Maternity Monday: Recycled Under-Belly Power Full-Length Leggings

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Leggings have gone from workout to workday. Even during my Before Times pregnancies, I wore leggings with abandon — they were perfect for layering under my flowy, stretchy maternity dresses during the cooler months.

I would have bought multiples of these Gap Maternity under-belly leggings — they’re moisture wicking, feature a comfortable and supportive wide waistband, and are made from 79% recycled polyester. They come in six colors and prints, ranging from basic black to a fun cheetah print.

Not a fan of under-belly pants? These leggings also come in a version that goes over your belly.

The leggings are $69.95 full price, but today you can get 40% off plus an extra 10% off with codes GREAT and FIRST. They are available in sizes XS–XXL.

Sales of note for 2/7:

(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)

  • Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
  • Ann Taylor – Extra 25% off your $175+ purchase — and $30 of full-price pants and denim
  • Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 15% off
  • Boden – 15% off new season styles
  • Eloquii – 60% off 100s of styles
  • J.Crew – Extra 50% off all sale styles
  • J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything including new arrivals + extra 20% off $125+
  • Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
  • Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
  • Talbots – 40% off one item + free shipping on $150+

And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interestworking mom questions asked by the commenters!

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Has anyone frozen embryos? We are talking about it as an option for fertility preservation if I have to have chemo, and I don’t even know where to start. Will it be a separate clinic? Do I have to do anesthesia? What is egg retrieval like? Are the odds good enough to be worth it?

Does anyone know where I can get the illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as a solo purchase, not as a first-three-books package? I can’t find it at my favorite non-Amazon sources and I’m hoping to avoid Amazon if I can. TIA!

I don’t know if I’m looking for a reality check or support, but I’ve been getting pressure to let some “closer than actual family” friends of my in-laws see our six month old, even though they haven’t been vaccinated. They’ve been told by their doctor they don’t need to be vaccinated because they have the antibodies from actually getting COVID. Even though everyone in my immediate in-laws is all vaccinated, they have a more casual approach than my family, and I feel like the bad guy for saying no. My husband pointed out she’s more likely to get COVID from daycare – they just had an outbreak in the toddler room – which is true, but also, we need her at daycare so we can work, so it’s a necessary risk. No one has been mean about it, but I’m tired of feeling like the unreasonable one. Now that I’ve typed it all out, I’ve realized I can ask our pediatrician to weigh in, but does anyone else have similar experiences or tips?

IDK if there are any 12-16 year old kid parents here, but if so, do you know any info re how there immunity is waning (or not) now that they may be 6 months out from getting shots? By my math, the prior shots wane in adults, but IDK re kids and at least the older teens will age into getting a booster when they turn 18. But if you kid is just 12? Is anyone even studying this?

Had I known that so few tweens would get shots and we’d have another winter surge, and the best immunity lasts 6 months in adults, I would have held off and gotten shots timed for now. But I went as soon as I could and am now wishing I’d at least delayed that first and second shot a bit or spread them out longer. I know that the death risk is low, but another round of family quarantine where even if no one gets it may be the final nail in my career coffin. Working through rounds of exposure over the past year and change has been surreal and heroic and I’m exhausted. I’m getting my booster this week but just feeling like there is no plan for kids.

Any tips on changing little ones (and yourselves) after the pool? We went for the first time in a long while (ages 2 and 4), and even with both of us parents being there and a family bathroom with a shower, it still was a stressful hot mess with towels falling on the gross floor etc etc. (There’s a small bench and only one hook, and BYO towels, and we are in the midwest so I don’t see how I can avoid bringing in the kids coats — I’ll leave mine in the car next time but it’s just a lot of stuff). Maybe there just is no hack, but if someone has one I figured it’s this board.

Guys, I tried to add my newborn to our insurance five weeks ago. Thought today it was weird it hadn’t shown up. Apparently email never sent and I didn’t add her… and she was born 63 days ago (you only have 60 days to add).

Has anyone failed to enroll a dependent for a year? Are there other ways to get her insured. This is such a stupid disaster but I was definitely not operating right at three weeks post birth and our home internet is terrible!

Seeking recommendations for cute and durable mommy & me aprons. I had my eye on a set at Hedley and Bennett but now the kids ones are all sold out. Priority is well-made and functional over style — we use ours all the time.

