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Moms and Moms-to-be

I know this is super premature, but when did y'all bite the bullet and buy maternity pants?  My pants are already so uncomfortable from all of this bloat I've got going on....but 7 weeks seems WAY too early to even consider it.

 

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Re: Moms and Moms-to-be

  • It was around 19 weeks that I had to wear maternity clothes. 

     Have you tried a rubber band on your jeans to make them a little loser?

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  • Use the rubberband trick.  Loop a ponytail holder thru the hole and then loop around the button.

    Or just get some maternity pants.  The low panel works well during first and second tri, but the whole over the belly panel works best when you are huge and in third tri.  Or buy one size bigger in regular jeans.  All jeans are $20 at Old Navy right now.

    Can't wait to see acute belly   on you!

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  • I think I was 13 weeks when i bought my first pair of the "under the belly" maternity pants. I also invested in a BeBand from target and used  the rubberband trick. 
  • um, I'm not even pregnant and i've totally used the hair band trick at work when I was bloated. Is that weird? lol
    But it was great!
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  • imagetammy41208:
    um, I'm not even pregnant and i've totally used the hair band trick at work when I was bloated. Is that weird? lol
    But it was great!

    LOL you are so funny!

  • truth be told, I wear maternity pants on fat days. Wink

    My answer is whenever you want to. Go out and buy yourself a pair.

  • imagetammy41208:
    um, I'm not even pregnant and i've totally used the hair band trick at work when I was bloated. Is that weird? lol
    But it was great!

    nope, not weird at all. I've done it. and sometimes I've just gone ahead and unbottoned my pants when I don't have a rubberband lol

  • I think I gave in at 12 weeks I just said forget it and wore them! LOL and to be honest with you I'm still having a hard time going back to wearing my normal jeans I have some on today and they are so uncomfortable
  • Thanks everybody!  I've got a rubber band on right now, and I can't even tell you how much better I feel.

    In the mornings my pants usually fit fine, but as the day progresses the bloat gets worse and worse.  Yesterday I was so uncomfortable all day, and when I got in the car to go home I unbuttoned and unzipped all the way to get some relief. 

    Elisa...I can't wait until I have a "cute" belly to show you either.  Right now all I have is a big bloat belly. 

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  • I never bought maternity pants.  I bought jeans a couple sizes bigger than my normal size and used a bella band.
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  • I think I was about 12-14weeks...but I was totally unbuttoning my pants, using the rubber band and using my belly band long before that. I actually like the belly band much at first because my stomach felt sensitive, but I'm wearing it almost daily now. Go shopping! Be comfortable! :)
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  • i think i was around 15 - 16 weeks...but a lot of my clothes are loose to begin with, so i got by wearing my clothes for awhile, and i inherited tons of maternity clothes from friends, so i never had to buy them, so i can't remember.

    just be comfortable, as pps have said.  i'm sad that i'm coming to the end of my pregnancy, i love my belly!!  embrace the bump!  LOL

  • imagetammy41208:
    um, I'm not even pregnant and i've totally used the hair band trick at work when I was bloated. Is that weird? lol
    But it was great!

    OMG another reason I just love you!  I think you are so cute! Maybe I should try that!

  • i was around 11 or 12 weeks. i started using the bella band around 8 weeks cause i just couldn't button or even zipper my pants up. once it got to the point that they were hard to get over my hips, i moved on to maternity pants. they are so comfy...i almost don't wanna have to go back to normal pants lol!!
  • I don't remember.LOL I know I used the bella band for a while I think I was about 14 or 15 weeks when I finally bought maternity pants.
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