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Maternity clothes question
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So, I'm insanely bloated, which is normal - but I look ridiculous. My pants are tight and making me look even more, for lack of a better term, fat than I am. I'm plus size to begin with, but they are literally so tight that my stomach has red marks from my jeans and I can't even handle my tummy control jeans. I put my yoga pants in as soon as I get home, but I can't wear those to work.
I could just buy a a pair or 2 a size up, but that seems kind of ridiculous when I'm just going to get bigger. I'm 7 weeks 4 days. Is it too early to consider a pair of maternity pants/shorts/capris? Also, plus size ladies, do you have any suggestions of stores?
Re: Maternity clothes question
I borrowed pants from my mom which were one and two sizes bigger than I normally wear until I got maternity clothes around 16 weeks. The nice thing about it was that I had those pants to shrink down into post part um because my maternity pants didn't fit post part um.
Many other women I know, on here and irl, use the belly band or put a hairband through the button hole on their pants but my pants were low rise so even unzipped I didn't have enough room.
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No it's not too early. I got mine around 6 weeks, and had been using a belly band starting at 5 weeks because I was so bloated as couldn't button my pants. There really is no "appropriate week" to buy them, you just get them when you need them, and Id rather you buy maternity pants than bigger sized ones since you'll need them anyways. So do your poor belly a favor and go invest in some.
I personally LOVE the ones Kohls carry, but I'm not sure what sizes they have. Have fun shopping!
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Bloat happens. Stretchy pants are a great solution.
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“You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it's out of your control"
- Gayle Forman
"People talk about escapism as if it's a bad thing... Once you've escaped, once you come back, the world is not the same as when you left it. You come back to it with skills, weapons, knowledge you didn't have before. Then you are better equipped to deal with your current reality."
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this seems to be the general consensus on all the pregnancy boards I shamelessly lurk on.
I say go for it!
I switched to mat pants at 12 weeks with DS. I had tried the belly band but it just wasn't cutting it anymore.
It took me a long time to get back into my pp pants, so buying a size up might not be a bad idea.
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I don't think it is too early for maternity pants.
That said, I ended up gaining weight all over with my pregnancy, and ended up having to buy pants 1-2 sizes larger post-baby because the maternity stuff was too big, but my pre-preg stuff was too small.