Well, the come-and-go belly ended last week when I realized that more coming than going was taking place and that I had button imprints on my stomach no matter what pants I was wearing. I got my first few pairs of maternity pants last night and am loving the pair I have on today. A girl I work with had her second baby earlier this year, and she said to go for the maternity pants as soon as your regular pants stop feeling good. She said she waited a while and suffered through her regular pants with the first baby but switched over to maternity pants much sooner with the second baby (since she already had them) and was so much more comfortable. Odd that I look more pregnant with pants that fit than I did with pants that didn't fit, but thus ends the constant debate about whether to unfasten the button or keep it hooked.
One funny story about the shopping... Chris and I just went to Target to see how maternity clothes even work (turns out, at Target anyway, that they're still numbered the way non-maternity pants are so they sort-of fit your butt and legs and then just add elastic to the waistband). Some of the pants I tried on still had buttons/zippers in the front and then elastic on the sides, and some were nothing but elastic -- just 6 inches of stretchiness at the top of my pants, plus some faux zipper covers so it's not so obvious that I have no real zipper. They're awesome, and Chris is a little worried that I'll never go back to regular pants even after the baby is born and I'm normal sized again. :) When I was trying my pants on, there was a lady in there trying on jeans. After we passed each other a few times (her on her way to the 3-sided mirror, me on my way to get Chris' input), she finally asked my opinion on her jeans. She wanted to know if they were too small, so I weighed in and helped her decide. I was back out modeling for Chris (who laughed the first time I came out and showed him my waistband, but then stopped when he saw that the fitting room attendant lady was about to smack him for laughing at the woman carrying his child -- don't worry -- it didn't hurt my feelings because they really are funny looking) when the jeans lady walked out with her choice. I happened to be showing off some maternity jeans (which I got -- oh, yeah!) and she said, "Those are cute!" Chris and I both thought that she was about to ask where I found them (to which I would have replied, "Not anywhere in the section where you were shopping"), but then she changed her mind and went with her original choice.
So now I have pants that I don't want to unbutton when I sit down. I tried a few shirts, too, but it's too early for them -- just focusing on shirts that are long enough to cover all my elastic for now.
One funny story about the shopping... Chris and I just went to Target to see how maternity clothes even work (turns out, at Target anyway, that they're still numbered the way non-maternity pants are so they sort-of fit your butt and legs and then just add elastic to the waistband). Some of the pants I tried on still had buttons/zippers in the front and then elastic on the sides, and some were nothing but elastic -- just 6 inches of stretchiness at the top of my pants, plus some faux zipper covers so it's not so obvious that I have no real zipper. They're awesome, and Chris is a little worried that I'll never go back to regular pants even after the baby is born and I'm normal sized again. :) When I was trying my pants on, there was a lady in there trying on jeans. After we passed each other a few times (her on her way to the 3-sided mirror, me on my way to get Chris' input), she finally asked my opinion on her jeans. She wanted to know if they were too small, so I weighed in and helped her decide. I was back out modeling for Chris (who laughed the first time I came out and showed him my waistband, but then stopped when he saw that the fitting room attendant lady was about to smack him for laughing at the woman carrying his child -- don't worry -- it didn't hurt my feelings because they really are funny looking) when the jeans lady walked out with her choice. I happened to be showing off some maternity jeans (which I got -- oh, yeah!) and she said, "Those are cute!" Chris and I both thought that she was about to ask where I found them (to which I would have replied, "Not anywhere in the section where you were shopping"), but then she changed her mind and went with her original choice.
So now I have pants that I don't want to unbutton when I sit down. I tried a few shirts, too, but it's too early for them -- just focusing on shirts that are long enough to cover all my elastic for now.
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