when did you start wearing maternity pants?

mdlw07 · March 2010

I can't remember when I started wearing maternity pants my last pregnancy. Just wondering when you all started wearing maternity clothes?

Violet_McPurpleson · March 2010

I'm still not wearing them, but I think I will be sometime in the next few weeks.

MrsH44 · March 2010

I finally bought maternity pants at 18wks, started wearing them at 19wks, and I'm still wearing regular shirts.

VampyGirl · March 2010

Well I got some baggy pants i wore when i started to get bigger...I just bought my first pair about a week ago...And their still a touch big.

ImBatmom2507 · March 2010

Ha! I was maybe half way through my first tri ... It was like my hips just immediately started spreading ... or they were retaining cookies and ice cream ... hmmm

mexicolombiana · March 2010

Late into week 18

Jeane_P · March 2010

I think I started around week 14 as well...I held off for a while I bought a few pair of jeans in another size but ultimately gave in because the belt was digging into my belly.

MNgirl326 · March 2010

about week 14

SparkleK · March 2010

I just had to start using a bella band with my work pants this past Thursday. My girlfriend lent me her maternity work pants and I am going to start wearing them this week, but I can still wear my regular pants with the bella band as well. My jeans are all pretty low rise, so I'm still wearing most of those without an issue.

shrinkedink · March 2010

I have a bella band that I have to wear for some of my pants but haven't had to get maternity pants yet.

katielisa777 · March 2010

I'm wearing maternity pants already for work but outside of work I'm just wearing leggings from Heidi Klum's line at Motherhood because I'm too big for my jeans but too small for maternity jeans.

ToBeMcInerney · March 2010

Pants at about 13 weeks and I am just now starting to need shirts because all mine are getting to short

Stephanie2167 · March 2010

Sometime between 20 and 24 weeks. I used a BeBand before that.

mrs.ritz · March 2010

I finally bought my first pair of maternity jeans on Friday night and wore them today for the first time. I love them!!!!! My work pants I had to change to maternity about 20-21 weeks. Because they sat much higher than my jeans.

MrsBraun · March 2010

About 2 weeks ago...

MWoodside · March 2010

So early. 13 wks. And I never looked back b/c they are SO much more comfy.

MrsHollyMetesh · March 2010

I started filling out maternity pants enough to keep them up, at around 15 weeks--and before that (probably around 12 weeks) I was so bloated that I wore a Bella band with everything! I still wear a bella band with pre-pg pants, but maternity pants are the BEST! Sooooo comfy! (Faves are from JC Penney and Target)

harborview · March 2010

Oh my gosh, 8 weeks. The demi panel kind. I'm slim, but I don't know if that has anything to do with it. I guess I just bloat up early?

MrsMommyQ · March 2010

Jeane_P:
I think I started around week 14 as well...I held off for a while I bought a few pair of jeans in another size but ultimately gave in because the belt was digging into my belly.

This exactly.

KRISTA555 · March 2010

Almost immediately after my BFP because of bloat. I had baaaad bloat. The maternity jeans I wore were super-comfy and cute, so I figured, why not?

Duck_teach · March 2010

MWoodside:
So early. 13 wks. And I never looked back b/c they are SO much more comfy.

I agree!!! I can still wear my pre-preg pants with a bella band, but maternity pants are just so much more comfortable. I switched over to mostly maternity pants at about 14 weeks.

aly&jj · March 2010

This week : ). I bought my first pair last week and bought 3 more today. I love GAP's mat. jeans. I am short and they are the only place where I found jeans that fit me length wise.

smilejenn · March 2010

I'm 25 weeks and I prefer wearing my regular pants with a belly band than my maternity pants. They just seem to fit and look better.

Beebee09 · March 2010

I started around 19 weeks. I don't wear maternity pants exclusively, but they are more comfortable to me than the belly band. I still have 1 pair of low rise jeans that I can button up, but I think this may be my last week for those!

Angela814 · March 2010

I started wearing maternity pants at about 10 weeks but could also wear some regular pants with a rubber band or belly band. By 17-18 weeks I could only fit into maternity pants. That's about the point I started wearing maternity shirts too. I do have some regular shirts that still fit, but none of my button downs for work fit anymore at that point.

Daisy41459 · March 2010

Around 23 weeks

steccie · March 2010

22-23 weeks. i had no idea how comfy they would be!

yourmomwreckedmybike · March 2010

Around 5/6 months. I have been carrying super low, but was able to get away with jeans in 1 size bigger until then.

alice2Bcheshire · March 2010

Just wore my first pair of maternity jeans yesterday, and oh, the comfort! Nothing digging into my belly or riding up in the back-- why did I wait so long? Stick out tongue

Soon_2B_MrsM · March 2010

not wearing them yet but i give myself another 2 weeks!

Mama_of_Four · March 2010

I still wear my pre-baby jeans! some fit still(i gained alot a weight in a rough point) Some i keep unbottoned with a belt on! & before i got pg i would wear sweats alot i love them! so i jus wear those now too! i probably wont need to get mat jeans anytime soon. since i dont really go anywhere that i need to wear jeans! But i plan on having a girls night sometime before baby comes so i will need to go get some probably around 30-37 weeks!

Mabmin · March 2010

I bought my first pair last week at 15 weeks. They are much more comfortable so I will definitely buy more and wear them soon. I have some regular pants that still fit, but the majority are too small. I assumed everyone at would would figure out that I was pregnant because I was wearing the same clothes over and over.

MermaidNM · March 2010

I never did a Bella Band. I bought my first pair at 10 weeks but still fit into most of my regular pants. At 18-19 weeks, I had to retire my last pair or regular pants and bought more maternity. It is only within the last week I have had to do maternity shirts though.