I shop a lot of used stores and most trips are not particularly memorable. I go in, I browse the racks, I try on dozens of articles of clothing and purchase less than 10% of what I try on (yes, I calculated that once – I think I purchased 9 of 140 or so items tried on.)<\/p>\n
But this trip was memorable because I found this gorgeous shirt.<\/p>\n
It was a lovely teal satin button down shirt. The moment I put it on, I felt like a queen. <\/p>\n
It. fit. my bust. When I spread my arms wide, the buttons in front didn’t gape. I was sold. It<\/b> was sold to me.<\/p>\n
I got it home and put it on and discovered what I hadn’t noticed in my wonder in the dressing room. <\/p>\n
The front was at least ten inches longer than the back.<\/p>\n
Yep, I’d just bought a maternity blouse.<\/p>\n
I wore it anyway, long tailed bodice tucked into a skirt or slacks. I couldn’t pass up something that fit my bust so beautifully.<\/p>\n
But alas, somewhere along the line, I lost contact with that lovely shirt – either I gave it away or… I don’t know what happened to it.<\/p>\n
While we were in the pregnancy planning stage, I took a look at my wardrobe and decided that we didn’t need to budget too much for maternity clothing. I wear mostly dresses and skirts with knit shirts – and most of my dresses have extra give around the waist. <\/p>\n
I figured I could wear pretty much everything I already own for the first trimester, gradually decreasing my options down to the jersey knit dresses by the second trimester. Then I can make myself a belly band and buy some bigger t-shirts to go with my elastic waist skirts for the third trimester.<\/p>\n
What I didn’t count on was the non-belly changes.<\/p>\n
I’d been holding off buying bras, expecting that my breasts would be changing as the end of pregnancy drew near. It didn’t seem appropriate to buy new bras if I knew I was going to have to buy still more in different sizes within a few months. So I was making do with majorly stretched out brassieres. <\/p>\n
Then I got pregnant. Within a week of finding out, my breasts were so tender I knew I couldn’t hold out any longer. I needed better support. <\/p>\n
I went to get fitted and walked out stunned. Two cup sizes in the first month of pregnancy. What on earth! I wasn’t expecting that until the third trimester when my body’d be ramping up for breastfeeding.<\/p>\n
My grand plan for not purchasing maternity clothes started to fade as I tried on one dress after another before finally finding one that didn’t squish my breasts into a giant sausage extending from shoulder to navel.<\/p>\n
My new plan is to make myself a knit maxi dress that I’ll just wear every single day for the rest of pregnancy.<\/p>\n
Did you have any surprising body changes during pregnancy? What did you do wardrobe-wise while you were pregnant?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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