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Avoiding maternity clothes as long as possible
At this point, I know I am just bloated but my pants are uncomfortable so I started shopping for a solution.
I found something called chic maternity belly band. But I don't know why they call it a belly band because it is more like a jeans extender. I would like to be able to wear my regular clothes as long as possible to save money. How long do you think I will be able to use one of those things? Would this be better than the big piece of material you put over your pants?
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Re: Avoiding maternity clothes as long as possible
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I'm with you Prim! I got some amazing, cute, and comfortable maternity clothes for Christmas (I picked them out when shopping with my Mom) and I'm SO much more comfortable than I was before...especially after trying to use that bella-band thing or the hair elastic trick, neither of which were very comfortable!
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I kicked myself when I bought them early and then had to buy a bigger size the last month. I'm kind with the OP. I do wear yoga pants a lot though.
I love maternity clothes. love. love. love!! I'm excited to wear them again...
Maybe i should get out of my fourth week first...hm...
I wear my jeans fitted and they are all pretty uncomfortable at this point. I was on WW before I got my BFP, so I am already up 5 lbs from not tracking my food/the holidays and am CRAZY bloated! I got a pair of skinny jeans from gap maternity with the ultimate panel and they are super comfy. I wore them for Xmas eve and Xmas and my husband said you couldn't tell at all that they were maternity jeans. I was tempted to wear a maternity dress to work today just because I am feeling like my regular clothes are snug.
I am definitely not in the wait it out to buy maternity clothes club. I am a total clothes horse and spend quite a bit on clothes for myself monthly. I bought a TON of maternity clothes with DD (I need professional stuff work work/court and casual), but sold them all because I lost a bunch of weight afterwards. I made over $900 selling them on Ebay, so this time, I am pretty much buying as much and whatever I want and will sell them again because we plan on being done with #2.
Why? I LOVE maternity clothes, they are so comfy. BTW you're not a failure as a woman if you wear them sooner rather than later.
I got a belly band at Target with my 1st pregnancy and I really liked it. Kohl's and Target maternity clothes aren't priced too bad and they often have sales/clearance. Some of my Target maternity clothes don't even look like maternity and I have worn them between pregnancies.
Thats cute. I would say you could probably get away with it for a while until you start getting really big, then you will probably have to buy some sort of bigger jeans be it maternity or not or leggings or stretchy pants.
Maternity clothes are kind of expensive for something you won't wear for very long so I see nothing wrong with trying to avoid buying them as long as you can.
This!! Lol! Why not be comfortable?! I was cramping a little when I wore my regular jeans. Much better with maternity clothes. It's not like maternity clothes are a bad thing, you should be able to wear it later- I did for my first pregnancy anyways.