayInNY: Yup! it was insane, and even still, now that i'm showing, people still notice the boobs first, haha! I went from 32B to C by about 8 weeks, but i had some old bras that were C cup so i avoided buying new ones. By 14 weeks, the C's didn't cover me so i went to 32D, which are still fitting at 25 weeks. (i'm scared to see what they are post partum!)

if you work out with the other attorney, i feel like you might end up telling her earlier, because you might be more tired, or sick, or just generally not working out with the same intensity, but that doesn't mean you have to immediately tell your boss! I didn't tell work until 16 weeks, but some of the women were starting to catch on by then (the men were clueless). keep in mind though that for me this was summer, and i have always worn pretty fitted shirts at work, so it was pretty obvious.

@LindsayInNY: Congrats!!

I'm very short so I started showing early....probably around 12 weeks to me and maybe 14 or 15 weeks to other people.

@nana87: this sounds like me! I can't stand anything on my belly, and my normal bra doesn't cut it anymore. I did have an old one that was a band size larger, but the cups there are starting to push it, too.

@LindsayInNY: yep, wore the first pair on Monday! I was super overwhelmed when shopping for them, but as soon as I put them on, I thought, "what have I been waiting for?!" It's pretty obvious now, though, so if word gets out, I'm just going to have to be OK with it, I guess.

@LindsayInNY: one more thing...I had to tell my (summer) work almost immediately, because I was sent to the ER and had to leave. Even if I hadn't, though, I was so sick that I needed them to know. I told school pretty soon afterwards, too...I valued the flexibility and understanding more than the privacy.

@LindsayInNY: it's fall, i think it's totally acceptable to switch to t-shirts now i say play it by ear with her - you may not feel up to doing cross fit all the time at lunch, so you may want to change up your routine...or you may feel great and continue throughout. obviously only tell her if you think you can trust her though - my secretary overheard something that clued her in that i was pregnant and told my boss (without me knowing) and it made for a very awkward situation!

@LindsayInNY: i still have no idea, but i'm guessing she overheard me talking to my parents - my mom was constantly calling and asking me questions after my appointments and a few times she walked by and i thought she might be listening. I don't know for sure because i was so annoyed with her that i haven't spoken to her since aside from giving her work!