A Tall Girls Rant on Maternity Clothes

When I first purchased maternity clothes from Motherhood, I believe I gave it stellar props.
That was before they were washed. First off, the button up tops aren't meant for boobs. Really? Pregnant women don't have boobs? They have lines for your boobs to be up top, but boobs don't fit in them, so the top doesn't fit. So all of those were wasted. The normal shirts (cotton,etc.) fit great the first time. One wash later, they are 3x sizes smaller. Really. I even tried stretching and pulling, and they are SO SHORT.. shorter than my non-maternity clothes. Argh. Trash.
Their pants, I initially started in a medium. They were barely long enough. One wash later, all are not only too short (flooding ick), but the secret fit belly and all that crap roll down and do not hold the pants up.
With less than a month to go I just got 2 more pants in XL just because I am desperate for pants, and they are too big and instead of the secret fit rolling down, it just falls off.

Then there's Burlington Coat Factory. I got a couple pairs of their pants. First time wearing, were awesome. They seem longer than Motherhood. One wash later, 2 of them turned into spandex. How--I don't know. They came to my CALF and were skin tight.
Their shirts don't fit very well, and again are short. Pre-wash their shirts are pretty short.

Wal-Mart has a small selection here for maternity clothes (less than 8 shirts and no pants), the shirts are way too slutty for maternity. They are low-cut and my boobs hang out, but they do stay long after 1 wash. They also had a button down shirt I bought that was very cute, but the buttons broke off of them after a couple wears, so it ended up in the trash too.

I tried Gap & Old Navy, with the best success. Gap pants didn't shrink up, and they fit.. but I had the hidden panel, and as my belly got bigger--they don't go on my belly anymore and they're too big for my hips, so they won't stay up. Old Navy in town doesn't carry maternity in store, so I had to order their pants. I can't find a size that fits, they are either too big or too small. They both had the best options for maternity shirts though, very long.. border line sleeping shirt looking shirts.. but I wear them.

I wore a dress for the first time yesterday. I'm really not a dress person, but I'm so tired of fighting with pants. The dress worked great, it's just a normal XL sundress I bought this winter on sale, and it happened to fit for pregnancy (it was babydoll cut). But, it had noodle straps so I had to wear a sweater with it. It's not easy trying to sit lady-like while 8 months pregnant.

A couple weeks ago, out of frustration with all my maternity shirts shrinking up to not only not cover my belly, but any 'panels' on maternity pants.. I went to Cato's and bought some shirts that are just larger size (22/24). This has seemed to work for the most part, I got many that have some sort of elastic at the bottom, so I can pull it past the belly and it stays in place. It doesn't look real cute, since they're big baggy shirts (and sleeves are way too big), but I don't have to fight with my shirts. I just have to fight with the maternity pants.

I am very ready to be done with maternity clothes, they just don't do it for me!!
I know I'm not the first person to complain about maternity clothes, but I wish I'd realized how crappy some of the quality was on these items. I am anti-Motherhood & Burlington Coat Factory for maternity clothes.. I would not recommend them to anyone.


So on to fun news, my doc told me I am dilated and she will induce me April 16th+ if I want her to (I will be 39 weeks). I am debating it. She said she won't let me go past 41 weeks..not that I would dispute that. Earlier the better, I may regret saying that later.. but I can't wait to meet Carson!!!!!