Pants poll

[katelou]

just curious. Feel free to explain. And a follow-up, for STM +, how does your pants situation this time compare  to last time? Are you going for mat pants sooner?

[mugster]

I was uncomfortable in my regular pants towards the end of my IVF cycle. I just went ahead and embraced maternity pants -- but my shirts weren't long enough, so now I've just embraced maternity clothes in general. It isn't a perfect solution because shirts that are designed to highlight bumps are currently highlighting my bloat.

[tikoberry99]

My pants still button but are super tight, so I unbutton them when I'm driving or sitting so I voted for both lol!

[ginabini]

Belly bands are my best friend right now! I have one or two pairs of jeans that still button, but most don't. If I do the hokey pokey I can get them all to button but its veryyyyyyy uncomfortable. I think I'll be making the jump to maternity pants pretty soon.

[sarcaztic10]

My pants are unbuttoned all day and I am using my belly bands daily.

[pittpurple]

I've moved to maternity pants and tights a couple weeks ago, way, way earlier than last time. I think I held out until 16 weeks along or so last time. The combination of never losing most of the 'baby' weight and having been pregnant before has definitely made a difference.

I agree with mugster, it seems ridiculous to be wearing the maternity shirts as they make me look SO much more pregnant but I don't have a good solution. I'm pretty much living in 3 non-maternity shirts and a variety of non and maternity dresses.

[tootsie]

I usually have to bust open the button on my regular pants after lunch, sometimes earlier.

I'm hoping to find maternity deals after Christmas.

[those3words]

At 6 weeks my ute/gut decided to pop right back into its pregnancy position. Ugh. But combined with the rapid weight loss from severe m/s, I'm still in my regular pants. I'm not wearing my skinny pants anymore...but that is mostly because I don't like things around my waist right now due to severe nausea.

I think last time I started wearing looser clothes around 10-12 weeks and jumped to full maternity pants around 15 weeks.

[jssymom14]

STM and the bloat is for real! I can still barely fit into my regular pants but am uncomfortable at times and rely heavily on leggings/tunic look. I am worried my maternity clothes won't fit well b/c I was 20 pounds lighter when I started with DD but I weighed this much towards the end of my pregnancy

[madamewaffles]

Between MS and decreased appetite, I lost about 10 lbs so fat. My pants still fit.

[lostinfaith225]

I haven't wore jeans in a long time. Haha

Yoga pants all the way! Haven't moved to maternity. I have lost 4 lbs.

[icaughtfire]

My work pants & jeans still fit fine. They get snug if I eat a full meal but so far I'm still good.

[cocobellaf]

I'm only 8w, but I bought a few things a size up and have also purchased some maternity items. Any kind of pressure on my stomach makes me sick, so I don't care. You can't tell they are maternity, but it's so much easier on my body!

[mcktymck]

I work from home so am usually in yoga/sweatpants, but have not switched to maternity pants for outdoor ventures yet. I've lost about 7 lbs in the last few weeks so my favorite jeans are actually a little loose at the moment!

[TheTuna15]

Since I'm only at 7 weeks, I haven't had to slide into the old maternity clothes yet. But I LIVE in jeggings. Because they look like jeans but they're so loose and stretchy, and I never have to worry about flashing anyone if I'm bending over to grab my natural disaster of a child. I really liked the belly bands, which I predominately just wore with my leggings or jeggings. Near the middle of third tri I got a really long maternity tank top and a pair of maternity jeans, but that's it. I can't justify spending money on those damn clothes.

[cavewmn]

My shirts are long so I have my pants unbuttoned and use the hair band trick on it. lol

[hobbesgal]

I have to use a belly band if I'm wearing non maternity pants at this point. I have maternity jeans from the Gap and they are pretty awesome.

[bluedot]

I'm mainly in leggings, because I want to be comfortable... my regular jeans fit... but aren't feeling great. My old maternity pants were falling down when I walked, so I haven't switched to them yet.

Last time I made the switch by 8w...I think the weight may be dispersing to other areas besides the belly region...

[icaughtfire]

Dec 10, 2015 13:09:10 GMT -5 bluedot said:

I think the weight may be dispersing to other areas besides the belly region...

I keep fluctuating between loosing & gaining the same 2 pounds but I swear it's all going to my boobs. My bras are TIGHT.

[madamewaffles]

Dec 10, 2015 12:52:47 GMT -5 hobbesgal said:

I have to use a belly band if I'm wearing non maternity pants at this point. I have maternity jeans from the Gap and they are pretty awesome.

Do your Gap jeans have the full band or a demi band?

