Re: Can i be showing this early????
From: dawn (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:50:37 -0600 (CST)
Dear Nina,
>From what I've read, people "show" much earlier in their second and
third pregnancies than their first, b/c their uterus/ab muscles are
already stretched out from the first time around. But I've also read
that, so early in pregnancy (6 weeks, right), what one is more likely to
experience is bloating because your digestive system is getting all
messed up from the pregnancy -- I know that I'm almost 8 weeks, and
between the nausea and the indigestion and the gas, I'm already puffy in
the belly region!
Best of luck,
Dawn
At Fri, 31 Jan 2003, lynn wrote:
>
>I had a 9 lbs. weight gain in one month (after getting over severe morning
>sickness) and my dr. said it was too many ho-hos :)
>Showing at 6 weeks is unlikely w/the fetus being the size of a grain of
>rice, although there is some increased bloodflow, uterus stretches, etc.
>Good luck!
>
>>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Nina)
>>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>>To: Multiple recipients of list PREGNANCY-BIRTH
>><pregnancy-birth@mail.medispecialty.com>
>>Subject: Can i be showing this early????
>>Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 22:42:20 -0600
>>
>>I know this is very early, 6 weeks, but i have some poofyness in my
>>lower belly,
>>I have 2 other kids 13 and 9, and i was pregnant with twins a long time
>>ago but lost them at 18 weeks. When I was preg. with the twins I
>>started to show early and got big very fast!! Could that be what this
>>is??? Its been 10 years since I was last pregnant, and I kinda forget
>>all the basics :( But the belly is puffy, i know that! could it be
>>something else? Maybe im seeing it because Im small? 4ft 11in.
>>100lbs....Any way thanks for any advice!!
>>
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