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like you do after having multiple children?
We are expecting our 6th baby and so far so good. I have been feeling queasy and achy, but rather well.
I know each subsequent child can bring extra weight for us, but I am feeling like I am already not fitting into my pants.
Am I the only mother that is going through this. I know many of you go back to your shapely self soon after the baby is born. But that was not the case with my last pregnancy, my ds will 2 in a week.
Anyway I am due 7/10/10 and I am only left to wonder.
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You know, Claudia, I have been wondering how ladies go through more than five pregnancies. If I last through this one, I don't know if I can do it again! Sheesh! And I'm still pretty young. To answer your question, though, I felt pregnant this time about a week post ovulation and was showing by 16 weeks. Of course, I haven't really been out of maternity clothes for the past five years and I should have last about 20 pounds more after the last pregnancy.
Congratulations!!! You'll be in my prayers.
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What wonderful news!  Congratulations Claudia!
About feeling pregnant, usually it's the day I find out "for sure" and I joke about it, but I see myself showing that same day as well 
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YAY Claudia!! You are due just a few weeks after me! I am just a tad over 7 weeks, and very poochie. I am a pretty thin person, but since about my 5th I have retained a bit of a pooch, which becomes pretty pronounced just around 6 weeks. I don't think anyone would dare ask me if I was pregnant if they saw me, but I'm certain they would be left wondering! I have found that my smaller maternity skirts are very very comfy. As for how I feel, it has been so different with each one. I really started feeling icky last week, with others, I never did, and then again with others it was a relief to discover I was pregnant and didn't have a really long virus!
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My midwife always explains it like.. your body says.. oh hey, I remember this and know just what to do.
I usually don't get nauseaus until around 6-7 weeks if I do (had one pregnancy with no nausea at all) But each is different.
One time I remember laying down on my stomach on the bed and could simply tell by how it felt that I was pregnant..
Also, I have figured out that most of the time.. I'm simply overly sensitive to waistbands in early pregnancy.. so while I may not have changed size.. what was comfortable is too tight while pregnant. I feel better and have less nausea when I dont' have a waistband (or I wear one of my elastic waist long skirts and let the waist ride high.  )
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Claudia,
I'll be 19 weeks this Thursday with our 5th. I too never fully recovered from our current baby who will be 2 in December. The weight just didn't budge this time. I thought it could be due to the longer nursing with her. I've never suffered from nausea but have extreme fatigue that lasts from about 6-8wks to 12 wks. I've gone exclusively to maternity clothes in the past week or two. I still don't think many people immediately notice I'm pregnant and if they suspect, they don't say it yet .
I couldn't fit in my jeans and things by week 10 or so. I don't wear those a lot because after my c-section with #3 I pretty much hate anything with a waist band!
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Thank you all for the good laughs I needed that. We were hit with the flu pretty bad it seems as though we are all much better, so I was unable to respond.
I think it is true that our bodies react differently once we have had a certain amount of children. We have not told our IL and my MIL notices every weight change that I go through, so I am thinking that is what is bringing on this litle bit of anxiety. She is very big on being fit and eating right.
When your pregnant it doesn't matter how well I eat or exercise...I show a lot. Well I will offer it up.
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This is my 7th pregnancy, but in all my pregnancies I have started gaining weight before I even really know I'm pregnant. By about 7 weeks or so I'm breaking out the maternity clothes and also sick. I'm not thin, and 3 c-sections and twins have left me with no abdominal muscles to speak of. It always takes me about a year to lose the weight... except for the case of the twins, where I kept ten or fifteen pounds in remembrance.
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