I am so excited to be pregnant, but I am only 6 weeks along and I am already showing! I am tall and thin so a belly really shows on me and I don't know what to do. I am a second grade teacher and the parents at school are always on the look out for baby bumps! What can I do/wear to try to keep this under wraps until the 12 week mark?
I am 12 wks with #2 and felt the same way. Its not as noticable as you may feel though to other people. Babydoll or looser shirts could work if you wear them. I was doing like jackets or those longer sweaters over my shirt to cover it. Its most likely bloating right now and you won't grow huge right away. I felt about the same at 6 wks as 11 wks. Now starting to grow more this week I think.
No pun intended but wrap-style blouses hide a belly. Also, a looser t-shirt w/ a button down shirt or blazer over it would work.
I hear it is very common to start showing earlier for your second baby because your body remembers being pregnant.
Congratulations on your pregnancy! Enjoy it :)
Baby doll shirts are in this year try to wear some of those, or any loose fitting shirts should be able to hide a baby bump.
Also it is safe to try doing some crunches or palaites(sp) to try to tone your tummy a little, right now it is horomones giving you the bump not the baby.
I noticed a difference right away too, but believe me, no one else notices. I doubt anyone would ever guess or ask if you are pregnant at this point. The other answers are perfect though. Swing jackets and baby doll shirts are great concealers. I am a legal assistant to 1 lawyer and he has one other legal assistant, so we are a tiny office and pretty close. I hide it until I was 12 or 13 weeks (mainly because I was scared he'd freak out because I'll be gone for maternity leave.ha)
Good luck~
Wearing babydoll type shirts helped me out. Don't want to scare you or anything but with my 2nd pregnancy I showed right away and I found out at 10 weeks that I was carrying twins, so that is why I was showing early.
M.
mom to Ryan 9 1/2
Abbey and Alexa (identical twins) 3 1/2
I showed at 6 weeks too! Luckily, tunics and baby dolls are in fashion! Good luck in keeping your secret, but at 12 weeks - I looked like I was at 7 mths! We always had to tell baby news early, my body couldn't keep a secret.
Loose fitting shirts and jackets will be your favorite wardrobe "essentials" right now. Wrap-style shirts as well.
You will show sooner with your second and any more children after that. Your muscles are already streched from your first and thus you end up showing sooner. :)
Congratulations on your second baby!
