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February 2012 Moms
sparks2987
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Why cant I go to work naked?
sparks2987
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I had a major melt down with clothes this morning!
my maternity pants are officially to small, they are on, they are just cutting off circulation! My feet are to swollen to fit into any shoes, and the sandles make the swell more because they have zero support.
I dont want to buy more pants for 3-4 more weeks but I dont think I have a choice. I would love to go to work in yoga pants. I am searching for pants on sale, at this point I dont care what they look like, as long as they fit work dress code and I dont have to spend to much on them
What are you ladies wearing these days? It is so hard to feel/look cute at 9 months pregnant!
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Re: Why cant I go to work naked?
I'm wearing mostly stretchy pants that I had pre-pregnancy. I lost a ton of weight before getting pregnant (since I got married 2 months before) and I've been wearing the pants from before I lost the weight and they're still big. I think the yoga pants are a good idea which is what I will be buying for the hospital. I know how you feel though, I feel huge in everything I wear and the baby is always poking so hard that I'm amazed he's still in there since he seems to have no more space lol.
Please don't stress especially now since you're so close (my EDD twin)
Have you tried wearing skirts or dresses? (I'm not sure what your dress code is) but thats another thing I have been wearing (with black leggings/stockings)
I am no help, this is exactly what I went through. I only have like 3 outfits and one pair of shoes that I could wear. I was SO over it, but I refused to waste money on clothes I won't be wearing in a month!
I would honestly ask your boss (if there is a dress code) if he/she can be lenient for the next month. I made a comment to my boss, and he said he had no problem with me wearing jeans for the duration, which opened up a couple more options. I'm now working from home, but it was better while I was still going to the office.
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I have one pair of pants that still fit for work...I had another but managed to fall down and tear a hole in the knee last week.
That fact, coupled with the swelling in the ankle I twisted when I fell and the general level of misery at this point are convincing me to work from home most of the time from now until the end. I'm going to go in a couple days a week and work at home the rest. Ugh.
Even some of my yoga pants are too tight right under my belly now. It is ridiculous and I refuse to buy anything else.
If you have time to hit up a thrift store, I'd suggest that. It's where I've gotten most of my maternity clothes for this baby, I'd say I've invested about $150, and that includes the only two things I bought new (a shirt and jeans totaling about $60)
It might not be what you would pick for yourself at a regular store, but there's lots of great things.
TTC #2 since 10/2013
BFP #1 (4.14.14) ~ CP (4.18.14)
BFP #2 (6.27.14) ~ EDD 3.7.15
Do it! Yoga pants are black... how could anyone really tell?
You could also maybe look into dresses/tunics with leggings. Maternity leggings are among my favorite things in the world since they are super stretchy and can be dressed up.
this is kinda hilarious, because i had a dream last night i went to work w/o pants on--nothing fits!!!!
i currently wear yoga pants to work..solid black, bootcut, with a long sweater. they *look* kinda like slacks.....at least i think so. i'm getting away with it... these are pre-pregnancy size ones. they have the "fold-down" flap/waist on them...earlier on in the pregnancy, i pulled it up over my belly, but that doesn't work anymore.
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Another vote for solid black yoga pants. I got a couple of pairs for Target one size up from my regular pre-preg size. I've been wearing those around. I really don't think you can tell if you dress them up a bit. Assuming you're in an office setting, aren't you sitting most of the day anyway?
Also try-- leggings with tunics. I fold my pre-pregnancy leggings under my belly and can wear those just fine.
I had to buy new jeans at 33 weeks and it irritated me, but I needed one pair of real (not yoga) pants that fit. I wouldn't buy new pants now, though.
How formal a dress code are we talking here? Even when I had to dress business formal, I just didn't get up from behind my desk/the table at meetings.
Fortunately, all of my maternity pants still fit, but almost all of my maternity shirts are now too short. My belly just keeps going straight out, so I'm quickly running out of shirts. Like you, I don't want to buy any more since I only need them for like three weeks, but I'm starting to run out of options.
As for pants, I do have one pair from Old Navy (not their maternity section) that are technically "lounge pants," but if I pair them with a dressier shirt and ballet flats, I can get away with pretending that they're casual dress pants. They're kind of like these: https://oldnavy.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=36107&vid=1&pid=683647&scid=683647002
only dark brown (and maybe not those exact ones. I got them in the store, so it's hard to tell.) They're a very thin sort of flow-y jersey, so they don't look too much like yoga pants. So maybe try looking at regular yoga pants and lounge pants. Some of them can pass as regular pants if no one examines them too closely.
After literally busting a hole in a pair of maternity jeans, I too am on the yoga pant bandwagon. I have one pair that are pre-preg, and are super comfy. I rotate between those, a pair of maternity leggings (but they cut off circulation at the ankle), a pair of non-maternity low-rise jeggings, and 1 lonely pair of actual pants.
My boss jokingly (I really hope, at least) said something about my choice of footwear today. I'm wearing birkenstock clogs. They are hideous, but supremely comfortable, and my feet can swell all they want in 'em.
I dunno what your comfort level is with low rise pants, but I have had reasonably good success with Target's non-maternity pants. I find that the Mossimo line tends to have a really low rise, and coupled with a bella band or a long tank, I'm pretty well set.