Whats the Deal with Belly Belts?

[Daydream Believer]

My SIL gave me her Belly Belt that she never used, however she lost the instructions & I have googled it & dont seem to be getting anywhere. Its got the cloth pieces that the belt slides through however I dont understand how to put it on properly, It just looked really stupid when I tried to put it on my jeans.

Any help would be greatly appriciated

[monnie]

Hi Sal

I used a belly belt throughout my pregnancy...but never with the cloth bit.

Basically I just used the belt to hold together my pants (as I couldn't do them up normally)...and then I would either wear a long shirt or skirt over my pants so you couldn't see the gaping hole of my fly being undone.

I think the cloth bit is supposed to cover up the gaping hole, but like you, I thought it looked a bit silly!

Anyway...the belt worked for me...I wore my normal jeans and pants right through to when my DS was born...

[Ozziehoffy]

Hi.. you don't need to use the material if you don't want to. I actually never had to. I only ever used the smallest belt. I think that's a lot to do with the fact that most of my clothes, if not all, are hipster style anyway. You just pop the button or slide on the belly belt through where you would normally on your jeans and then the hole on the belly belt goes onto the button on your jeans. So, it gives you a bit more room. The material is tucked on the inside - that's if you use it. Does that make sense? I do have the instructions if you need more help. I can either photocopy them or scan and email. Let me know how you go My email is achoffmann at bigpond dot com.

[MummyDuck]

Instructions as above..... however - in order to keep wearing the majority of my tops I combine my Belly Belt with a Belly Band. It means those bits that are open are covered, you have support for your belly and any corner pieces on your jeans or pants are securely held in so they dont stick out.

BUT I dont find my belly belt very comfy at all and am looking into at least one pair of maternity pants.
Each to their own though

[Astrid]

This time around I am using my belly belt with a belly band. Gives extra coverage with shorter tops and covers the open fly area nicely. Some how have lost the short belt though, must see if one can be bought separately.

[Daydream Believer]

BUT I dont find my belly belt very comfy at all and am looking into at least one pair of maternity pants.
Each to their own though

Ive been looking for maternity pants however they dont seem to make them small enough for me (size 6-8) or if they do its nearly $200 for a pair of jeans & I just cant afford to spend that much on pants that will only get used for 2 maybe 3 pregnancies.
So at the mo its more a case of having to make do with what Ive got

[Ozziehoffy]

Sal, I've emailed you the instructions.. .not much to them.

Re: maternity jeans etc... I got some from KMart... and Target have quite a large range I've noticed lately (must be cos I want another bub...lol). I did get some off ebay too. I'm usually around an 8 but hmmmm more a 10 now...lol. Anyway, try Target or something cos they have nice stuff and not too exy

[Lulu]

Check out Target for sure - I got 2 great pairs of pants for about $40 each. I loved them to death.
My sis picked up a great pair of black cords, she nearly cried when she put them on and they looked fantastic.