Are you having to buy mat. clothes one size smaller than normal?

jenbabe3 · February 2009

Seriously, all of the Medium maternity shirts I ordered on Target's website a couple of months ago are waaaay too big. Not just in the belly, but in the chest, shoulders, everywhere. I keep hearing 'order your normal size that you wore pre-preg" but so far I'm having to get smalls in order to have anything that actually fits! I was always a medium, sometimes large, pre-pregnancy.

I'm exchanging a M shirt from Moterhood Maternity for a S after work, so it's not just Target.

Anyone else having this issue?

lhull · February 2009

I would keep it. I have grown out of some maternity clothes already. Some pants that aren't full panel are so tight on me now, and some shirts aren't quite long enough over my belly.

Sequoyah Shoars · February 2009

you are gonna wish you had kept the bigger ones in a couple of months.

hisbabybear · February 2009

hunnie, keep them. you will be fitting into them before you know it!

peachypear · February 2009

I'm typically between sizes and quickly learned to only get the smaller of the two in maternity clothes.

jenbabe3 · February 2009

The one from Motherhood Maternity seriously goes down to the middle of my thighs, and it's NOT the dress/shirt style that is supposed to be that long.. Am I really going to grow into that?? Obviously my belly and boobs will get bigger but it looks like a nightgown. No joke.

annibes · February 2009

I tried a bunch on at the store and grabbed mediums first because I went up a pants size from 6 to 8 before I took the "maternity-wear plunge." The meds were all way too big (shirts and pants) so I bought a few smalls and decided to wait until I get bigger to get more.??

jenbabe3 · February 2009

Maybe I'll keep the M's that are too large, for now, and just buy a couple different shirts in S's that I can wear right now.

rebus82 · February 2009

I don't think MM takes returns. Not sure about exchanges, but I've heard they're Draconian return policy means you either make damn sure you like it before you buy it, or deal with it. That's the main reason I refuse to step foot in that store.?

But to answer your question, no. So far everything I've bought in my regular size fits fine, if only a smidge baggy in the belly area (which will be fine later). ?

jenbabe3 · February 2009

rebus82:
I don't think MM takes returns. Not sure about exchanges, but I've heard they're Draconian return policy means you either make damn sure you like it before you buy it, or deal with it. That's the main reason I refuse to step foot in that store.
But to answer your question, no. So far everything I've bought in my regular size fits fine, if only a smidge baggy in the belly area (which will be fine later).

They do exchanges or in-store credit w/in 10 days of purchase, so if I return it now I can get a different size.

suscq · February 2009

I had the same problem. I'm wearing smaller sizes in maternity clothes than regular clothes. I bought a dress from Target in my regular size and there is no way I will ever grow in to it. It had a halter top that you cinched up to fit and it still wouldn't stay up.

julygal · February 2009

I normally wear med. my maternity wardrobe consists of a handful of smalls, mostly meds, and few larges. Trust me the larges that my much taller sister passed down to me and I thought no way in hell would fit me were mostly what I wore the last few weeks. It helps to have a variety of sizes to accommodate the changes of your pregnant body.

That being said I do feel certain style shirts don't follow the rule. For instance, maternity polos seem to run big. I wore a sm polo at the end of my 1st pregnancy when I was wearing larges and my sister wore a med polo when she was wearing XL.

MuckDiva · February 2009

JenBabe-

Have you tried the tops on with the belly that they have at Motherhood. It is a 7 month along tummy that you wear under the clothes you want to buy. I helps to give you an idea of what things are going to look like in a few months.

jenbabe3 · February 2009

MuckDiva:
JenBabe-

Have you tried the tops on with the belly that they have at Motherhood. It is a 7 month along tummy that you wear under the clothes you want to buy. I helps to give you an idea of what things are going to look like in a few months.

No! I didn't know they had that! Thanks for telling me, I'll make sure I try that next time I'm buying tops there.

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