I've moved on to my "fat" clothes.... glad that I kept them now. :P

I can't wait to go maternity shopping!

I am 8 weeks as of yesterday. I pulled a maternity dress out of the boxes yesterday because I hated the way my dress was fitting me. So far, it is just this, but I feel the rest aren't far behind. I have bloated a ton and think I look like I gained 15lbs! But, luckily, I don't like skin tight clothes anyways so my regular clothes have a little growing room before I will be going full maternity clothes.

eta: for clarification, I really think I LOOK like I've gained 15lbs but I have not. I am at +1/2lb.

7.5 weeks and I just pulled out a pair of maternity pants this morning. Soooooo glad I did.

I haven't tried my jeans or slacks in a few weeks, I've been wearing pants with stretch to work and yoga pants at home, so they may still fit. But I'm pretty sure they won't. :laugh:

I am looking to purchase a maternity coat, but haven't found one yet that is affordable and comfortable. I was thinking of going to Motherhood Maternity, but I know I won't spend less than $70 :ohwell:

Doesn't have to be expensive. Do you have a Kid to Kid store near you? Its a shop that takes lightly/gently used kids clothes, kids toys, maternity wear and more (and pays you for them) and then sells them for thrift store prices. Granted, I didn't purchase it, maybe I should have, but I saw a maternity coat at our Kid to Kid for $15.

I am hoping to hijack my husband's wool coat this winter! Thankfully he's pretty slim, so I won't be swimming in it, but it means I don't have to go out and buy one to wear to accomodate my bump (whenever it decides to show up ...)

I'm in the same bat as you LadyLamb, I didn't start showing until 23 weeks with my first pregnancy and by that time there isn't that much left to winter. My jacket now is an empire waist so I think I'll just wear that, if my belly pokes out a little so be it. Of course if the girls keep growing I won't be able to button it up!

I'm glad this topic came up. I think I might need to get going on my winter shopping if I hope to get any good deals still... but I'm a little concerned that someone will see me shopping in a maternity store before we let the secret out. :ohwell:

I was thinking the exact same thing today. I saw on Thyme Maternity if you like them on Facebook you get one article of clothing for 50% off but then realized if I did that everyone would wonder why I like a maternity store. So that will have to wait.

But if your family know's that may be a good place to look for a discount on a pricy item

I tried to go shopping for maternity clothes today, started at the mall and went to Target, and found just 1 pair of maternity dress pants, and they were skinny leg - I am not a skinny pants person, so that sucked.

Went to Motherhood Maternity where a very kind sales lady brought me three pairs of "dress" pants to try on. (I told her I needed black dress pants to wear to work at a law firm, no skinny legs, straight leg or bootcut). Two pairs were like yoga pants, and the third pair was the most horrible, cheapest fabric I have ever tried on. For $60 a pair, it was not going to happen. I was so frustrated.

I went to Sears, and it just so happens, that is the only Sears in the city that doesn't carry maternity clothing, and when we checked the Walmart near by, they too did not have a maternity section.

UGGG.. I just need a pair of simple, black dress pants that can accomodate my growing belly!!!

I haven't tried the second hand stores yet, but I we may this afternoon ... this has been so frustrating so far.

Canadian Ladies - where are you finding your maternity clothes?

I asked around some friends in the office today and many of them also suggested Walmart ... I just have to find a location that has a maternity section! I did hit up a second walmart yesterday, but they only had 1 rack, and 1 pair of dress pants ... which did not work out for me.

I was also told that most of the other Target stores in the city have a decent selection (again, I must have just chosen the wrong location) and I will also try Thyme. I don't mind paying a bit more, if it means the clothes are decent and will last through constant wearing for the next 6 months or so.

I re-read my original post and realized that it didn't fully make sense ... when at Motherhood, I requested no skinny leg, and I would prefer just straight leg or bootcut ... curvy gals like me cannot pull off those skinny leg pants! LOL!

Another common suggestion in the office today was to purchase a belly band, which will extend the time I can wear my regular pants for a few more weeks, and give me a bit more time to find what I need in terms of maternity wear.

So I found another Target yesterday, and Thyme Maternity and found some great pants that will work for the office ... the problem is a size Large fits, but does not leave any room to grow in the leg/bum area. A size Extra Large has me swimming in material.

I purchased a belly band for now, and will use this as long as I can with my current pants - and re-assess when it gets closer to needing to find other pants.

I am hoping second hand / thrift stores will be my saving grace, and that I'll find size Large that has perhaps been stretched enough to fit comfortably. The sales lady at Thyme coundn't say for sure if the size large would stretch out after wearing - so I did not yet want to purchase anything.

I have just been wearing pajama pants, basketball shorts, spandex - anything with a stretchy waist band - and my husband's t-shirts. I am actually perfectly okay with this, and as for size, I will be alright with it for awhile. Nobody at works cares and they all know why. But, I dontnhave a public image job either.
My regular clothes are too small. I do have some maternity clothes but currently, they are all too big and look sloppy on me.
Problem: I want to wear something nice for Thanksgiving tomorrow and I got nothing! Nothing nice fits anymore anyways. May have to go buy one nice outfit.

I AM HUGE!!!!! :noway:

Just thought I'd say that. I'm wearing maternity jeans/skirts and about 50% of the tops I'm wearing are maternity as well. Yay for 2nd trimester!

Same! And I can't suck it in anymore like I used to be able too!