Pregnancy Craziness

I am at the stage where I stare at my wardrobe and no longer wonder about what I want to wear. I’m at the stage where I question what FITS. And that, my friends, is very limited at the moment. I think I am likely a fashion disaster at the moment because I am doing whatever it takes to avoid maternity wear. At 13 weeks, this is a losing battle, but I do not want to wear the elastic belly pants until I absolutely have to. Thank goodness for the hip-hugger pants that came into fashion. I am living in those, and trying to find various tops that will actually cover the baby bump.

Maternity wear is an evil trick on mothers-to-be. They tell you, “Oh, just buy whatever size you wore normally and just buy it in maternity, and you’ll be fine.” Right. When I was 8 months pregnant with my son, 6 weeks left to go, not a single pair of my maternity pants fit. I remember sobbing like an idiot to my husband that I was too fat to wear maternity clothes and I just couldn’t take it. Being a man, he suggested that I go out and buy a larger size. I contemplated throwing a stapler at him for the remark, because when you’ve outgrown your maternity wear, things are pretty darn bad.

But I learned that there are three stages. The first trimester stage where your pants get tighter, but you can basically get by. The early second trimester when maternity wear sags on you, but nothing else fits. And then there’s third trimester when your hips get to be the size of a dump truck and you have to revert to the Extra Large Maternity Mama San Pants.

I’m beginning to think that dresses are the way to go…:banana:

For those of you mothers out there, what were your favorite maternity clothes? Most hated?