Why Buy Maternity Clothing?
Some women may think they can get through pregnancy in style by squeezing into their regular clothing or simply going up a few sizes in non-maternity fashion. While this strategy may work in the early months when your abdomen is only softly swollen, by the time your belly blossoms (around the second trimester), roomier regular clothes and larger sizes just won’t cut it. “You look smaller in your maternity clothes than you do stuffed like a sausage into your regular clothes,” says Claudia Roberts (owner of Generations Maternity Shoppe in Los Angeles) in an article for SheKnows.com. When to Buy Maternity Clothes To get the longest wear of your maternity clothes, buy them early. Although Roberts points out that you may have to buy clothes at least twice during your pregnancy: once by the end of the first trimester, and again in the third trimester, when your belly grows bigger than you ever thought possible. Maternity Sizing You should buy your pre-pregnancy size when purchasing maternity
