BTDT Moms

[Flair Underwood]

Does anyone else feel HUGE at this point in the game?  I'm telling you, the first time I around my stomach wasn't this big at 15 weeks, let alone 7.  This is crazy.

[bighair12]

Have to love the bloat right? I hope I don't get big fast!

[bgkc4]

I feel super bloated. I don't know if its extra fluids or extra fat, but I have definitely noticed a difference.

[frecklesnbrains]

See all of my other posts related to constipation. I feel your bloat, girlfriend.

[cattuccino]

I'm in muffin top denial.

[babyzebra]

I keep a nice cushion of belly fat year round so no one will ever know when I'm actually pregnant.

[pistachiomuffin]

Yup. It's making me anxious that I won't know when my real bump shows up!
Sometimes I rub my bloat without even thinking then I'm sadly disappointed in myself and my still tiny uterus.

[manybellsdown]

Yes! It doesn't even feel like bloat, though I know it is. Plus constipation. All my work pants are threatening to go on strike.

[mladerri]

Bloat is crazy this time. Anytime I eat my stomach pops out. It almost makes me regret eating each time cause I feel like a balloon every time.

[adeb9562]

It's crazy! Granted I think it's because I never truly made it down to my original weight but the bloat. It's ridiculous!

I can barely fit into my jeans. Ugh. It's going to be a long 8 more months.

[GOmamab15]

I've been wearing my roomiest pants pretty much every day. I hope folks at work don't notice.

These pants are particularly unflattering though. Someone called me sir in the grocery store when they were coming up behind me. # manbutt


Eta, just re-read the subject line...FTM here with zero experience

[athn64]

I'm sooo much bigger already. I swear I'm not eating enough to have ballooned this quick. Ugh. I'm gonna be in my maternity jeans during firat tri to combat this stuff

[sandandsea]

Yea. It's coming much faster this time. It's like I feel my organs moving around and everything jumping into place so my stomach can get huge. There's bloating too but that changes during the day. Bui its more than just that for me.

[nitecheese]

I had to use a hair tie to fasten my pants yesterday at work. Having them buttoned hurt too much. I guess there's already more room for organs to start shifting? Either way, I changed my clothes 4 times before leaving for work this morning, because I looked at 15 weeks in everything I put on.

[acorn99]

I am only about 4 weeks now, but I already had to ditch my belt because of the bloating.

[birdhut]

I already can't button my pants and I feel like things are moving too. I was just saying the other day I felt like my hips got wider or something.

[soultrane]

Yes, but I was like this with my first too though. I'm petite and was in maternity pants pretty early on last time (~10-11 weeks maybe). I could probably move to maternity pants now, but I'm doing the hair tie thing for now and wearing my loosest clothing in hopes to hide it a bit longer at work. By the end of the day when the bloat is at its worst, I look like I did when I was around 16 weeks with my son.

[hudsonhawk]

I think mine is a combo of eating all the times and constipation

[athn64]

I agree with the feeling the organs thing. I swear I can feel my uterus stretching out

[Deleted]

I'm feeling pretty plump, too. In fact, I was actually afraid I was going to split my pants last weekend. Found out the next day I was KU. I am wearing my fat pants every day.

[Flair Underwood]

Oh gosh, I'm so glad I'm not the only one. I have had to retire all my work pants with buttons already.... I'm doing the hair tie thing to most of my jeans. I don't have enough of a butt (or, well, any at all) to keep up under-belly maternity jeans, but this is my second day in a row of under-belly maternity pants to work and I feel like a new person!

[flojo973]

DH looked at me this weekend and said, "Wow, you're already showing!". Um, no. Just no.

I swear my underwear is already too small because my butt is already expanding. Or I could have shrunken every pair in the wash. Yeah, let's go with that

[mayflowers]

Not yet at 6w5d. Curious how long it'll take.

[sandandsea]

I've been wearing the stretchy yoga work pants...they're amazing. I bought 2 more in a size up so I'm ready for when none of my pants fit. My regular work pants will barely fit in the morning and are causing pain by the end of the day, so they're about to get pushed out.

[Flair Underwood]

Oct 27, 2015 10:13:05 GMT -5 flojo973 said:

I swear my underwear is already too small because my butt is already expanding. Or I could have shrunken every pair in the wash. Yeah, let's go with that

That's my bras this week... too tight.  Ugh.  

[csat]

sandandsea, tell me about these stretchy yoga work pants, I'm intrigued.

Feeling incredibly bloated all the time but the evenings are almost unbearable. Anything I eat past 3pm turns into massive bloat (and gas, sigh). I remember the bloat last time around but not this bad.

[teggy20]

YES!! I keep saying that I don't know what it is, but I just FEEL different than when I was pregnant with my son. Maybe I'm just hyper aware now since I know what baby-in-the-ute feels like, but I swear I can feel it stretching and feeling more full already at 5w4d, like athn64.

[littleducky]

Oct 27, 2015 11:29:14 GMT -5 csat said:

sandandsea, tell me about these stretchy yoga work pants, I'm intrigued.

Feeling incredibly bloated all the time but the evenings are almost unbearable. Anything I eat past 3pm turns into massive bloat (and gas, sigh). I remember the bloat last time around but not this bad.

Yes - what are these magical pants of which you speak, sandandsea?

[txmommy14]

Ugh. My pants are already too tight-i think its bloat and extra weight from how terrible I've been eating. I will be excited for when I can be in maternity pants and it will be acceptable.

[jlabbe1123]

I am living in yoga pants & my husbands pj pants. Jeans are a nightmare already... the bloat struggle is real