1st Trimester
Maternity clothes at only 8 wks?
Despite being only 8 weeks pregnant I am beginning to find the need for maternity pants. Though I can still fit into most most of my pants they are getting too tight too fast. It just seems a bit too early for maternity pants. Anyone else experiencing this?
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Re: Maternity clothes at only 8 wks?
I was full of bloat with my first and was in maternity pants by 9 or 10 weeks.
Don't worry, get comfy
I'm about six weeks and I feel so bloated that it's uncomfortable to button my jeans. I ordered the bella band this evening. It's supposed to go over the waist of your jeans and cover open flies or unbuttoned buttons.
) I'm excited to get it. lol.
My grandma was also telling me that drinking warm lemon water helps with the bloat. Just a thought.
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Me!
My clothes still fit, but uncomfortably.
I'm wearing sweats or maternity pants. My shirts are still okay, for now.
There's no such thing as "too early". There's no rule that you need to be at least 15 weeks pregnant to wear maternity clothes. I never cared for the bella band so I went into maternity clothes early, even with my 1st.
I'm still wearing non-maternity clothes solely because I'm too lazy to get most of my wardrobe out of storage and wash them. hahaha. I did grab a few pairs of shorts, that's about it.
Are they tight all over or just in the waist? I love my Be Band and it keeps in in most of my normal pants, very comfortably. Some I just can't button, others I can't even pull up the zipper. The band hides my undone-ness. I am hestitant to go to maternity for fear of outing myself with any panel pants, spending money on maternity pants that won't actually fit later and I won't get much use out of, or having another loss and then having all of these unwearable clothes kicking around (for us, I think we might not try again if we lost this PG and move to expand our family another way).
That said, go with what feels right to you!
The bloat can be really bad.
I'm 14 weeks and still in regular pants, but need flowy-like tops because tight stuff doesn't look cute on me. I'm not "pregnant" enough yet to look like I have a bump but my flat abs and waist line are gone now, so that isn't a cute look either.
~EDD Nov 18, 2017 with my IUI success story~
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