Do any other moms here have a kid on the autism spectrum? We have a kid who is ASD-1. Kid is able to go to regular school (but has no friends; says this is OK; hates the teasing and bullying). I know for being on the spectrum, this is good. And yet, we get lulled into thinking that al is OK because is able to do mainstream school and associated schoolwork. But still, the autism and its associated meltdowns creep in randomly, so far 2x this months (and yes, always something that perhaps would roll off the back of a neurotypical kid, but don’t and require the full attention and focus for an hour or two from a parents to help the kid course-correct and not overly disrupt the surrounding other people (e.g., other kid’s soccer game; family dinner). I am not sure where to go to help me learn more how to deal with this and worry that my kid will always need a parent on deck to be begrudgingly allowed to participate in extracurricular activities (and school trips, if those ever restart). There is no manual or anything (and my local autism groups really were frosty, as if my kid weren’t disabled enough to warrant inclusion there). I feel like we’d get a lot more sympathy and understanding if it were an obvious physical disability, but it isn’t and it’s not going away (despite having meltdown free months, especially as schools were closed last year and life was a lot simpler).

25 weeks, 1 hour glucose test today. Baby is measuring big, so not super optimistic I will pass, but fingers crossed nonetheless. I really don’t want to do the 3 hour test (I’m a really hard blood draw so it would just be really miserable – but obviously manageable and science is great that we can catch and manage these types of issues during pregnancy).

Sanity check – what are your kid ages and what are their bedtimes? I have the suspicion that my kids are going to bed way too late – they are waking up at 9:30 on the weekends! My 3 year old goes to bed at 9 and my 8 year old at 10-10:30. They wake up at 8 on weekdays.

Mom hack of the day: You can use a wide-mouth canning funnel to fill your kid’s soup thermos with much less mess.

Hello, it is I, the mom of two from last Wednesday with the sob story about how it was my birthday and we had a covid exposure and my kids had to stay home through Thanksgiving break and my husband and I had to work. We all had negative rapid tests at that time but I was diagnosed with covid via a PCR test on Friday evening. Yes, I’m fully vaccinated and got a booster a month ago (same with my husband, and our 7yo had one dose two weeks ago). Luckily my kids and husband had negative PCRs on Friday and Saturday, and also negative at-home rapids since Friday. Complicating factor for me is that I’m 6 months pregnant.

I’ve been in locked in a hotel room since Saturday in an effort to stay away from anyone else and maybe keep my family healthy, and golly, it’s really lonely. This is my situation for now until either someone else in my family tests positive (if it’s my husband I’m going home, or if it’s a kid they’re joining me here) or we hit Thanksgiving (which is 5 days from me leaving for the hotel) and no one else tests positive, at which case I’ll maybe head to my parents’ house because they all have it too and I’ll stay there until 10 days after diagnosis. My dad is the one who started this whole thing with truly baffling behavior when he was feeling sick for a week but didn’t tell anyone and we all went over there for Sunday night dinner. I don’t blame him for getting sick in the first place — he was exposed at a business lunch I 100% would have gone to in the same situation — but to not be proactive once he was feeling ill shows such disregard for everyone else and I have never been so angry with him. Since then my mom and one of my sisters have also tested positive, and they’re also feeling mildly sick but okay. My dad had a couple of rough days but is feeling better. All of them were fully vaccinated but they didn’t get boosters.

I don’t say this to scare anyone. We take an Emily Oster approach to covid risk and we recognize that covid is likely here to stay. We have had dinner in restaurants indoors a couple of times and take our kids to the library and swimming lessons with our “risk dollars”, and obviously had an indoor dinner with grandparents, but were planning to skip Thanksgiving with extended family this year because people weren’t interested in rapid testing at home immediately before. I imagine we’re a little more risk-seeking than some on this board but less so than many people in our area (I live near Detroit). I have nothing more than what feels like a very light head cold, I’m 100% confident my vaccinations are helping to keep this mild, and I was able to find a monoclonal antibody treatment yesterday, so I’m thinking everything will be fine for me illness-wise.

However, I believe that if we had a more solid plan in place for one of us testing positive instead of a single vague discussion about this a year ago, it would have made that time after receiving my positive test result less chatotic and stressful and upsetting for our 7yo. I’d urge you to think through steps now if you haven’t already. Figuring it out in the moment was very stressful in our tiny house. I’m also really angry and sad at the thought of being alone and away from my family for the next week. My husband is keeping on, but solo parenting our 7yo and 2yo alone is so much work (as it would be for anyone!).

I’d appreciate any anecdotes of a parent testing positive and not infecting anyone else at home. I’m wondering if s*it hits the fan and I need to go home before day 10 after diagnosis if masking all the time and sleeping in a separate room will help or if it’s just theater and they’re all going to get it anyway. I also would appreciate any advice for anything having to do with my situation, especially processing such intense anger at my dad for putting me and my family in this position. Also good thoughts and virtual hugs. I wanted a few nights away in a hotel for peace and quiet but now I’m here and this sucks and I’m currently throwing myself quite the pity party. Thanks.