Okay -- I am 9 weeks pregnant, and I already appear to have "popped out."
This defies logic.
This is not my uterus:
No, wait, it gets better. The above picture is me with my gut sucked in as hard as I could. This is what happens when I let it out:
This bump is too high to be uterus anyway. I can prove it: my pants all still fit. Although I now have the Muffin Top From Hell.
The only explanation that makes sense other than NO NO PLEASE NO twins is that some sort of hormonal cascade has gotten the message to my pre-separated abs that they may as well loosen up, and so they've prematurely released the tension that normally holds all my entrails in.
I assume this sort of thing is normal once you hit your fourth/seventh/twelfth pregnancy or so? Right, ladies?
You are inspiring me to get back to my ab-separation exercises, anyway!
I think it's pretty normal, but I have less pregnancy experience than you, so I can't say for sure.
Posted by: Amy F | 27 June 2009 at 02:29 AM
I am nowhere in the great shape you are in, but I never looked like that at 9 weeks.
Posted by: Paula in MN | 27 June 2009 at 06:40 AM
I vote for normal. I needed maternity clothes around 9 weeks with later pregnancies. Of course, with today's low-rise jeans, you can go with the muffin top look.
Posted by: Sara | 27 June 2009 at 06:55 AM
Totally normal to be like that with #4. I've had 6 and show that quickly now. Last pregnancy went through different maternity clothes each trimester! My joke is that I start showing at ovulation!
Posted by: 4ddintx | 27 June 2009 at 09:33 AM
I think it's because you're so svelte (can't think of a better word for thin) and petite...I don't look like that at 9 weeks, but then that's where I carry extra weight and I'm 5'7"! I love the pictures and keep us posted!
Posted by: Angela F in IA | 27 June 2009 at 10:50 AM
even with pg #2 I was out of regular pants by 10 weeks or so, and my belly button popped out by 12.
Posted by: Christy P. | 27 June 2009 at 01:00 PM
I showed more and more early with each pregnancy. I think this is very normal!
Posted by: Morgan | 28 June 2009 at 09:36 AM
It's true that with each successive pregnancy your body goes into baby mode earlier, but I think it's probably that you slimmed down so much that it's all baby! You're lucky to breeze right past that "Is she fat or is she pregnant?" stage. :)
Posted by: MrsDarwin | 28 June 2009 at 04:16 PM
Totally normal...I need maternity stuff earlier with each one...sigh.
Posted by: Cathie B | 28 June 2009 at 05:11 PM