First time moms - when did pants not fit

OUKap

Right now, I can wear a large majority of my pants without any belly bands or rubber bands tricks. They are not uncomfortable at all at this point.

The pants I can't wear are pants that were already a little tight. 

JenniferAnnes

Although I can still fit into my pants, my suit pants have become very uncomfortable, especially when sitting at my desk all day.  I really don't like my belly band, so I bought maternity pants last weekend and wore them this week to work...sooooo much more comfortable.  I know a lot of ladies on here say it's too early, but it makes it hard to concentrate all day when I'm uncomfortable.  My jeans still fit fine.  I guess they're more stretchy than my suit pants. 

 

littlecookie

Most of my pants still fit fine. I have a be band, but don't usually need to wear it. If I had to guess based on the way I look now, I'd say I have several more weeks before I'd need maternity pants.

stargazer10

My pants still fit.  I did lose a lot of weight (12 pounds since November) before I gained any, but I think my bump is a little bit higher too. 

sewilso

I stick to my post from earlier and they stopped fitting yesterday because I shot my botton off of them half way through my store.  A little embarrassing.  My general manager told me I just needed to buy a bigger size of work pants. Heck lady they were not tight...only where the button sat, thank you very much.

caffinated_tulip

I've lost like 25lbs, so you'd think that I my pants would still fit. But no. I had mad bloat and my now stomach is so sore and sensitive that I can't even come close to getting them closed with out being heinously uncomfortable. I've been in maternity or stretchy clothes since like 8 weeks.

ktshafra

It was more uncomfortable than anything. I was extremely bloated, using the bella band exclusively at 11 weeks. Now I can't even zip up my pre-preg pants and even with the bella band I'm so uncomfortable. Hard to believe a lot of the bloat is gone, but here I am moving to mat pants exclusively this week. Lots of dresses and skirts too.

joleneandbean

By 12w, I was using a hair tie on almost all of my pants. Now (14w4d), I'm way more comfortable with a homemade belly band. I'm also in the process of converting some of my old pants into maternity with a wide elastic waistband.

I probably could still technically button most of my pants, but it's not comfortable AT ALL. I haven't really gained much weight, but my shape has changed a lot.

I have a feeling I'm going to have to tell work in a couple of weeks  

gabiT09

the first few weeks i was using a hair band instead of buttoning my jeans because i was so bloated. now i have a bump but i still fit my jeans fine.

windsongs

At 5 weeks I was too bloated for most of my pants- and still now!

quezzo

Mt jeans felt tight at 7 weeks. I could wear them if I was standing but sitting was out as the button was digging into my stomach. I keep putting off wearing my maternity jeans from last year though so I am living in yoga pants. 

laurasuzanne2006

pants haven't fit for a while.  A few pairs I could squeeze shut but it is way uncomfortable.  Have been using a belly band since about 7 weeks.  no weight gain yet.

camedowncrushing

I have three pairs of jeans that still fit.  My skinny jeans have not fit for the last couple of weeks. 

Codi-Bailey

At 4 weeks lol. The holidays didn't help, either.

CJ22

I officially "popped" at 15 wks with my first.  It was shortly after that I switched over to maternity pants.

elynds

I was able to fit into most of my pants (obviously not my skinny jeans or anything), up until about 10 days ago - now I have 2 pairs of non-maternity pants that still fit (and they are low rise, pretty loose).  

supernat3

I sufferred from major bloat througout wks 9-13 (not fun!)....throughout week 12-13 I was down to a limited few pants, and by the afternoon, I was unbuttoning them b/c of the bloat.  I lived in yoga pants this past week (14), and bought my first pair of mat.jeans from Old Navy - low rise bootcut, size 8 !!! WOOHOO!! Almost all of my bloat/gassiness is gone (thank you Lord!), and is being replaced by a little bump.  Buying the jeans 2 nights ago have been my saving grace! They look great and I feel great in them!

dianamcu

My pants still fit, no beebands or anything.  For the record though, I'm allowed to wear jeans every day to work.  Dress pants might be an issue since they typically sit higher, but I haven't had to put any on!

toriat04

So far everything still fits fine for me.  I haven't gained any weight yet so I'm sure once it hits, it'll hit hard!

SkyBee

littlecookie:

Most of my pants still fit fine. I have a be band, but don't usually need to wear it. If I had to guess based on the way I look now, I'd say I have several more weeks before I'd need maternity pants.

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water-fairy

With DS not until 20 weeks. This time I don't know yet. 14w1d today and skinny jeans still fit fine.

MrsSonny24

SkyBee:

littlecookie:

Most of my pants still fit fine. I have a be band, but don't usually need to wear it. If I had to guess based on the way I look now, I'd say I have several more weeks before I'd need maternity pants.

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this.  I too have a be band, but haven't even got it out of the package yet.  My belly for the most part is still pretty flat.  ARound week 8-11 i was super bloated, but now that the bloat has went down i feel pretty great.  I don't see me switching to maternity pants for quite a while yet...atleast i hope not!

RobynLovesDano

My pants started to get uncomfortable around week 10-11.  I had packed on a couple pounds during the holidays, so my normal clothes weren't fitting me perfectly anyway.  By week 12 though, I gave up and have been rocking maternity pants, which have been much more comfortable!

GVSU-04

I just bought a bee band yesterday.  I can still button all my pants, but it starts getting uncomfortable near the end of the day.  I didn't realize how badly I needed it until I actually tried it out last night.

JenWhite123

All of my jeans still fit fine - I have only gained 2 lbs.  I went ahead and bought maternity jeans anyway this weekend, and I must say, I am much more comfortable in them.  My only concern is that I may outgrow them by the 3rd tri and then have to buy another pair   My OB only wants me to gain 20 lbs total, though, so I may be OK (yeah, 20 lbs and I was 130, 5'6" pre-preg, go figure!)

TheFannins729

with my first, i didn't wear maternity pants until around 20 weeks.  I definitely remember wearing normal pants to the anatomy scan.

Flyer256

My pants were uncomfortable at 10 weeks, but I stuck with them for a few weeks... mostly wearing the larger pants.  The largest ones still fit... and I've also moved on to some maternity pants.  The maternity pants are definitely too big, but I found them for cheaper than a belly band at Target (!!!) and they're the full panel kind, so I figured they would last.  I'm petite and the doctor said it's likely why I was showing so early.  Either that, or my recent addiction to soft pretzels and cheese sauce :-P