Maternity Clothes You Still Wear
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Here’s a fun question: Is anyone else occasionally still wearing maternity clothes, many moons after your pregnancy ended?
I’ve graduated from my maternity jeans but I still find myself pulling out maternity t-shirts for sleeping or working out. After my recent ACL surgery I wound up wearing my maternity yoga pants because all my newer workout pants were too tight-fitting at the knee and the thought of being in PJs for weeks bummed me out. (I thought I’d donated the vast majority of my maternity clothes, but nope — I was happy to find I still have a few odd pieces.)
In addition to my maternity yoga pants and maternity t-shirts, I have a few nursing things I still wear, too — namely some of my nursing bras for sleeping. My favorites are my Bravado bras, but I have a random nursing bra from Destination Maternity or one of those mall stores that I bought during my first pregnancy and still find myself wearing if everything else is dirty. (I’m such a fan of the Bravado bras I’m even considering buying one or two new ones to keep on hand in case my older ones die on me.)
So let’s hear it, ladies: Have you held onto any maternity clothes to wear even if you’re not pregnant anymore? Do you do it because they’re functional and on hand (e.g., a t-shirt to sleep in), or is there something you prefer about maternity clothes?
(I will admit, part of the reason I like sleeping in my maternity t-shirts is that they feel vaguely fitted but nice and loose in the tummy, which isn’t my favorite body area.) I know a few of my girlfriends who had C-sections preferred maternity jeans for a long while after birth — while still others stayed in maternity clothes for a long time postpartum because those clothes fit (and their old, non-maternity clothes did not).
(Pictured: My maternity yoga pants are from Gap and somewhere like Destination Maternity, but if I were looking today I’d be mighty tempted by these affordable yoga pants at Amazon — some colors and sizes are as low as $9.99 and eligible for Prime, and they have hundreds of positive reviews.)
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My Isabella Oliver layering items still look amazing even without a pregnant belly. I love them :)
I recommend a nursing bra from amazon fit very very good and $25.99 only!!!!
https://www.amazon.com/Womens-Seamless-Nursing-Bralette-Extenders/dp/B01C6M6E04/ref=zg_bs_1285234011_2
Liz Lange maternity cami’s are great. Love them one year later and haven’t been able to find a non-maternity version that fits as well. I especially like the soft stretchy material that isn’t too tight but isn’t too loose, and the width of the shoulder straps. I wear mine constantly.
I am hanging on to a long-sleeved striped maternity t-shirt from Target (Liz Lange perhaps) that you wouldn’t even be able to tell is maternity. There’s very subtle, almost invisible side ruching – that’s about all. Sooo comfortable. I was more in the ‘wear stretchy regular clothes instead of maternity ones’ camp for about 3/4 of pregnancy, though.
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I have these “maternity” tanks from Nordstrom. They are Isabel something. Amazing!!!! I’ve purchased more, even though I’m no longer maternity. The stretch is amazing and they provide a bit of support for my tummy. And they are nice and loooooong. I love them tons and tons.
I’m wearing a maternity tankini top on our upcoming trip. It’s really cute and doesn’t look maternity! I couldn’t stand wearing my bravado nursing bra once I was done nursing. I went out and got fitted for the real deal as soon as I weaned and bought some cute bralettes to sleep in. I have one maternity top from target that I work out in.
Maternity clothes: none. Burn them all.
Nursing/postpartum clothes: ALL THE NURSING TANK TOPS, for reasons mentioned above. So comfy, so long, so thick, and so durable. Unfortunately my toddler now enjoys un-clipping the straps, but that’s a risk I’m willing to take.
I am mostly with the “BURN all maternity clothes” camp. I just sent it all far, far away after using it all through multiple pregnancies (I never wanted to buy much new stuff) so I was totally sick of it and a bunch of it was super-dated but I didn’t care. I even got rid of non-maternity clothes that I wore so often during pregnancy that they became maternity clothes in my mind. I’m about a week away from ditching my nursing bras and SO excited about that!
The exceptions were a super-cute sweater I bought with my most recent pregnancy, which I was loathe to give up, but I couldn’t get over keeping it in rotation with the maternity tag. Also a wrap dress that I loved, but wore so often I thought even though I loved it I probably wouldn’t wear it much longer–and so many people I know had seen it on me while I was pregnant. Finally, ironically, I loved my maternity tankini and wished I could find the size/pattern/cut/colors in a non-maternity suit!
I wear several Target cotton maternity dresses in the summer because I’m tall and they are cut longer in the front to accommodate a belly so they are actually long enough for me! Yeah, they’re a little loose but fine for running weekend errands, to the pool, etc. Comfy, cool, and appropriate length FTW!
I’m 4 months postpartum and still wearing some t-shirts that basically look like regular shirts. I might be wearing more things if one of my friends hadn’t gotten pregnant suddenly. She’s on a tight budget so I passed everything on to her. I bought some non-maternity things in a size larger when I was in my first trimester–I have really been glad for those clothes in the postpartum period!
No way. The other day I even decided not to buy a really cute pair of non-maternity pants because they had a knit waist like maternity pants.
The only thing I’ve kept is an Isabella Oliver “Emily” dress and a couple pairs Old Navy of leggings that I wear as PJs. The leggings are getting kind of past their prime though, so I imagine they’ll be getting donated soon.
I got rid of all that stuff as soon as I could. I hated most of my maternity clothes even though they were functional and decently flattering for the most part. I never wore a lot of black before I got pregnant, and a lot of things in my maternity wardrobe were black, so I just didn’t feel like myself when I was wearing that stuff. I also had a meltdown in a Target when my daughter was a few months old because I realized I looked like a bag lady. If I look bad, I feel bad, and postpartum I looked bad in my maternity clothes. So out it all went. The day I went back to wearing a normal bra was a truly magical day.
NO. Good riddance to all maternity clothes.
My son is 2 1/2, and I love my Gap and Old Navy maternity tank tops. They don’t have ruching on the sides, so they are just long tanks. I actually just bought a few new ones. I also have a few Gap sweater dresses that didn’t have ruching, and I wear those during the winter.