Serious question.

yesthisiskim0401 · September 2013

How are you ladies putting on your pants? I think I need a YouTube clip on how to do so at (almost) 38 weeks pregnant, because this is like mission impossible.

Or maybe I need to hire a pant-assistant?

SuperSecretStatus · September 2013

I don't wear pants. Easy solution.

BrittanyCupcakes · September 2013

Pants? I live in dresses now. Easy.

Yesterday I was super achy and stiff. I had to pee, and afterwards I couldn't bend down to pull my panties up, so I just kicked them off. Fuck it. I was at home and wearing a long dress.

nothinbutgrace11 · September 2013

haha the struggle is real

yesthisiskim0401 · September 2013

All my dresses are dirty so this is a legit reason of panic.

yesthisiskim0401 · September 2013

dh13 said:
Simple.. I make DH do it. Then I flail my legs and make it into a game.

Preparing DH for changing a baby/toddler. LIKE A BOSS.

lbethke99 · September 2013

I have my husband hold them while I jump off the bed into them!

PixiesDust · September 2013

I sit on the edge of my bed and through the miracle of Lord Grilled Cheesus, manage to pull them on one leg at a time. Sometimes i have to use my hands to physically lift my ankle up into my pant leg. Taking them off is just as difficult.

apritchett50 · September 2013

I really don't know how I'm doing it. I have to change clothes 4 times a day at the least for work. So I struggle in the morning, get to work struggle getting them off then struggle putting scrubs on. And then do it all over again to go home....... It sucks! Then immediately get rid of pants as soon as I get home!

carawasa · September 2013

maternity pants are even harder to put on because they are so much smaller at the top from the elastic! they do this on purpose, i'm sure.

tracysailer · September 2013

dh13 said:

Simple.. I make DH do it. Then I flail my legs and make it into a game.

Love this...I'm totally doing it to DH later!!

I am usually ok getting the first leg in, it's the other one that I almost gave up on today...but then I figured I can't go to the MD with 1/2 a pair of pants on :O

Kittymom6 · September 2013

For me, pants aren't nearly as bad as socks and shoes!

mominwaiting29 · September 2013

On the same line how are you ladies Rolling OVER at night?

jennlin · September 2013

i sit on the ledge of my bath tub, pull one leg up as high as possible, then the other leg..then nearly fall over as i stand up and pull the rest of it up...then i pull them up at the thighs...then lift my belly, and pull it up to my waist. i'm le tired.

megs1409 · September 2013

PixiesDust said:

I sit on the edge of my bed and through the miracle of Lord Grilled Cheesus, manage to pull them on one leg at a time. Sometimes i have to use my hands to physically lift my ankle up into my pant leg. Taking them off is just as difficult.

This. Exactly. It's not pretty.

JLW0504 · September 2013

I freaking love this thread. I am literally LOLing at my desk!!

To answer the question, I sit on the edge of the bed and step into them with both legs. Then I slowly bend down and pull them up.

Alexandrap · September 2013

Pants are not that hard still, socks and shoes now fall to DH. I simply cannot fold myself like that anymore.

EmJ&B · September 2013

LOL . . . I lean . . .

And the dogs are so confused

Amjoy25 · September 2013

Damn. I've been balancing on one leg and struggling through the pain like a chump! Also, compression stockings are the bane of my existence right now; very difficult to get on.

Starofd00m · September 2013

SuperSecretStatus said:

I don't wear pants. Easy solution.

THIS! Dresses and skirts are my friends these days.

Though I wore leggins with a long tunic yesterday, and that required holding onto the bed, putting BOTH feet in the leg holes, and ever so carefully grabbing a handful of fabric and just yanking as hard as I could. It wasn't very graceful.

PS- socks and actual shoes? PISH!! I've only worn (dressy and super supportive) flip flops for the last 3 months...

carawasa · September 2013

Starofd00m said:

SuperSecretStatus said:

I don't wear pants. Easy solution.

THIS! Dresses and skirts are my friends these days.

Though I wore leggins with a long tunic yesterday, and that required holding onto the bed, putting BOTH feet in the leg holes, and ever so carefully grabbing a handful of fabric and just yanking as hard as I could. It wasn't very graceful.

PS- socks and actual shoes? PISH!! I've only worn (dressy and super supportive) flip flops for the last 3 months...

same here. I can't wear anything else but flip flops at this point. I think my feet grew 9x...I plan on wearing flip flops until I deliver LOL

taylormarie923 · September 2013

I get dressed while sitting on the toilet. Should that be saved for FFFC?

MtnChickaD · September 2013

Amjoy25 said:
Damn. I've been balancing on one leg and struggling through the pain like a chump! Also, compression stockings are the bane of my existence right now; very difficult to get on.

