“Noticeable” mainly as in, “when does the belly become big enough to for people to notice it’s pregnancy and not just being fat”. Any further insight from anyone who has been pregnant would be welcome.
Depends on the girl and the number of babies you’ve had. If you’re on your 4th baby people will be able to tell sooner than your first.
For your first baby, generally it’s unnoticeable for everyone in the first trimester including the mom. Second trimester is probably pretty safe too, this is when you might start looking a little fat by the end, but not really pregnant. Third trimester is when the majority of the weight is gained, and the baby grows the fastest. In the last month of the third trimester the baby gains like a pound per week.
4-5 months, depending on body shape and clothing style
The first time, I was 5’9" and 125lb when I got pregnant, so not like I had anywhere to hide it, but I worked until 6 months without telling anyone and that is when it became impossible to hide.
The subsequent times it happened faster, the belly was noticeable by 4 months or so, I could feel it before anyone else could tell in all cases.
I had a history teacher who was hugely fat - she warned us she would be out on maternity leave, we thought she meant later in the year but she was gone the next week, and when she came back, looked no different at all.
The smaller you are, the faster people will notice.
My mom told me when she had me, she told people that she was was just getting fatter so people didn’t suspect she is having a second child…
And she had to quit work as it got later into the pregnancy…
Somehow I lived… 🤷♂️
(Context: China, One Child Policy)
Do you have any idea of at which point she quit work, like how many months/weeks into it?
She said she had to quit work like somewhere between 1-2 months before my expected birth.
Actually she said the management for the company she worked at found out, but sort of just decided like “turn one eye blind” and didn’t really report it so I got lucky…
Mom constandly tells me about women that get taken to hospitals for forced abortions…
And she tells me to “be grateful” for being alive…
And I sort of have an existential crisis over this…
She was supposed get checked for pregnancy every 3 months, but she told me she told another woman to do the exams in her name so they never found out about my existence until it’s too late.
TLDR: Basically she got away with it for like 7 months or so before the management at her work started to notice its a pregnancy. I don’t know if the average bystander even know or maybe assume its the first pregnancy or just didn’t care, idk if her coworkers knew, but I don’t think people would dig deep into other’s bussiness unless they really like snitching.
About 20-25 weeks in, depending on body shape. If the bearer is overweght or obese, it’s harder to spot. Sometimes you don’t until the end.
It also depends on how the uterus is situated. If one has a front-facing one, it’s more likely to point outwards and press on the bladder, whereas a more backward one will press the organs more but be less visible, even though both bearers might be equally far along.
It depends on the person. Rarely it doesn’t even show at all.
Apparently for a small percentage of women, maybe never.
