Work Clothes

vik06

I was thinking that probably in late Jan/ early Feb I'll need to buy some mat. clothes. I only work 7 day shifts a month and only need dress clothes for 5 of them. Three in a row then 2 the following week. I was trying to decide how many pairs of pants I'll need. For tops I'll probably try and buy regular ones just a size larger so I have them later.

How many do you have/have you had to buy for work?

Zippomissmaggie

I need to wear dress clothes to work mon - thurs. I have 3 pairs of maternity pants. 1 black pair, one khaki, and one khaki colored corduroy pair. I have 2 pairs of maternity jeans. 

ourbaby08

I'd probably just buy a pair of black pants, a pair of gray pants, and then a khaki pair.  As far as the shirts, I'm not sure you'll get buy with just a size up in shirts.  Breasts and stomachs grow a lot and IMO there is nothing worse than someone wearing too little maternity clothes.

LanaM

I got away with a lot less bottoms than tops. 3-4 pairs of pants for work (not including 2 pairs of jeans), 1 skirt, and lots of  tops. I worked full time. Regular larger tops did not work for me... my belly was huge, even longer maternity tops stopped covering me at about 8 months.

For business/casual clothes check out Ann Taylor Loft maternity, they constantly send me 30-40% off promos now and their stuff is pretty good quality.

smiley007

I def have less bottoms than tops.  I have a couple black pairs, a brown, khaki and a pinstripe pair... so 5 pairs.  Then my jeans I wear on the weekend.

Angela814

I'd probably buy a pair of black, brown/kahki, and gray pants.  I'd definitely go with maternity tops.  I think regular clothes a size up just end up looking frumpy.  Your body is so different while pg, and maternity tops really help you look more put together.

Jen722w

Sounds similar to my rotating shift schedule--9 weekdays out of 35. I got through my entire pregnancy with one pair of black dress pants. They were all so ugly that I just didn't eant to waste the money!