[hobbesgal]

Dec 10, 2015 13:14:14 GMT -5 madamewaffles said:

Dec 10, 2015 12:52:47 GMT -5 hobbesgal said:

I have to use a belly band if I'm wearing non maternity pants at this point. I have maternity jeans from the Gap and they are pretty awesome.

Do your Gap jeans have the full band or a demi band?

I got the full band so that I can just adjust and fold it over as needed.

[beebe918]

I've said it before but I never stopped wearing maternity pants, I do still wear regular jeans sometimes but I don't even know where my regular work pants are. My regular jeans are not so much uncomfortable as they're creating an annoying muffin top, I tried the hairband around the button trick but it didn't feel secure enough for me.

[TnT10]

LOL I was still in maternity pants for work from DD.... so there's that. IDGAF either, they are comfortable and pants suck anyways. But in jeans I switched to maternity a couple of weeks ago. I had a belly left from DD though, so I knew it wouldn't take long. I'm sticking out right under my ribs too, so I'm sure people will be asking if I'm having twins as soon as I start actually sticking out where I can't hide it under my flowy shirts. Assholes.

[harlowjune1984]

Last pregnancy (I had to look in my pregnancy journal to find out this information...HAHA): The last I wrote about maternity clothing, I said that I was still in my regular jeans at 23 weeks. I think that month I was rubber banding them though.

This pregnancy: Still in regular jeans so far, but since leggings are more comfortable, I wear those more often. Especially since at my job, I am sitting on the floor a lot, and jeans aren't comfortable whether I am pregnant or not.

[katelou]

I'd just gotten some new jeans and the waistbands were a little tighter to begin with (side note- every time I find perfect jeans and try to re-buy them later, the fit has always changed! grr) so now they are way too uncomfortable to wear. My work pants are ok but I do unbutton after lunch. But jeans are my staple because I only work 3 days a week and one of those days is causal Friday, so I think I'm going to bust out the mat jeans at 7 weeks

Last pregnancy I started with a hairtie on the jeans button at 8 weeks, but made it til 15+ in work pants and skirts. That is so not going to happen this time...

[ginabini]

A big part of my problem is I just got married in October, so I was the tiniest I'd been in a longggggg time. I was on a serious workout and clean eating kick for a solid year and was in the best shape of my life.... thennnn we got back from our honeymoon and I lost my motivation to workout as consistently. Then came the constant fatigue and nausea, so I started eating crap and was too tired to workout. So I'm sure I lost a ton of muscle mass and gained inches back pretty quickly in a lot of places. Add the pregnancy bloat and water retention and growing boobs and you have some very poorly fitting pants :-P

[rungirlrun]

I'm only 6 w 6 d so pants still fit just fine - I'm not any bigger than before. With DS, I started maternity clothes around 20-21 weeks. I doubt I'll make it that long this time bc usually you get bigger earlier with subsequent kids. I'm going to rock maternity clothes as soon as it's uncomfortable to wear regular clothes!

The one thing I never wore maternity wear for were workout bottoms (pants and shorts). They fit right under my belly and didn't stretch out. They fit great when I was 40 weeks pregnant and when I wasn't pregnant at all.

[Susan0utLoud]

With DS I switched to maternity at about 15 weeks for both pants and shirts. I'm 10.5 weeks now and everything still fits. I will say, though, that after DS I had to buy all new clothes because my shape had changed to drastically. I only gained 12 pounds during the pregnancy so it wasn't weight, it was my shape. So weird and annoying. A lot of the pants I have now are elastic tops (ponti style I think it's called), so I might be good without maternity for a while for work. For jeans, I'll probably be on maternity around 15 weeks again.

Maternity pants are the best. I wore mine for almost a year after DS was born. Sorrynotsorry.

[littlesthobo]

I can't remember last time when I started wearing maternity... I want to say 15 weeks? Right now I'm 6w6d and still wearing regular clothes. I'll probably have to get pants first, because sometimes I have to unbutton my jeans.

Last pregnancy I was able to wear my regular undies, pyjamas and yoga pants the whole time. So my advice to FTMs would be, don't buy it until you need it!

[ellebelle]

Dec 10, 2015 11:41:03 GMT -5 cocobellaf said:

I'm only 8w, but I bought a few things a size up and have also purchased some maternity items. Any kind of pressure on my stomach makes me sick, so I don't care. You can't tell they are maternity, but it's so much easier on my body!

The pressure on my stomach makes me sick too. Glad I'm not the only one!

I'm planning on buying some maternity pants tomorrow and I've just been suffering in the meantime. The bloat is out of control.