A lot of women try to go as long as they can without buying maternity clothes. We find that by month 4 or 5, those pre-pregnancy clothes will just not work. And, when it comes to maternity swimsuits, a non-maternity bikini will look just awful. Take a look at Angelina Jolie if you want to see what not to do.

A lot of women try to go as long as they can without buying maternity clothes. We find that by month 4 or 5, those pre-pregnancy clothes will just not work. And, when it comes to maternity swimsuits, a non-maternity bikini will look just awful. Take a look at Angelina Jolie if you want to see what not to do.

I loved wearing my maternity clothes and found that going up to larger sizes just didn’t look right.

There are so many great lines of maternity clothes today. I even wear some of my maternity tops from the early months once in a while.

I’m now pregnant with my forth baby in 7 years. It seems like I’m never out of maternity clothes.
But I did find a great shop in Dubai where I live and it is but isn’t maternity wear.
My mother who is really fashionable but has a little tummy (probably from having 8 children ) also buys most of her clothes there.
It’s hip, trendy and gorgeous, but best of all it’s really very reasonable.
If your interested they have online shopping also http://www.jennyrosematernity.com

I LOVE Maternity clothes! I wore them probably before I needed to, but for me it was buy a bigger size that I wouldn’t last me very long, or buy something maternity that can last most of the pregnancy, so to me it seemed cheaper to buy Maternity. I started wearing maternity clothes at probably 12 weeks! I think lots of it can be really cute! And like someone else said when I wear regular clothes I feel like I look fat, but wearing maternity you can tell you are pregnant!

I only wore a couple maternity t-shirts from Old Navy — other than that, I wore my own clothes, including my jeans.

I had no desire to wear maternity clothing. I didn’t show until my 7th month, and I carried my daughter high so my pants all still fit. The last week or so before her birth I stayed home in pajamas, but that was about the extent of it.

What is the difference between buying maternity clothes and buying clothes that are in bigger sizes (i.e. 8 or 10 when you start off as a size 2)? In my opinion, there is no difference. You’re still buying clothes that you probably won’t wear again unless you’re pregnant. It’s not really saving money.

I agree that someone like Halle has access to the most stylish maternity clothes out there and therefore doesn’t have the excuse that maternity clothes aren’t “flattering”.

If I had the money while I was pregnant to actually buy maternity clothes I would have and probably felt better about the way I looked, because I always dressed really nice b/f I was pregnant it was a change. But I’m thinking halle is talking and maybe not thinking about what is coming out of her mouth, because I see Nicole and whole bunch of other celebs who look incredible while wearing maternity clothes.

I couldn’t get by without maternity clothes after about 4 months.

I carried mainly in my stomach, and I really needed clothes that would accomodate my growing lower abdomen. Almost all of my pre-preg clothes were too form fitting and uncomfortable.

I LOVED maternity clothes. There are so many cute styles. They are cut just right and it was easy to find stuff on sale.

That’s the thing Ashleigh, you were thin to begin with just like halle. I know many ladies who were size 2/3 and by end of 9 months were wearing size 8, so most of them like you didn’t need maternity clothes. Especially now the styles of shirts, dresses, etc are perfect because you just go a size bigger and you can look adorable and still trendy. Obviously some women need maternity clothes, but some can get away with mostly wearing regular clothes just sizes bigger. Personally I don’t like matenity clothes, there’s a few cute things here and there, but not really my style.