Maternity Monday: Twist-Front Halter Swimsuit

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Twist-Front Halter SwimsuitIt’s everyone’s favorite time of year… bathing suit season! Ha. I was in my first trimester during the summer months, so I never got to go full bump on the beach. It was the awkward time where I just looked bloated and didn’t want to share my pregnancy news, so needless to say, it wasn’t a great time to wear a swimsuit. For those of you who’ll be farther along in these upcoming months, I like this suit. The multi-directional stripes keeps the eye moving, and it looks like a flattering cut — halter top to hoist everything up and generous coverage in the front and backside. Personally, I would not want to spend more than this on a bathing suit I may never wear again after this summer, and I think Old Navy suits are of decent quality for the price. The pictured suit is $42, available in sizes XS–XXL — and also available in black. Maternity Twist-Front Halter Swimsuit Building a maternity wardrobe for work? Check out our page with more suggestions along both classic and trendy/seasonal lines. This post contains affiliate links and CorporetteMoms may earn commissions for purchases made through links in this post. For more details see here. Thank you so much for your support!

Sales of note for 2/14/25 (Happy Valentine’s Day!):

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

  • Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
  • Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase — and extra 60% off sale
  • Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + 15% off (readers love their suiting as well as their silky shirts like this one)
  • Boden – 15% off new season styles
  • Eloquii – 300+ styles $25 and up
  • J.Crew – 40% of your purchase – prices as marked
  • J.Crew Factory – 50% off entire site and storewide + extra 50% off clearance
  • Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
  • Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
  • Talbots – Flash sale ending soon – markdowns starting from $15, extra 70% off all other markdowns (final sale)

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

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I’m also 35 weeks and at this point I’ve had so many ultrasounds it’s crazy. I’m high risk and have single umbilical artery. Last scan they came in to do additional head measurements because her head was measuring way ahead (39 weeks when I was 32 weeks). i think they just have to be extra cautious. I probably wouldn’t do the additional U/S were I in your shoes. I have one on Thursday and this should be my last. At this stage of pregnancy it doesn’t change anything and like you we had all genetic testing that came back normal. My vote flip a coin and whichever side you find yourself wishing it lands on is what you should do. That’s my go to decision tool when there is no wrong answer and it ends up showing you which you have a slight preference for.

…and mild panic googling says this could be an indicator of Downs or one other chromosomal abnormality. But (a) my 30 week US was fine and (b) we did genetic testing and neither abnormality was present.

I did ask and there is literally no purpose other than “confirming that it’s a mistake or knowing what to expect.” No additional monitoring or intervention. M
And oddly, it’s not “a short femur” it’s “short femurs”- which is even more suspicious of a mistake IMHO. The “femoral measurement” was what was off.

And to the poster that suggested I take the day- that’s not an option. My OB is not near the hospital, and even if it were, the ultrasound dates available are at totally different times/days than my OB appts. because of course they are.

I had my 35 week growth ultrasound last week and all looked good (aside from the fact they think I’m having a 7lb baby despite having 2 9.5lb ones and being almost 10 lbs myself…ha).

Got a call today saying that well, something isn’t right because the second review came back with smaller than expected “femur size” (not either femur specifically, just generally, apparently.). Baby is in the 40%for growth overall but 3Rd% for this measurement.

My baby is crazy active and was kicking, rolling, and generally being difficult the entire ultrasound. The likelihood that it was a bad or missed measurement is super high. All other scans have been normal to date. I’m due in 4 weeks.

They want to do a f/up ultrasound, at the hospital (more inconvenient) to confirm that t was a mistake. If it isn’t a mistake and my baby does have short femurs, there’s nothing to do at this point, except…know.

Would you do it? It’s super inconvenient for me as it is to do my OB appts, and this is another appt, at the hospital, at only annoying times.

I didn’t ask the odds but the nurse that called me seemed pretty confident it was an error (it’s not a standard thing you see with growth problems), but…not enough to tell me confidently it was a mistake.

I can spend the next 30 days wondering if it’s actually true and I’m growing a short femur’d kid, find out and spend the next 30 days worrying about *raising* a short femur’d kid plus miss another day of work, or just do nothing and hope for the best in June.

Has anyone seen a Zuma t-shirt around? The dog from Paw Patrol who has orange/grey as the main colors? My three year old is obsessed and I can only find Chase/Rubble/Marshall.

Someone talk me down. My baby is ten months old and my doctor diagnosed me with post-partum anxiety and proscribed Lexapro. He said it was safe for nursing. I spoke with my pediatrician who advised me to watch for the medication side effects symptoms in my baby when I first start taking it. The local lactation group doctor says its OK. I’m (probably irrationally) afraid it will mess up my baby’s brain chemistry and cause him to have anxiety issues when he is older. That’s the anxiety speaking right? I’ve put off seeking treatment for so long because I’m not ready to give up breast feeding…

Hi friends. A classmate of my 4-year-old choked at school on Friday, went into cardiac arrest, and is now in the hospital while they wait and see what damage was caused by the lack of oxygen. I obviously plan to go visit. What can I bring the child? Thanks in advance. –(former) preg 3L

Any recommendations on loose fitting running tanks? Thanks!!

