Clicky Poll: How much have you spent on maternity clothes?

kitykat086 · February 2011

Wondering where I stand in my temporary closet spending.

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yzgal247 · February 2011

My sister and my sister in law gave me so many maternity clothes that I have barely had to buy anything! I am one lucky girl and I think I dress better since I've been pregnant!

MeredithElese · February 2011

By you, you mean amazing-mother-who-can't-stand-to-not-outfit-her-pregnant-daughter, right? Ok, good. We have done two shopping trips when she has visited (from out-of-state), both about $150-200. The latest one we picked up a bunch of spring clothing, so hopefully that will last me. Most of my summer wardrobe is stretchy skirts anyway, so I figured just some good tops to fit over my large belly and post-baby belly will get me through the days I have to be presentable.

NJMom050911 · February 2011

I need SS on this one. I got hand me downs from my friend, my mom bought me some for Christmas and my husband pretty much bought me the rest (also for Christmas)...I only bought a couple of pairs of leggins and 2 sweaters.

kitykat086 · February 2011

yzgal247:
My sister and my sister in law gave me so many maternity clothes that I have barely had to buy anything! I am one lucky girl and I think I dress better since I've been pregnant!

You are lucky! I am lucky to have a sister who gave me her maternity clothes, but she is a teacher and I work in a professional environment, so I still needed to buy some stuff to wear to the office.

theaustins05 · February 2011

my 1-75 is much closer to about 20, i found some mat shirts on sale at Pennys, my SIL gave me some of her clothes but im still wearing pre preg clothes

mcwhittaker · February 2011

I made the stupid mistake of listening to all those ladies in the First Tri and early Second tri forums telling me to just get larger sized clothes instead of maternity clothes... I probably wasted 400 bucks right there on clothes that no longer fit 3-4 weeks later.

After I finally wizened up and just bought maternity clothes.. I've been in the same size since November... amazing how that works.

kristennd · February 2011

My in-laws gave me a couple gift certificates for maternity clothes for Christmas, which was a very nice gesture, but I still haven't used them.

My mother didn't have to move into maternity clothing until week 32 and apparently that's genetic.

sparkymcgeee · February 2011

I got a ton of hand me downs and then all I got for christmas was maternity clothes or gift cards. So I've only spent about 50 bucks myself. Its so nice.

Its also nice that I can still wear my pre-pregnancy jeans due to the weight loss before I got PG.

Lkat17 · February 2011

I probably spent in the higher range, but I don't regret it. I feel good in the clothes I'm wearing, some of them will work well for post-pregnancy, and I know I'll wear them all again when we have baby #2!

muddin_lil_sis · February 2011

I've bought 3 pair of pants at $2 each at a thrift store. I wont pay $40 for regular jeans, let alone a pair that I'll only wear a few months. Haven't bought any maternity shirts; DH's 2X ones work fine.

heysupnatalie · February 2011

I have only bought 1 pair of jeans and 2 shirts. Unfortunately it's like they make maternity clothes 2 times more expensive and never on sale. Not fair.

deo · February 2011

Lkat17:
I probably spent in the higher range, but I don't regret it. I feel good in the clothes I'm wearing, some of them will work well for post-pregnancy, and I know I'll wear them all again when we have baby #2!

Same here.

IU_baby · February 2011

I have only bought a few things, a pair of jeans and a few new tops. But, I was pregnant the same time of year with my son and saved all of my clothes.

pinkflipflops44 · February 2011

I personally have spent less than 100 but I got clothes for Christmas from my mom and MIL. MIL also told me today to pick out anything I want from Kohls this weekend for my birthday and she will get it for me. Woo woo. I also have been lucky to borrow a lot of stuff from friends. I do know that in the next couple months I am going to be buying cheap sundresses at Target to get me through the summer ha.

melgrady · February 2011

I thought I would spend over $500, but I think I have kept it to under $400. I am grateful that the office I woke in allows us to wear jeans because buying office clothes would have sent me way over $500. I just wish that my boobs hadn't grown so large so fast because I had to buy new shirts a lot sooner than I had planned. The new bras haven't been cheap either!

AMYRENEE27 · February 2011

I am on the higher range of spending, only because I have gone through so many different sizes.

When I was pregnant with my son I was working and lived in dresses. This pregnancy I am a SAHM and wear mostly leggings and tunics. Shirts that were long enough to wear with leggings in the beginning of my pregnancy do not even cover my belly now!

Mrs.Saxy · February 2011

I voted $1-75 because this is my 2nd pregnancy and I saved all my stuff from my first one. I did have to buy a Bella Band and I just bought a super soft dress from ON for the warm months...in Louisiana, April gets warm

mzsparklepdx · February 2011

I've bought very few things and they've all been on sale or exchanges from gifts. I got a bunch of hand me downs from family and friends and found some great deals at consignment sales. It's a little weird wearing clothes I didn't pick out, but I would rather spend money on baby stuff than maternity clothes!

everam01 · February 2011

My mom brought me a few things and I bought 2 pairs of pants and a shirt. I still wear some pre-preg items with a belly band.

darmca · February 2011

I've spent about $550 but I find the clothes are more expensive in Canada then in the US and I wasn't comfortable ordering online.

I got 4 pairs of pants (black leggings, black cords, brown dress pants, and one pair of jeans) and about 8 shirts and 4 sweaters. I found my normal shirts were too short and showed the band on the pants which made me uncomfortable. And the $550 was considering I got a lot of the shirts like 50% off because they were summer and I bought them in the winter and when I bought a few more last week I got 4 shirts with a buy one get one half-price special.

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