I feel like Violet Beauregarde

JAGinMI

Normally I can make it til at least 12 or 1 to have lunch. I was starving to death at 11, and it was so bad I couldn't ignore it. So since I didn't bring lunch I went to Chipotle and gorged myself on a chicken salad with every fixing except cheese and I feel like someone put a balloon in my stomach and is blowing it up slowly! I am laying here in my car with my pants unbuttoned because I need some room to breathe before I put myself back together and try to go back to work!! Granted, it was a big bowl of food, but still, this is intense! My stomach quite literally feels 4 times its normal size. I guess I am experiencing some bloat... 

wintersong

Lol at "some" bloat. 

AverageAsh

I go full panel maternity from the day I get a bfp. No shame in my bloat game.

Cats*in*space

I notice it mostly after dinner and it is BAD.  I look 5 months along in the evenings, it is crazy.  I went on a walk with DH after dinner last night and I was pretty much gas powered the whole time.    

JAGinMI

jmn1985 said:

I notice it mostly after dinner and it is BAD.  I look 5 months along in the evenings, it is crazy.  I went on a walk with DH after dinner last night and I was pretty much gas powered the whole time.    

Gas powered! 

KellyT22

I never stopped wearing my maternity pants from my last pregnancy. Not really because I had to, but because damn I love elastic waist pants.

MrsNap_515

ugh i feel you, i was eating pizza combos this morning, i just can't stop eating! Saturday night I ate leftover chinese, and then later on i ordered pizza because I was just starving haha  and the bloat is crazy, i've started wearing a hair tie to give me some extra space with my button until i dig out my maternity pants lol

Scarlett830

AverageAsh said:

I go full panel maternity from the day I get a bfp. No shame in my bloat game.

I have been wearing full panel maternity since I was pregnant with DS last year. I've been too lazy to go out and buy a whole new summer wardrobe, but I guess it's working for me and my blump now. Bring on the bloat!

EnglishTeacherMama

Okay, silly FTM question! Did you ladies find that you had to buy a bigger size than your normal in maternity pants, or did you buy your normal size and the stretchy panel was all the extra you needed? I want to buy some but I don't want to immediately outgrow them, either. 

AverageAsh

@EnglishTeacherMama usually it's your normal size but I would try things on, it can vary from brand to brand.

Scarlett830

Definitely try things on @EnglishTeacherMama. If you're a medium, you'll probably be a medium in maternity, but different brands and styles have a different fit. I loved my Jessica Simpson maternity jeans, but was so disappointed by the fit of all her dresses and tops. I'm busty, and so is she, so I thought her clothes would reflect that, but nope. Dead wrong.

MrsNap_515

@EnglishTeacherMama depends on brands, but typically your size, the only thing that changed for me was Bra size, I went up like crazy LOL

KellyT22

My pants size stayed consistent. I was able to wear non maternity tops until the end - I didn't get that big and had a preemie. Everyone is different. I recommend buying pieces as you need them. 

liepertsm

jmn1985 said:

I notice it mostly after dinner and it is BAD.  I look 5 months along in the evenings, it is crazy.  I went on a walk with DH after dinner last night and I was pretty much gas powered the whole time.    

@jnm1985 I'm sorry...."gas powered" cracked me up!! 

I have been taking full advantage of summer and living in athletic shorts/yoga pants. And when I have to go out or see people it's been all about comfy stretchy dresses. The pants button struggle is real. 

GoldenTMama

I feel you on the bloat! Last night I had a trader joe's mochi ice cream a good 2 hours after dinner and I felt like had eaten a 2nd dinner! The ice cream is the size of a golf ball! 

MTB16

I had to unbutton my pants at dinner the other night because of bloat.  I was in public didn't even care. 

wintersong

I am also in the camp that never stopped wearing maternity clothes after my son was born. 

ihateusernames*

@EnglishTeacherMama
my first pregnancy I started out in XS at thyme maternity. By the second trimester I was a medium... And by third I stopped wearing pants... 
Well almost. 
So that's like 3 sizes. I'm short though so baby had to expand outward. I think that has something to do with it. 
For now I'm just doing the elastic trick on my button loop. Then only buying mediums for my second trimester and stretchy maternity for my third.

im learning to love the body changes and buy for comfort.

ps OP, I've been STARVING the last two weeks so I hear ya! The midwife is always surprised that I gain in the first trimester. Everyone else is puking and I'm already "making some gains"

JessyKV

With my first(a girl) I gained so much in my legs and butt I went up a size or two depending on brand.  With my second (a boy) all my previous maternity stuff was too big until the very end.  I had a bigger belly but didn't gain as much in my legs.  

wintersong

My husband came home from work and told me I look pregnant. So there's that... 

Edited for words.