clothes and pregnancy- tight or baggy

[Laranna]

Definitely show off my bump Although I do have some looser fitting clothes which still sit nice and close over my belly. When I'm not pregnant, I like to wear those flowy babydoll style tops to hide my post baby jelly belly lol

I find most tops are quite easy to find, even just the Miss Shop ones from Myer do the trick as they are stretchy. Jeans and pants are the ones to go all out on. I swear a good pair of maternity jeans is soooo comfy than trying to squeeze into your ordinary pair.

[didispunk]

I wore more baggy clothes when pregnant with DS but with DD i was wearing more stretch fitted.. I felt a lot more attractive and better about myself.

Soon maternity have some really nice things!! In beautiful comfy fabrics.

[Spring Angel]

I tend to go tighter on top and loose on the bottom.

I am a classic pear shape so I am smaller on top to begin with.

I second the layering, I pretty much always have a singlet underneath that way I can wear my normal clothes and have a bit more length.

A really good investment is a belly band, those things are worth their weight in gold. I feel so much better knowing that if my top rides up I have that coverage.

HTH
Spring

[~Kim~]

It's funny, with my first preg I was a bit paranoid about my shape and always uncomfortable in everything. I tended to go for much looser stuff. More practical and comfortable stuff. With the little guy, I dunno it was like I was finally comfortable in my skin and felt like I could wear stuff that was fitted. Though it was a thousand degrees at the end of his preg, so looser stuff was more comfy at home, I wore non maternity tops the whole way through.

[Glamourcide]

Fitted all the way here! I managed to stay in size 10 jeans all the way through my first pg, and size 12 through the second one (I hadn't lost the baby weight from #1 before we got #2 on board) and would just team them with Supre singlets (with tees over the top, the singlet was more to cover the bump because all my tees kept riding up) or babydoll tops etc. If you're more of a pear shape (I'm a triangle, which is AWFUL) then maybe try peasant skirts/boyfriend jeans paired with more fitted tops to show off the bump? I always found that wearing baggy stuff all over just made me look ridiculously fat and not pregnant.

[CrazyLady]

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED showing off my belly but didn't like feeling restricted so I wore a lot of maxi dresses with a touch of stretch in them so they draped nice. They'd skim my belly nicely and I didn't have to worry about upsizing clothes as my bump grew. I still wear the dresses now too as they aren't actually maternity wear and are very comfortable.

I also managed to stay a size 12 in pants so mine fit fine

[Laranna]

Oh another item of maternity clothing I live in is my "fisherman" pants. They are 3/4 pants with an adjustable waist. They're adjustable by some velcro so you can wear them throughout the whole pregnancy and beyond...soooo comfy. I second the belly bands as well.