Well, its official, I have finally had to go through all of my clothing so I am not digging through laundry each day trying to find an outfit for work. I've had to buy 4 shirts, 2 skirts and 2 pairs of jeans so that I can go to work each day and I'm pretty sure I'll need to buy more shirts as the bump continues to grow. I'm proud of myself that from a change in my diet so I am as healthy as can be for this baby, and slightly increased exercise (you know not just sitting on the cough each day...) I've been able to wear most of my clothes because I have lost fat as I've gotten more pregnant, gained weight, but definitely lost fat.
But DUDE buying maternity clothes is tough! Even having gone down slightly in my jean size, it was very difficult finding pants that fit. Basically the rule for buying clothes when you are pregnant is to simply buy the same size you were BEFORE you became pregnant. For example: you were a 2 when you got pregnant, despite the large round belly on the front of you now, you are still a 2. I wear a 16 currently, but apparently pregnancy clothes manufactures and myself have different view on what a 16 really is... thus it was very difficult for me to find clothes for myself, I went to Motherhood Maternity and the girl (who was very nice and helpful) said, "maybe you need a bigger size.." and it was in reference to the seam of the pants not coming up as high as I wanted them to. They fit everywhere else, but typical maternity clothes hit BELOW your waist because your waist is now holding an incubator for a tiny human, so no one in their right mind makes pants that the seam is at your waist and I felt like they weren't sitting where I needed them to, thus I bought everything else but pants on that first trip... Now I finally can't wear my leggings, jeans, sweats, basically anything that't not pajama pants on a regular basis, and I've become one of those people who have to drive with their pants unbuttoned because I feel like I'm squishing my poor baby!
BUT! THE OTHER DAY after going to Macy's, Marshalls, Kohls AND Target in search of jeans to wear to work (I can't wear the same like 4 outfits to work each week...) I went to Old Navy after a search online told me they might have something and I lucked out! Not only did I find multiple styles of clothing to buy but I found multiple pairs in my size, in the multiple styles, AND they actually fit. I ended up actually going DOWN a size in the one pair I bought, and if I hadn't thought about the fact that my belly is going to keep growing, I would have bought the second pair in a size lower than I typically would buy. It was a win win kind of day for me! Baby is happy he isn't being squished all the time, I'm happy to wear something other than skirts to work, AND I'm thrilled that I am possibly a pants size down since I got pregnant. Now to just keep this healthy eating thing up and get myself down 2 sizes after I have the baby.
I did, in my search for clothes for bigger pregnant ladies, find a website called "Yours Clothing" and its a plus size clothing site, that has MATERNITY CLOTHES, and like, CUTE maternity clothes for curvier mommas. It goes from 12-34 and has everything from shirts to underwear. Their website does carry bathing suits, but not in their pregnancy line, which was slightly disappointing, BUT I now know when I've had the baby I can buy a bathing suit top from them that might actually fit my chest and be supportive, so I've got that going for me!
https://www.yoursclothing.com/maternity
there is their website for everyone out there, specifically their maternity section. Check it out. They're not a US based company though so everyone in America will have to pay more for shipping, sorry...
Thats my rant about pregnancy clothing... now onto my next adventure, finding a pregnancy bathing suit that will fit, and won't cost tons of money. HERE WE GO!
Happy Mothers Day
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