My husband and I both suck at planning trips. We also both grew up in families where we took cheap family vacations where we spent a lot of time being carsick or squabbling with siblings, and we all shared a single hotel room in a not-very-nice hotel. We have not gone on a beach vacation ever as adults, certainly not since we’ve had kids. We’d like to take a toddler-friendly beach vacation this summer, the kind where you stay at a hotel where you can eat and go swimming and that maybe has kiddie activities/toys, and you don’t have to make a million decisions or spend a lot of time driving or cooking every day or coming up with places to visit. Maybe this is an all-inclusive? We live on the east coast (US) and would prefer not to fly too far. Please let me know of any recommendations, for cities or for specific hotels. Thanks!

I have a (big – 98 percentile) 9-month old. Just the last week or so, she has been refusing bottles from my husband during the day (but will nurse during the day on weekends). She will eat solids if they are ones she can feed herself (and you can sneak spoonfuls of non-finger-food in between bits of the finger food), or he can convince her to take a bottle by about dinner time. She won’t go back and forth between solids and bottles for him (and also won’t drink milk from a sippy cup). I still nurse her 1-2x in the morning and 2-3x at night and at least once overnight (depending on what time I get home from work). Will ask the pediatrician at her 9 month visit this week, but any experience on whether your kid started rejecting day-time milk at a similar age? I’m loathe to ask him to battle with her over this if she’s still in the range of normal. This is the same child who went on a 2-week bottle strike when I went back to work at 5 months, so stubborn is an understatement.

Another “am I wrong to be mad” posts. First of all, I’m not a big gift person. DH and I basically buy ourselves whatever we want (within reason) whenever. We’re not particularly romantic either. I objectively have everything I need and pretty much everything I want. Every time DH is in town, if I ask for something, he makes it happen. However. I asked for something for mother’s day this year because its been a really hard year with all of his traveling and all my solo parenting. I texted a picture of it to DH in mid April to give him plenty of time to get it. He didn’t get it. He didn’t get me anything. He’s out of town on another work trip this weekend and all I got was a text. I can’t decide if I don’t care and I’ll just get it for myself or if I’m furious and terribly disappointed. I’m pretty sure I’m furious and disappointed, but if any of you would like to talk me down and tell me to chill, I welcome that as well.

Two Monday morning questions:

First, recommendations for a really good hand cream? My mom has hands that show her age majorly, and I kinda think mine might be going down that road too.

Second, has anyone ever had a random little bruise show up on your face? It’s about the size of a mole, on my cheekbone. I don’t remember hitting anything, it’s been here for several days, no clue why or what. I think it’s going to spur me into finally getting to the dermatologist, but curious if anyone has had this happen before.

Anyone else feeling a Mother’s Day letdown? I could use some commiseration.

I have a 4 year old and a 1 year old. At 6:45 yesterday, when baby was ready to get up for the day, DH elbowed me and mumbled, “do you want to get him?” Seriously? On Mothers’ Day? Ok, so I’m getting up with the baby so DH can sleep in on Mothers’ Day. Fine. We had plans with friends for brunch. As soon as we got there, the 4 year old raced out to the playground and started yelling for DH to push her on the swing, which he ignored while chatting with our friend. I said, “DH, 4 year old is calling you,” to which he replied, “Oh, she wants to be pushed on the swing.” 4-year old calling melts into 4-year old crying. So I go to the playground. Baby follows and cries to come out, so I tell DH to put on baby’s shoes so he can come outside. DH puts on baby’s shoes and sends baby outside, but DH stays inside to chat with friends. I watched the kids while DH chatted with our friends for like 30 minutes until DH and friends came outside. Then when it was time to eat, DH was holding the baby but he was really wriggly and fussing and crying. DH just kept right on chatting, raising his voice over the fussing. So, I picked up the baby and walked him around and played until his mood turned better. I came back to the table, to my now cold breakfast, I told DH he needed to entertain the baby, which he did, but it left me feeling like I was interrupting DH’s conversation with our friends, and looking cranky and bossy in front of them.

This is objectively BS on Mothers’ Day, right?

I salvaged the afternoon by taking myself on a walk, then taking the kids to the park where they could just play without having to entertain adult conversation and decorum. I was pretty snippy with DH later in the evening but I feel like pointing out these little things just seems nitpicky, especially when normally DH is pretty great.

That midi dress in the post below looks like something my mom would’ve worn for Mother’s Day in 1987. But back then, they called it “tea length” rather than midi.

My first child isn’t even two months old and my in-laws have been pestering us about when we’re having a second. My husband (stupidly, IMO) told them the truth: that we plan to be one and done but aren’t doing anything permanent in the forseeable future. My in-laws have gone nuts and are now bombarding us with calls and emails telling us we’re terrible parents if we don’t have a second and our baby will grow up to be lonely/selfish/socially awkward etc. Not only is this quite rude (I’m an only child myself and they’ve made no secret of the fact that they don’t think I turned out well) and untrue (DH’s younger sister is one of the most selfish people I know), but it just seems ridiculous considering the child in question is a newborn baby. We have to see them in person soon and I’m sure this will be a central topic of conversation. Any advice for shutting it down?