Did you gain more weight or start showing sooner with your 2nd or 3rd pregnancy?

I am 11 wks pregnant with my 3rd and already have a bump - around the size i was at 16wks with my 2nd, and even further along with my first! I'm needing to eat constantly, but don't think i'm eating too much more than i did with my 2nd. The baby is normal size so far. Have i just popped out sooner, or am i going to be bigger overall?? I'm 34 this time - wouldn't that make a difference? I liked the way i looked pregnant with my 1st and 2nd, and of course the compliments felt good. I looked back to my old self really quickly after the births, without trying. I know its superficial, but am worried i won't cope well if i'm way bigger this time...

hiya,

you will show more quickly with each preganancy I have found. I have had 3 kids and i swear i was popping out at 6 weeks with my third haha...

Having said that, I put on 20kgs, with 1st, 14kg with 2nd, and 1kg (thats right) with third..

As long as you are healthy it doesnt matter.

You should be fine afterwards also, if you were with the other ones.
and congrats!

Great info - I've had a 3yr gap since my last pregnancy, and been a 2-3 times a week gym person with a flat stomach during both pregnancy gaps. That's why i'm a little thrown at this early bump! I guess 11wks along is too early to tell how big I'll get overall. Hopefully its just an early pop-out and i won't put on much more than before - i was around 8 kgs the 1st time, and 12kg the second. Number of kgs don't tell much about the bump though, as there seems to be lots in the boobs for me this time, which is great!

I am 12 weeks with baby no. 2, and looking at belly pics with my first, I appear to be the same size as what I was at 20 weeks with DD! I look quite obviously pregnant already, it's pretty funny! I read somewhere that it's because your muscles are loose from previous pregnancies and that's why you show earlier. I don't think it has much to do with age, and just cause u are showing earlier doesnt mean you are going to gain more weight than other pregnacies either. Heck I hope not I put on 22kgs with DD and I rather not put that weight on again!

Carandy wrote:
hiya,you will show more quickly with each preganancy I have found. I have had 3 kids and i swear i was popping out at 6 weeks with my third haha...Having said that, I put on 20kgs, with 1st, 14kg with 2nd, and 1kg (thats right) with third..As long as you are healthy it doesnt matter.You should be fine afterwards also, if you were with the other ones.and congrats!

WOW 1 kg with your third.. gosh.. if im pregnant i hope i only put on 10 max .. im already 77kg so want to put on as less as possible thats if im pregnant lol

I'm 14 weeks pregnant with my third and my (current) youngest is 4 years. I am definitely showing more than the other two and have been since about 8 weeks, but it looks more like bloating than baby to me(?) I don't remember showing with the other two until at least 4 or 5 months.

i started showing last week this time i started showing later and i'm smaller than last time at this stage first time i started showing at 17 weeks

My sister in law guessed I was pregnant with my second at 5 weeks. Yes, imagine how HUGE I was full term. I had pretty strong core stomach muscles after my first, didn't have an overflowing belly but as soon as I got pregnant the second time I noticed my belly and boobs just instantly increased...... ahhh the joys of being pregnant and trying to hide it for the first 12 weeks.

I started showing at 16wks with my first, 10wks with my second and at 8wks with my third!!

I put on 12kgs with both my first and second kids, and 16kgs with my third.

With my first I was in maternity clothes from about 14 weeks put on about 12 kg

Second I was wearing maternity clothes at about 8 weeks, I thought I was very obviously pregnant but no-one around knew - put on 8 kg

This time, third time around I was in maternity clothes from about 5 weeks lol and I felt HUGE really early on and this time I tried to hide it whereas last 2 I announced before 12 weeks. I had put on about 3kg by 24 weeks but I got really sick and lost 4kg, have only just gained 2.5kg back (1.5 this week!) so I'm hoping my gaining remains little but I started heavier this time round.

311linz wrote:
I'm 14 weeks pregnant with my third and my (current) youngest it 4 years. I am definitely showing more than the other two and have been since about 8 weeks, but it looks more like bloating than baby to me(?) I don't remember showing with the other two until at least 4 or 5 months.

That's so good to hear, because i think mine is more bloating than a baby bump yet - i'm constipated, eating constantly, and not having as much fruit and water as normal because of the cold weather and nausea.... am really hoping when that passes and the weather warms up, i'll deflate a little!!

I have noticed that with my second pregnancy now (im 11 weeks) and my first baby is 10months old (going on to 11) i didn't really have much time to do anything! Lol. But I am definately showing alot quick in my first pregnancy i was wearing skinny jeans up to the day my baby girl was born but now i can't even think about it! I think it depends on your body,