Hi, I found out 2 weeks ago that I am pregnant :banana:

I didn't know the dates of my last period, so I said roughly what I think they might have been. My midwife worked it out that I may be 6 weeks.

This is my first so I don't really know how it all goes. I am thinking I am more than 6 weeks, my belly looks a little big and I can't wear my normal trousers or jeans without having the buttons undone.

My question is did anyone have a bump or a bloated belly when you were 6 weeks pregnant?

I have got to wait another 5 weeks for my scan so I won't really know how far I am until then :(

My sister is due at the end of April, and in this pregnancy she was noticeably pregnant enough for others to comment on it at 10 weeks, and couldn't fit in her normal clothes from 6 weeks.

Granted, she's normally very very slim, so any sort of bump is going to be noticeable (unlike me- you could hide twins in my belly and nobody would notice!), but she wasn't like that with any of her other pregnancies.

This time she's also too big to fit in most of her maternity clothes with 5 weeks still to go, having gained 3 stones in weight, despite not changing how she's eating, and being naturally a 'wholemeal everything' vegetarian.

Thanks Medusa!

Maybe I am 6 weeks then. I have just gone from a size 8 to a size 10 so maybe thats why its standing out on me a bit more :confused: I just wish I could find out how far I am sooner than 5 weeks!!

God I hope I don't get a really really big belly :o I won't be able to move lol I saw a womans photo on a baby forum I have been on, she was huge :o She didn't put weight on anywhere else but her belly.

I was never a skinny minnie pre pregnancy but even at 6 weeks I was struggling with my clothes. I was in normal maternity gear by the time I discovered I was having twins. I don't think it should have made much difference by then but evidently not for me.
It's very likely on your frame that you could end up looking like you;ve got half a football stuck up your top, not too bad really. There's a 17 y/o I know who just had a baby who wore the same clothes all the way through her pregnancy and is back in them now, mostly hipster jeans etc so worn under the bump.
Sickens me!
I still have a slighyly thicker waistline than I did pre twins!

Yes I think I started to notice it then. My bump grew quickly and i bought my first maternity trousers at 8 weeks, just some combats to be comfy in at home and weekends. Like you I was quite small to start with and tended to wear fitted clothes so there was not much room in them. I think for me it was mainly bloating rather than the baby. I think I filled up with water and trapped wind/dinner! People were commenting quite early and asking if i was having twins! But now at 21 weeks my bump was measured yesterday as being just the size it should be. I think the growth slowed and it just got firmer (the same happened with one of my friends) so despite growing early i am not enormous now! So dont worry that you are going to be huge just cause its started early :)

i looked about 4 months pregnant at about 6 weeks! because i wasn't sure about my dates i had a scan at 8 weeks, everyone thought i was going to find 2 or 3 in there(my dads a twin) but there was just the one. my bump grew quite quick but evened out after a couple of months although i was always about 3cm too big for dates. she was born on time, at 7lb 4oz. so it probably doesn't mean a thing! lol.

waiting for the first scan, or any scan, is always frustrating anyway, its just the excitement, you'd still feel the same if you hadn'y changed a bit. why not have a look at those baby speaker things where you can hear heartbeat and noises through headphones. by the time i saw them she was due so it was a bit late, looked good though.

i had a bloated belly at 6 weeks for all 4, but it went back to normal at 8 weeks. then started getting bigger at 16 weeks but didnt look pregnant till i was 34 weeks. i hatted it i wanted to be fat.

I'm just over five weeks and I got a bloated belly. I'm glad to hear it's not just me!

:) Welcome, beanpod.

Hi all, thanks for the replys!

I am supposed to be 3 months now, everyone thinks I am more! I think I am around 4 months. I've only got another 12 days to wait now for my scan. It seems like I've been waiting years :hihi:

I have got the brown line down my belly, I've had that for a few weeks. I did read that normally comes in the second trimster (not sure if it is right). I can't get none of my old jeans or trousers on :(

Anyway 12 days till I find out :clap:

Congratulations beanpod :)