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Luna C
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Maternity pants before 3 months? Updated: OMFG the pants were worth it
Luna C
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I was already overweight when I got pregnant (currently 9w) and while I've only gained two pounds, my jeans and pants are basically unwearable. All the weight gain has been in the tummy and I look like I'm about 4 months along at this point.
I tried the belly bands and those just weren't cutting it for me -- I found them uncomfortable and was tugging on them a lot. Am I crazy to just get maternity pants at this point? Will they be falling off me?
I can only rock the unbuttoned-jeans and loose-fitting top combo so many times.
Any advice appreciated.
UPDATE
I found one store locally that had a decent selection (I thought it was all higher-end stuff, but they have more moderately priced things in the back) OH MY GOD it was so worth it.
I only got a pair of jeans and some leggings for now since I wear dresses to work and they're pretty forgiving. I just needed stuff for running errands and casual nights out. Also picked up a few bras. Apparently I went from a 38D to a 40F in just the past few weeks. Awesome. I'm going to need a pulley system to cart my boobs around by the time the baby arrives.
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Re: Maternity pants before 3 months? Updated: OMFG the pants were worth it
I haven't given in yet...but i'm also sitting in my office with my pants unbuttoned right now. after lunch is the worst for me!
i'm going to wearing maternity pants before long.
The Rowdy Roberts
I have a pretty flat stomach usually but im only 8 weeks and yesterday when I told my coworker she said "yea.. I kind of was wondering because of your belly"..lol I have been saying its bloat and constapation considering I havent gone to the bathroom in like 5 days... but im starting to think I may need some new pants really quickly.
Mary (33) and Michael (33)
Diagnosed with PCOS in 2002, Married 4/10/10 TTC #1 June 2011; LAP and tubes flushed in Dec
2012: 6 Clomid Cycles, all BFN; RE consult Nov 2012: SIS (all clear)
2013: 3 Femara Cycles with IUI, all BFN August 2013: Follistim/Ovidrel = 3 Follies, IUI on 8/29.
BFP!!!!! 1st Beta = 204 on 9/12/13 2nd Beta = 774 on 9/15/13!!
First U/S 10/1/13 - It's TWINS!!!!
Married DH 7/30/11
CSC arrived 5/7/12
CHC arrived 6/2/14
I'm 8w3d and not buying yet, as I had a loss last time and I just can't for a few weeks...but I also cannot button my jeans and dh thinks I look different. Thankfully my work uniforms are larger (for winter layering, I get the pants big) so I can get through there for the whole first tri.
BFP #1 ended in MMC. Discovered Oct 2005 @10w5d, baby stopped growing around 6w. D&C.
BFP#2 Nov 2005. Baby's heart stopped @ 8w3d. D&C Jan 2006. Trisomy 18
BFP#3 Nov 2006. My "miracle baby" DD born 7/25/07
BFP #4 11/6/12. EDD 7/16/13~my birthday! No sac found @ 5w1d, betas not increasing. Natural m/c started 11/20/12.
BFP#5 11/9/13. EDD 7/21/14 Our beautiful rainbow born on his due date!!
Married - 12/2011 TTC #1 - 8/2013
BFP - 10/14/2013 EDD June 20, 2014
Do whatever you have to do to be comfy! I gained 15 pounds this year due to fertility treatments, and another 5 pounds during my IVF cycle, so I was already 20 pounds over my normal weight by the time I got pregnant - I started wearing a bellaband at 6 weeks, because it's just not worth it to be uncomfortable with all the bloating. My RE said that my ovaries are still the size of tangerines from IVF, and it'll take a few more weeks for them to shrink back down to normal size. So, by the time my ovaries shrink back to normal, I'll be at the end of my first trimester and getting bigger anyways!
I'm now 7wk6d, and went out last weekend and bought a bunch of maternity clothes. I'm going to start wearing them a few times a week for the next few weeks, so that they'll blend in better with the rest of my work wardrobe, and it hopefully won't be as obvious that I switched to maternity clothes!
TTC since July 2011
Me(33): normal HSG; diagnosed with mild PCOS
DH(35): normal SA
*6 cycles no meds, July-Dec. 2011, all BFN
*Clomid for 3 cycles, Jan-March 2011: BFP March 2011
*MC at 6 weeks
*2 cycles off
*Started TTC again July 2012 with Clomid, 6 cycles from July-Dec. 2012, all BFN
*1 cycle no meds: BFN
*1 cycle Femara: BFN
*1st RE visit March 2013 - first IUI in April 2013 with Femara, Menopur, and Novarel (BFN); second IUI in May 2013, same protocol (BFN); two cycle break; third IUI in August 2013, same protocol (BFN)
*1st IVF cycle, October 2013 (Synarel, Menopur (75 iu), and Gonal-F (150 iu)) -- BFP!! Saw two babies at our 5wk5d u/s on Oct. 28th! EDD=June 25, 2014
Comfy always wins
God Bless You my Little One
Farida, our first child, born on the 19th of July 2014
Farida, at 8 weeks
God Bless You my Little One
Farida, our first child, born on the 19th of July 2014
Farida, at 8 weeks
So I just got my BFP and already broke them out. Hey - they were expensive GAP maternity pants and they are only a year old! lol. I could care less. Plus, who can even tell you are wearing them? My jeans were already tight from not quite getting back down to pre-baby weight with DS, I was praying for a BFP just so I had an excuse to wear them!
Beta #1 - 10dpo = 50
Beta #2 - 12dpo - 127
Beta #3 - 24dpo - 15,594!