I'm 33 weeks into my 3rd pregnancy and still haven't started wearing maternity clothes. I wore my pre-preg jeans until 27 weeks or so (used a hair tie when I couldn't get them to button anymore lol) and then switched to leggings for a bit. I bought a new pair of jeans in size 8 to last me through the rest of the pregnancy (yay for being able to button them!), I don't plan on buying anymore clothes. I can never find anything cute in the maternity section and I figure I've made it this far, why waste money on something I'll only wear another month and a half?

Good to know Mslmesq. I haven't started shopping yet but I got rid of my maternity clothes from the past one. I'll look at Target and see what they have. Motherhood Maternity is ridiculously expensive!

Target carries belly bands, they are in with the Maternity clothes, mine was 16.99 but i'm in Canada, so it's probably much cheaper for you! They have black and a "white" which looks more beige to me. Walmart also has their own brand of them as well.

Our Walmarts are all torn apart right now as they're all being made into "Super Walmarts" and won't be normal again until June of next year. It's impossible to find anything in that store right now.

Good to know Mslmesq. I haven't started shopping yet but I got rid of my maternity clothes from the past one. I'll look at Target and see what they have. Motherhood Maternity is ridiculously expensive!

Target carries belly bands, they are in with the Maternity clothes, mine was 16.99 but i'm in Canada, so it's probably much cheaper for you! They have black and a "white" which looks more beige to me. Walmart also has their own brand of them as well.

Our Walmarts are all torn apart right now as they're all being made into "Super Walmarts" and won't be normal again until June of next year. It's impossible to find anything in that store right now.

Hopefully your Walmart will carry maternity. My local one is a Super Walmart and when I asked about maternity clothes (in a moment of desperation!) they told me they no longer sell them in store and that I could either "buy online" or "venture into plus sizes, that works just the same"! I was shocked. And immediately drove the 5 extra miles to Target where I bought lots of great clothes.

Boooo!!! That sucks! Ours is a Super Walmart and has a maternity section, the belly bands were in a weird spot though, they were sort of on the bottom half of a rack below a bunch of shirts. I remember their white one being ACTUALLY white (unlike the target one) so I'm waiting until the next time I have to go to Walmart (I avoid it like the plague because it's always so damn busy).

I did buy some actual maternity clothes on Black Friday online from Pink Blush Maternity (even though i'm only 13 weeks) because the sale was quite good and the stuff I got I could wear now and should be able to wear until the end. I got a Maxi skirt ($17), a maternity/nursing dress ($12), a long shirt/tunic that can be worn with tights ($20) and a cute t-shirt ($11).

1st: 12 weeks
2nd: 10 weeks
3rd :7 weeks (lots of bloat)
4th: im currently 8 weeks am had to buy new shirts and bras bc my chest has grown 2 sizes :0. Im just wearing "my bigger jeans" for now. my size 2 jeans wont come above my knees lol

Wow..

this is my first and I was in maternity pants by 8 weeks. I didn't gain a single lbs until week 16 but I was far too uncomfortable in my regular pants. They hit at just the wrong spot. I guess i'm the odd person out here. LOL.

I've been in maternity jeans this time since like 10 weeks, I'm 16 lbs below pre-pregnancy weight (at 22 weeks!) and there's still absolutely NO WAY I could wear my regular jeans, my baby bump is extremely prominent. I can wear a few of my XL shirts from American Eagle still since they're two sizes too big (I wear a Medium now) and are made long but the majority of the time I'm in medium maternity shirts and my maternity jeans/yoga pants.

I'm 14 weeks and finally broke down and bought 2 pair of maternity pants and a few shirts for work. I can still fit into my regular pants with a belly band but these are more comfortable and the shirts just look better in the courtroom.

This is my first and have worn my maternity jeans once (im at 14 weeks), still fit most of my normal clothes, my skinnier jeans I just wear unbuttoned (have yet to get a belly band) but not sure if I will bother much longer as the maternity ones are SO much more comfortable. A few high-waisted, pencil skirts for work have already been retired though. I sew a few of my own clothes (so regularly measure myself) and my waist had increased 2 inches and my hips by 1 inch around week 6 or 7 even though I had only gained about 500 grams (<2pounds) at that point.

This is my first. I started wearing on a regular basis maternity clothes probably around 18-19 weeks. Things were definitely tighter on my waist and not as comfortable early on due to bloat, but now I couldn't squeeze into a pair of regular jeans even if I wanted to. 25w.