Maternity Jeans!

Yesterday I finally bought maternity jeans. Now that I have, I am wondering why I took so long!

My grandmother had brought me some maternity shirts and I wore those and loved them but the maternity jeans she had brought were white and didn’t fit quite right, so I think I was scared all would be like that. They were not and I got 3 pairs of pants that fit and its amazing. I also got a bunch of shirts because my mom had way too much fun. 

The maternity store is now my favorite store!

First, they don’t stare at you crazy when the first words out of your mouth are, “where is the restroom?”

Second, they understand pregnant women are emotional so they are very sensitive to what you ask for and supportive if it doesn’t fit right. (They were also so sweet when the lady in the dressing room next to me sounded like she was about to cry. Regular stores judge you when you cry because something doesn’t fit right.)

Third, all the clothes fit in such a why that they make me feel pretty, while still being very comfortable! I had been wearing jeans that were just big, and they sagged in places they shouldn’t and then they cut across my stomach making me look fat, not pregnant.

For a few months before I found out I was pregnant and the first few month of pregnancy I have been wearing oddly fitting clothes. I had gained weight before I got pregnant so most of my clothes didn’t fit right, but I was trying to loose the weight so I refused to buy new clothes. Then we found out we were pregnant and I thought, “well now I will just wait till I have to buy maternity clothes.”

I also got fed up with most of my clothes and donated them. Sadly I only wore the same 7 shirts and 3 jeans over and over and over.

Once baby is here and I loose the baby weight, I might go back to regular pants, but I don’t want to ever go back to regular shirts!

I must admit, I have never been small chested, and pregnancy has not made them any smaller. This has meant that shirts never fit me right, they were always either loose or tight places they shouldn’t. Maternity shirts don’t do that! The maternity shirt my grandmother bought me (when I was a mere 9 weeks along) was the first time a shirt has fit me correctly in years. 

So between my chest and larger hips, very few things ever looked nice on me, till I met maternity clothes.

I asked the nice sale lady if I ever had to go back to wearing regular clothes. She replied that the shirt and jeans she was wearing are maternity and her daughter is two! She is built like me so she always had the problem with clothes I have had.

The other sales lady and the other customer (a mother of 5) said “NO! Stay in maternity.”

It makes me think that maybe the clothes in the stores are not really what most women fit or want, but that is a huge other issue!

17 Weeks Today!!! 

(Not the best photo, but thanks to maternity clothes I look like I have a bump, not just fat.)