Like, when did you get a ‘pregnancy belly’, so that people could tell you were pregnant just by looking?

No stupid questions was largely unhelpful on this (suprise suprise), so I thought I’d try here.

(note: this is for a fanfic)

  • LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    I was probably more like 5 to 6 months before it was even slightly really noticeable, probably 7 months on, before it’s definitely noticeable it’s a pregnancy belly. From that time on I was stopped constantly and talked to about it. Then constantly stopped for people to speak to me about my baby, especially the last one, she must have been especially cute, because I couldn’t take two steps in public without someone stopping me to ask the same questions, the person two steps earlier had had asked. It drove me mad a little. Worst thing about it was, my little one was terrified of strangers, and she would dig her little head into my shoulder to try and hide from them, and I had to explain to people she’s scared of strangers, sorry we couldn’t stop to talk.

    You can’t really tell through clothing, until further along. And the first few months make you lose weight faster than you’re gaining it, because you’re burning so much building a whole human.

    From 4 months I had that hard protrusion oval shape, start poking out. If I were wearing a bikini, you could have told i was pregnant from looking at me from 4 months, possibly.

    How far along are you?

    • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 month ago

      TIL, you lose weight at first, didn’t know. I often thought that we gain weight from the start due to the higher rates of estrogen and prog, but this makes more sense.

  • GooseGang [she/her]@beehaw.org
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    1 month ago

    I thought I had a pregnant belly from like two months but it was just bloating. 😂

    Everyone carries differently, but in my case, I’d say mid second trimester for people to notice enough to give up their seats on the bus or to use the priority line/bathroom.

  • 93maddie94@lemmy.zip
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    1 month ago

    Somewhere around the 5 month mark or so? I had my baby in May and I remember thinking that I could’ve hidden it when I went home for Christmas if I wanted. I had a bump probably 4 months in, but it wasn’t a noticeable pregnancy bump until around the fifth month