To show or not

I am 20 months PO and am 14 weeks pregnant (WooT!) and I did NOT have my excess skin removed, so I have about 10-15 lbs of belly skin just hanging around LOL.

So, my question is this... how can I show with this much skin? When I lay on my back the skin moves up and to the sides you can see the bump, but other then that... nothing. So, will I start to show? Or won't I show at all??  I asked my OB who has several WLS patients and all he could say was "its going to be different."  So... any thoughts on this ??

Thanks in advance...

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Christina

I too am almost 2 years post-op and have not done anything about the excess skin.. With respect to showing, I didn't have a bump to speak of until I hit about 6 and a half months and all of a sudden there was a small bump that only showed when I was flat on my back.  I wore size 8 and 10 dress pants to wor****il I was almost 7.5 months along and then POP I had a belly and needed the extra comfort of pants and skirts with panels..

As much as I was worried about looking fat rather than pregnant, there was never any doubt in mine or anyone else's mind that I was and am pregnant.. The other day I went to a water park and was wearing a 2 piece maternity bathing suit a friend gave me and this little girl in the kiddie section came to ask when the baby was due and what not.. I thought it was cute.. she said she liked my big round belly.. it brought a tear to my eye...

Even at almost 41 weeks, I've been told I look smaller than I am - most people don't believe I'm actually overdue! No doubt you'll start to show at some point - we all wear it differently though so you may end up carrying high, carrying low, carrying wide, all in the front - who knows.. the important thing is that you feel good about it and know that no matter what, you're beautiful!

Can't wait to see some belly pics when you finally pop!

Veronique

I have some extra belly fat as well and showed later than usual also.  Even at 33 weeks now - i always feel a bit small but i definately have a belly now!  There is always that extra piece of skin that hangs below my baby bump though ..... as the weeks go on, i feel like i am getting bigger!

I have that "paunch" of saggy skin below too but since I can't "see it", I try not to think about it LOL but trust me, I DO know it's there...! I figure there is no point in having any plastic surgery before I'm completely done with having kids..

Christina,

I'm not sure how much you lost before becoming pregnant, but I had lost 100 pounds after my  RNY (that was my goal) and have extra skin/fat "hanging around" too. LOL Until the last few weeks I could only see my baby bump when I pulled up my tummy skin from the belly button area. Now (23 weeks) when I look down, I see a definate bulge there. But from my profile, it's not a pretty baby bump most women have. It looks like a have a bump with a indented line going through it around my waist line. Kind of depressing. I look fat instead of pregnant. UGH!! I just keep hoping my belly will round out towards the front - soon!!

Sorry...no uplifting words here. Misery loves company...LOL

Best wishes,
Kina

I started showing a little in May so that was roughly 13 or 14 weeks. I am 27 weeks now and am HUGE! people at work ask me when I am due and can't believe I still have about 3 months left. Everyone is different but eventually we all show.