I manage to get my compression stockings on ok in the morning but pulling them off after work is a struggle. Totally worth it though.

sweettwilight16 · September 2013

I have to sit on the edge of the bed. I am so sick of walking between the closet & bed every time I want to change clothes! Socks and shoes require some assistance though. And a couple times I made the mistake of leaning back on the bed while I pulled them up- getting back up was not easy.

hlb622 · September 2013

Dresses and flip flops all the way. I had to (attempt to) put on socks and sneakers the other day and started crying. My husband came in the bedroom to find me a snotty mess, with one sock half on, blowing my nose in the other one.

huntjul · September 2013

Why are pants hard to put on? I just put mine on same as usual :-/

singinchick31 · September 2013

LOL omg cracking up. I only wear stretchy pants so sit to do it and pull them as far as I can. But it's cold here so my fiance has to help me get my boots on every time lol. My dad actually got mad at me for touching the wall at his house trying to balance doing it myself. He then made fun of FI for pulling them up for me

mominwaiting29 · September 2013

awwwpuddin said:

carriet2018 said:

My life is really hard....I am a bed snob so my bed is pretty high off the ground so i can't sit on the edge. So have have to do a lean on it. it is quite the process and takes a lot of out me.

how hard is it to lauch yourself back up there after a middle of the night bathroom trip?

I am wondering the same thing!

MtnChickaD · September 2013

huntjul said:
Why are pants hard to put on? I just put mine on same as usual :-/

Hahaha...not funny.

STrovato23 · September 2013

I've been OK with the pants...and have been wearing flip flops up until this past weekend when my feet showed the first signs of the dreaded swelling. So because of that and the fact that its starting to feel like fall here in MA, I decided to switch to my boots, which require long socks...and it was such a pain in the ass! Cant do it by myself and had to enlist the hubby.

Now i've decided that I'm going back to flip flops and I dont care that people will be able to see how swollen my pretty little feet are.

finnybooboo · September 2013

carriet2018 said:

My life is really hard....I am a bed snob so my bed is pretty high off the ground so i can't sit on the edge. So have have to do a lean on it. it is quite the process and takes a lot of out me.

I thought having a tall bed was a cool idea. Until I got pregnant and the pain getting in and out of it is so horrible! Now I was asking my DH if we could somehow lower the bed. I'm only 5'2" and it comes up to the top of my hips. I need a stool to get in and out now

jennlin · September 2013

huntjul said:

Why are pants hard to put on? I just put mine on same as usual :-/

even with your organs in your ribs? can you breathe?

Suzi-G- · September 2013

I guess I'm super duper flexible because I haven't had too much trouble, yet. But I do wear a lot of skirts, and now I have to do a load of laundry in the middle of the week because I don't have enough things that fit to make it through a whole week. Or I'm just a slob and spill things all over myself every.single.day. Also I haven't worn anything besides flip flops (or tennis shoes on the weekends) since early August.

Staceylynn602 · September 2013

I put them on one leg at a time while standing, usually losing my balance, which results in a near nervous breakdown because it reminds me how big and miserable I am!

OrangeGrove · September 2013

I can hardly get my chones on these days!

msronzio · September 2013

It's socks that I have trouble with.

Good thing I sweat my ass off 24/7 so I rarely have to bother with them..

knottied2a666e3e38a2a87 · September 2013

I just want to brag a little, I put on pantyhose this morning. TASK!

CousinVicki · September 2013

the other day i was trying to fix my shoe that slipped off my heel and ended up crashing into the wall lol

Inn2 · September 2013

Lovely, more fun contortion acts to look forward to.

tmccord21 · September 2013

No pants ever. Only skirts or dresses.

layali · September 2013

missgpsu said:

carriet2018 said:

My life is really hard....I am a bed snob so my bed is pretty high off the ground so i can't sit on the edge. So have have to do a lean on it. it is quite the process and takes a lot of out me.

Mine is really high too. It took me 4 tries to get up during the 4 AM pee trip and DH wonders why the sheets are always pulled out on my side in the morning. I hold on for dear life and pull!

We also have a really high bed. I'm so glad I don't have SPD because the way I get into bed would be excruciatingly painful. I have started to hike my left leg and left side of my body towards the center of the bed and then grab the edge of the mattress as leverage to pull my other half up and in. I really need to invest in a stepping stool, but I can't bring myself to do it.

As far as pants, I tend to find something to brace myself against and dangle the foot holes in the vicinity of the appropriate leg. I tend to live in skirts and dresses + flip flops, though. The only good thing about having a summer pregnancy in Arizona is that it will be flip flop weather until after this little guy comes in mid-October.

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