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I began showing very early, I am 14 weeks and a lot bigger then friends of mine who are 20 weeks and 25 weeks. Mine is not bloating, my doctor told me that every person and every pregnancy is different. since this is my second pregnancy she stated that your body just knows to shift around easier plus it can depend on how you are carrying and how large your pelvic area is.

With my other two, I got scans done at 12 weeks and just after 20 weeks.

Thats really weird that your not getting scanned untill your that far on, i would ask for 1 earlier. Im in u.k and your 1st scan is normally around 12 weeks unless you have had problems in the past you get one earlier. :/ xx

It's probably partial bloating. Nikkiblueeyes, I haven't had a scan yet. My doctor isn't sending me for one until I'm 18-20 weeks, which seems weird to me, but I guess everything seems good to him. This was my family doctor, though. I go to see an OB/GYN on March 13th, and she will be my baby doctor from now on. Maybe she'll send me for an earlier scan. I hope there's only one in there!

I am almostt 9 weeks and have been "showing" for a couple weeks, I am normally thin and tight abs but this is my third too and "popped" just like that. I know a lot of it is bloating, but second and third timers bodies already know what to do and their "insides" shift alot easier so your uterus has room. I can try and suck my tummy in and I still have a bump. I also know that even though baby is small, your uterus has thickened and has grown to the size of a grapefruit by now(or so says a lot of pregnancy sites) so its no wonder you are showing :)

I am 9 weeks and am really showing! Dr did a scan to see if there was twins in there because my stomach is hard and big. Only one however, he said I had an abnormal amount of water in my sac cause me to look bigger. So for me, it's not bloating or retaining water......it's the amount of fluid And size of the sac. Good luck!

When you have had babies before its pretty common to show earlier ill be 10 weeks on wed and im also showing already, i am slightly bloated aswell but i do have a lil baby bump its there when i suck in thats how i know (ive got a son plus i had a loss late on) Also have you had a scan yet?? Maybe its twins haha :) i have but only 1 little one in there (unless they missed one haha) xx

It's just bloating and maybe even retaining water. There is no way to show at 9 weeks :) that will come soon enough though

You could just be carrying this baby more 'in the front' than your other pregnancies? I'm almost 18 weeks and not showing yet, but my doctor says its probably because my uterus is tilted so far backwards.

I agree with the others that most of it is probably bloat, but I think it's also partly due to the fact that this is your third pregnancy. When did you start showing with your second? Things tend to shift and strect earlier after the first pregnancy. This is my second pregnancy, and although the first one didn't get to term, this time by 6 weeks I had the tiniest bump...