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Maternity Clothes?
jennashadow
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So, I decided to start looking for maternity clothes. My work clothes (basically my regular pants) are becoming more and more uncomfortable to wear for long hours. I checked out Motherhood, which was ok. I decided to try Kohls and Target today. Kohls was extremely disappointing. They only had 2 racks and had the section right next to the petites. I walked out annoyed with the poor selection on dress pants. Target was much better. I am not hoping to buy too much, but I would like at least 5 pairs of dress pants for work. Any suggestions of good maternity work clothes?
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I'm looking for work pants right now too. I'm down to about 2 pairs that still fit! Target has good ones, so does Loft (online only - they have really good sales of like 50% off) and my last pregnancy I loved Gap maternity pants. They were by far the nicest material.
I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions for places to find summer maternity right now. I'm going to Florida in February, and don't have summer maternity from my first pregnancy (I wasn't in maternity at that point with #1) and need white jeans, sundresses, etc, and I'm not sure where I'll find those now!
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Ugh, agree about Kohls...I'm SO disappointed in their maternity section...if you can even call it that. It's terrible. And I love getting my non-maternity clothes from there so I'm pretty much done shopping there until late next year...
Target is great, very organized and lots of selection. Motherhood is okay for the prices, but from reviews I've heard the quality is pretty terrible and the clothes don't last long. However, being that you're only needing the work pants for the next few months I'd go to Motherhood. They have some pretty good deals online for their basic black work pants. LOFT Maternity has nice work clothes, but it's $$$...more than I'd want to pay for something I can only wear for the next 4 months...and you have to buy everything online. Depending on how professional your work environment is, Old Navy has some tops that could pass for business casual.
And my last advice is try not think just "maternity." A lot of regular tops can be worn throughout pregnancy...just look for longer styles, empire waists and bigger sizes than you would normally wear...you can make them look more fitted with a belt or a scarf. I love sweater dresses because I just throw on a belt and it's instant maternity wear.
Good luck shopping!
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Do you have a Burlington Coat Factory near you? That's where I picked up some inexpensive maternity clothes. We don't have many options where we live so aside from BCF, I am limited to Target and Motherhood (or ordering online).
I found a couple pairs at Macys, along with a pair of jeans and a few tops. I just have to say that I'm loving my maternity clothes. I think I may just wear them after the baby is born too! I also found a great pair at Target which I just practically live in now. Love it.
I do know what you mean though, it does seem like the selection is few and far between. My mom & I went to JC Penney and they didn't even have a maternity section!
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People say this all the time, but I just can't swing it. I still have 14 weeks to go, and anything non-maternity looks ridiculous on me simply because it's WAY shorter in the front than the back. That includes dresses and tops. I pretty much can only wear maternity stuff at this point.
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Nov siggy challenge: animals eating Thanksgiving food
Rhys - born 04.17.2013
Harry - born 04.18.2016