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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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clothing vent - Mom's/Mom's to be
So last night we had to go away, and I was standing in front of my closet trying to decide what to wear. I came to the conclusion that I've come to the point where it's kinda a crappy deal for cloths!
Half my stuff doesn't fit anymore, the stuff that does I wear over and over, and am really sick of, then I feel like I can't justify going shopping for cloths because I still need to buy regular tops since I wouldn't be able to wear maternity. Bump is still to small for that.
Anyone else have this.. what did you do to get yourself through the "in-between" stage?
#1-BFP 08-22-09 ~ M/C 08-31-09 at 5 weeks 6 days
#2-BFP 08-6-11 ~ Due 04/18 ~ born via c-section April 22, 2012
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Re: clothing vent - Mom's/Mom's to be
Luckily I was able to wear my normal clothes and then BAM one day I needed maternity clothes. I'm still wearing maternity bottoms and regular tops...although I do love the fit of a maternity shirt. You will wear the same things over and over again if you don't want to buy anything new. I'm at that stage. Luckily Maria sent me over some awesome maternity clothes so I've been rotating those out, but I'm wearing some of the same outfits.
You can try the rubberband on the button of your bottoms to give some elastic. You can buy some stretchy shirts, because you know you will grow into them.
Dresses have gotten me a long way.
Bella band for your pants will make them last longer.
I found the "too big for regular clothes, too small for maternity" to be the worst part of the pregnancy in terms of getting dressed.
Since it is "winter", you could layer extra long tanks (maternity or regular) under your other shirts to combat the length issue. Stretchy regular tops are your friend!
I even went out and got some cheap regular tops in a bigger size since maternity clothes tend to be so expensive.
Near the end of my pregnancy I literally lived in the same 3 outfits. I was definitely happy I didn't have to go to work.
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#1-BFP 08-22-09 ~ M/C 08-31-09 at 5 weeks 6 days
#2-BFP 08-6-11 ~ Due 04/18 ~ born via c-section April 22, 2012
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I got a bunch of old navy long tanks (were on sale for $2 at the time) in one size up in different colors and wore them under regular shirts. I'm sure Target or other stores have something similar. That way I had a layered look with a lot more coverage. Obviously, by month nine they were "regular" length..lol
That being said, I adored Maternity pants and dresses. I wish all clothes could be made so comfy. I still wear a few Maternity shirts (shhh don't tell anyone), but you really can't tell I don't think.
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I still do this too. I only bought two pairs of maternity pants and two shirts. One shirt was super super thin so I don't wear it anymore, but I still wear my blue one. It's just such a pretty color I can't part with it lol. I also still wear my maternity work pants to work I just fold the band part over a belt....LOL They're comfy and I don't feel like going and buying new pants when I have perfectly good ones! I don't think you can tell either!
Maternity stuff IS SO EXPENSIVE. For something that you can only wear for a few months, it's so not worth it.
I also did the one size larger thing, and that was toward the end of my pregnancy too (granted I went into labor before I got too far into my third tri so I wasn't THAT big) and I recommend it, even if it's just a basic tee from walmart
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This. My wardrobe was a lot more limited during my pregnancy because I was too cheap to buy a lot of clothes. Luckily I was able to wear my jeans and trousers until the end (with a bella band over top), and most of my shirts fit until I was in my 3rd trimester. At the end not even my maternity clothes fit over my belly properly.