Comments on: When did you have to start wearing maternity shirts?

By: crystald

crystald — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:58:52 +0000

my maternity shirts didnt start fitting me until my 6th month, I kept on trying though,,,,my regular shirts were too tight, but maternity was WAY TOO BIG!
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By: obrien

obrien — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:23:19 +0000

my stomach was huge so i started to wear maternity shirts at about 16weeks

By: Ian and Kelly

Ian and Kelly — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:38:03 +0000

hello,
I am only 7 weeks 1 day pregnant but I already had two children already. Every time you have a baby you show quicker? With my first baby I didn’t start showing a little pouch until I was in my 4th mth maybe even close to 5th. With my second, I started showing as early as 3 mths. Now with my third….I’m afraid to know when I will start showing lol But I am sure it will be around 3 mths.
When I was pregnant with my first baby people started noticing I was pregnant around 5-6 mths. I always felt the same way you feel. All bloated and didn’t want to wear any maternity clothes until i looked more pregnant. But after the first I started realizing how much more comfortable it was for me to just give in early and wear them. Good luck and congratulations.

By: cuddlesam

cuddlesam — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:43:24 +0000

When you feel like it. Congradulations on your pregnancy! Right now all the regular styles look like maternity wear anyways. Just know that once you start wearing maternity clothes, everyone and anyone will now come up and ask you the same questions over and over. “When is your baby due? What is it? Whose the father? Are you married? Are you sure you’re not due next week?” It just goes on and on and on….

By: Nicola L

Nicola L — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:45:13 +0000

I never needed to. I never needed maternity pants either, although I bought a pair I was able to wear my regular jeans throughout my pregnancy and I carried my daughter to 41 weeks, she was 7.4lbs at birth.

Noone even noticed I was pregnant until I was 36 weeks…that’s the first time anyone asked about it anyway. I didn’t find out myself until 22 weeks! I’m a size 8/10 and 5′7 so God knows where I put her!

Congratulations with your pregnancy and good luck!

By: Hendrixj

Hendrixj — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:31:27 +0000

Congratulations! I had to start wearing maternity clothes tops and bottoms since I was 14 weeks. I can still wear 2 of my regular tops because they are long enough in the body. I’m fairly small and i’m showing quite a bit now - 17 weeks today.

if you lost the weight due to morning sickness, i would think you would be okay but i would talk to your doctor about your weight lost/gain if you haven’t already.

Cheer up - overnight you will be showing and people will notice. I have a number of girlfriends that didn’t really show until they were well past 22 weeks.

By: wondering mother

wondering mother — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:06:16 +0000

it is normal to lose weight in your first trimester due to morning sickness, but it all depends on how fast you gain weight to determine when you will need to wearing maternity shirts. I didn’t wear one until I was 5 months.

By: Jojo

Jojo — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:24:09 +0000

I am 22 weeks pregnant and I started wearing maternety around 16 weeks.

In the beginning, people couldn’t really tell if I was pregnant or that that pouch was just the remains of a large lunch, but I felt a lot better because the clothes were not tight and uncofortible any more. I could breath.

Now, you can’t miss that I am pregnant and frankly, I love it!

Don’t wear tight pants and who cares what people will think, pretty soon, you’ll start to show a lot more and there will be ni mistake about it.

Congrats and good luck!

By: missperfect20022003

missperfect20022003 — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:10:58 +0000

they have some that will fit if you want to wear them now. i started wearing them at about 4 months and i wasnt that big I just got a small!!

By: Mommytobe

Mommytobe — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:57:55 +0000

I’m 32 weeks and I can still wear my regular t shirts. I have been wearing maternity jeans since I was about 4 1/2 months. Through the cold months I always wore sweat shirts. I guess about a month ago I bought 2 maternity fitted type shirts. Try something fitted, not ballooned out. Target has good stuff.