Maternity clothes

I have 2 older DDs, then the twins, and am now pregnant. I am already starting to show and think I will be in maternity clothes SOON.

Out of curiosity, when did you start needing maternity clothes the second (or 3rd or more) time around. I have heard after a couple pregnancies, your muscles are weaker and you show faster.

Also, where do you like to shop for them? Old Navy has some cute stuff but I've been looking for other places, too.

 

I started wearing maternity clothes around 18 weeks or so. I can still get away with big t-shirts and things around the house but definitely need maternity pants. And right now I've got some maternity clothes from the last pregnancy, and some from rummages - Motherhood Maternity pants and sweatpants, but my favorites for around the house are a pair of gaucho-type regular pants, not maternity, that just stretch around my tummy. But with the last pregnancy I got jeans at Old Navy and loved them, I've got to go back for another pair since I, um, went up in pants size. Sigh.

 

Pants and stuff...around 13 weeks and everything else around 16 weeks. It wasn't that I was huge but I was uncomfortable in my regular clothes.

 

Same as PP - pants, very early (13-14 weeks) and shirts a little after. Believe it or not, Target has great non-maternity clothes that will work for pregnant women. In fact, I went to a party Saturday night and bought a great shirt at Target to wear and I'm 37 weeks - and the shirt was NOT maternity. And trust me, I"m HUGE!!!!!

 

For the twins and my first singleton pregnancy, I was in maternity clothes by 12 weeks. With this baby, I didn't really need them until closer to 20 weeks.

 

Thanks for the input.. I don't feel so bad now. I have worn my maternity jeans a couple times so far and they are just so comfy, I think I may not go back. I will wait a while on the shirts since I can't really fill those out yet.

 

I was in maternity clothes pretty early too... I popped out fast. By 12 - 16 weeks I was in maternity clothes.. not all clothes but I definitely was showing.