kind of random questions

[satya]

I started to wear maternity jeans at about the stage you are now. I bought two pairs - one from KMart and one from Big W and still wear them now even though I don't need to - they are just so comfy to wear.

A little later I bought 4 maternity tops & a two pack of Bonds belly bands. I also bought a couple of super stretchy long sleeved T's (not maternity from KMart) that got me right through to giving birth. I found the "better" brands of mat clothing not big enough for my boobs so had no choice but to go with the chain stores.

The belly bands can be worn under your regular tops and can extend some of your regular wardrobe. I did this with some of my stretchy pre pregnancy tops and it worked really well. They are also great for breast feeding after the birth, they cover up your tummy so you don't feel so exposed. This is particularly important if you end up having attachment difficulties and have to breastfeed in front of an assortment of midwives during your hospital stay - so make sure you pack them if you get them. I had to get DF to bring mine in.

While we are at it I loved Hestia Sportstar Maternity bras and started wearing them at the beginning of the 2nd tri. Available at Big W and go up to 20DD should your BB's get rather large during the pregnancy (most bra shops don't stock mat bra's that are that large).

[Dansta]

thanks to every one! i bought a back of the belly bands yesterday! as i had about | | that much space left at the end of my belt...and my good 'ol $20 face off pants still kinda fit. just a little lower then they should be! plus my shirt will soon start to get tighter (about 2-3 months before i got up the diff-ed i bought med. mens shirts for safeway cus the womens ones where far too small...even the size 18 i had! now i think i'll have to buy at lest two mat. shirts for work>_< or just use my belly band)

so K-mart and BigW are goers. *writes down on list* i've had a quick-ish look at BigW and they have a very small range (well at southland any who) but my sister works at a Kmart and said they have some pritty cool things in atm.

with mat. wear do you just go with the size pre-preg or up a size? like in the pants? beucase i dont know how big im going to get (but i keep telling DF i'll be the size of his wagon.)

the dizzyness is bought on by lack of food. i drank 1.4lt of water and got dizzy at work. so it must be the lack of food. as for my mother and the whole "bah, i ate that and was fine!" i cant help but get annoyed because she was an older mother (im not annoyed at that part) but she smoked the WHOLE WAY THOUGH the preg. and shes telling me im being fussy! she tired to tell me i couldnt eat home made pickled oions...and all i really wanted was something vingery and cheese...*drulls thinking about it*
Bjrose: you can eat vegi sushi because for about two weeks all i wanted was that. this one main shop in southland on the safeway side oppaset the petsal place makes the BEST ever. and i read some where its good for you too!

Tish:that hair tie thing works...it always worked in the past if a zipper stoped zipping up. put eather a thin hair tie or elastic band through the bottem hole and loop it around the butten...and it holds it up! i shell try that with the opening of pants too...mind you the only one that'll work on is my jeans that seem be becomeing low-low-low riders LOL...lets just say i should have a belly band saying "BAN CRACK" on the back or something

[~clover~]

Baby_blip - Yeah I know that vegie sushi would be OK. Just make sure all meats including steak are cooked through. Don't worry about what anyone else says, there are so many foods I went off while pg that I can't remember half of them. Still loved juicy steak, but looked after my baby!

I don't know if you can still get them, but at Target or Big W I saw these things that were bits of material that had elastic in the top & were made to go from your button to the hole to keep up your pants & hide everything. They looked like a good idea.

The few maternity items I did get came from Big W on sale for about $6 each. I love their sales! Bra's are good from there too.
I would buy pre pregnancy size, unless you are putting weight on thats not just your belly. If you think you will get bigger everywhere else, maybe get a size bigger.

[Devon]

I bought some maternity clothes a couple of weeks ago, so I would have been 12 weeks I think, but things had been getting pretty tight for a long time before that. I bought a pair of jeans and a boob tube/belly band. It's so nice to be able to wear jeans again! I'm still expanding, so I think I'll have to buy some more soon.

As for the dizziness - could you be low in iron? I think I've heard that iron deficiency can cause dizziness, and it's very common in pregnancy.

I am being very careful about what I eat, you're the one who has the responsibility for controlling what your baby is exposed to, so don't worry about what anyone else thinks - you have to do what feels right for you.

Best wishes for the rest of your pregnancy!

[~clover~]

As for the dizziness - could you be low in iron? I think I've heard that iron deficiency can cause dizziness, and it's very common in pregnancy.

Towards the third tri my bp & blood count were low, so I was advised to take iron supplements.
You could try lots of green leafy vegies too - spinach is a great source of iron.

[feeb]

Congratulations on pregnancy!!!

I bought Maternity jeans from pumkin patch and they were fantastic and so comfy!!! I also bought 1 top from them that i still love.

I also bought some black pants from target and tops from target.

I started wearing mat clothes a bit later than you but i am a bigger girl to start with.

I also highly recommend buy good quality maternity bras as you dont want under wires cutting into developing breast tissue.
(my breasts changed from a 14 d to a 16 f at 14 weeks)

[Lana]

There is a maternity shop called "Motherhood Maternity" that sells label stuff such as Pea in a Pod and Ripe at discounted prices. They had a range of stuff from work wear to casual stuff. I found the prices really reasonable and am usually a Kmart/Target shopper. The shop is at 487 North Road, Ormond