Less than 12 weeks pregnant club! 2

dizziblonde

OK ladies - after chucking a world-record breaking sulk about how everyone else on every pregnancy board is going into maternity trousers and I just look as fat as I usually do - I appear to be starting to expand somewhat... trouble is - I'm a size 22/24 and nowhere on this planet seems to sell maternity women for big women without requiring me to sell my soul and live in one pair of trousers for the next few months. I keep hearing ebay but I've never bought there and don't really trust it, the only other place is SimplyBe that I know of and they do a credit search with your first order which I really dislike the idea of... anyone got any inspiration? Think I have a few weeks I can eek out of jeans and things yet (I have to buy stuff huge on the waist to get over the backside anyway which is proving to be a blessing at present) - but then it'll be hitting Christmas when trouser crisis point is reached!

Kira000

dizziblonde wrote: »

OK ladies - after chucking a world-record breaking sulk about how everyone else on every pregnancy board is going into maternity trousers and I just look as fat as I usually do - I appear to be starting to expand somewhat... trouble is - I'm a size 22/24 and nowhere on this planet seems to sell maternity women for big women without requiring me to sell my soul and live in one pair of trousers for the next few months.

Hi hon.. i know how you feel. I have had a similar problem. Two actual products that may help, i have a pair of black mat trousers from next, which go up to 22L, but are soft and stretchy, so would go bigger to a 24. I practically live in them at the mo with my 33 week belly!
The item number is 982-130-G47

The other thing that might help for a while is buying a belly belt set, which basically lets you carry on wearing your normal button/zip front trousers/skirts for longer. I stayed in my usual ones til about 20 weeks.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Gro-Company-401-Black-One-Size/dp/B0010X4F02/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t/277-8395522-4368564

The other thing i would say, is that you can try buying soft stretchy trousers which are non maternity but in higher sizes than your usual. I've been wearing some bigger non mat leggings and tracksuit bottoms, and my winter coat is a tesco job, 2 sizes up from my normal to go over my baby belly..

thrifty-gal26

Hi dizzi

I am not plus size myself but you could try:

http://www.everydaymaternity.com (up to 28)
http://www.bumpsmaternity.com/Plus-Size-Maternity-Clothes.html (small range up to 28)

XX

thrifty-gal26

and http://www.fashionworld.co.uk has loads of maternity wear up to a size 32 x

ginvzt

Tired. Had another cry this morning when OH texted to say he is leaving the best ultrasound photo of twins for his parents. Well, he is bringing it back now, but we might not be on the best terms now.

Had another two hour ironing session, followed by three hour cleaning session. House is no where close to being acceptable still, but at least it is not as bad as it was. OH will b back in about an hour. Maybe I won't be asleep yet.

I am very bloated. It is seems all I do at night pee and pass wind (sorry TMI). Hope that passes soon. Early mornin tomorrow - have to go to the office...

Amymo

ginvzt wrote: »

Tired. Had another cry this morning when OH texted to say he is leaving the best ultrasound photo of twins for his parents. Well, he is bringing it back now, but we might not be on the best terms now.

Had another two hour ironing session, followed by three hour cleaning session. House is no where close to being acceptable still, but at least it is not as bad as it was. OH will b back in about an hour. Maybe I won't be asleep yet.

I am very bloated. It is seems all I do at night pee and pass wind (sorry TMI). Hope that passes soon. Early mornin tomorrow - have to go to the office...

Popping in from 12-24, hope you get some rest before your early start, DH wanted to give one of our scan photies to parents too, but instead I scanned ours at work and emailed it to them so that they could share it with other family members too (with a strict no facebooking clause!)

ginvzt

Amymo wrote: »

Popping in from 12-24, hope you get some rest before your early start, DH wanted to give one of our scan photies to parents too, but instead I scanned ours at work and emailed it to them so that they could share it with other family members too (with a strict no facebooking clause!)

I made photos of mine, but he didn't want to email them! I sent them all to my pants, but he didn't to his.

Never mind, photo is coming back. The worst is that he sent me the text just as I was in the shop looking for a frame for the photo!

dizziblonde

ginvzt wrote: »

I made photos of mine, but he didn't want to email them! I sent them all to my pants, but he didn't to his.

Never mind, photo is coming back. The worst is that he sent me the text just as I was in the shop looking for a frame for the photo!

One of the things I was advised to do by the consultant when we were having weekly scans and got a photo at our last appointment was that the thermal paper the scans are printed on does tend to fade over time so if you're wanting it more permanently she recommended scanning it and printing onto good photo paper anyway - do NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES do what loads of overzealous teachers tried to do to preserve them and laminate them (it turns the entire picture black)!

ginvzt

dizziblonde wrote: »

One of the things I was advised to do by the consultant when we were having weekly scans and got a photo at our last appointment was that the thermal paper the scans are printed on does tend to fade over time so if you're wanting it more permanently she recommended scanning it and printing onto good photo paper anyway - do NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES do what loads of overzealous teachers tried to do to preserve them and laminate them (it turns the entire picture black)!

We were warned about this as well. His reply to my begging not to leave the photo was that I am going to get more this Thursday anyway, as I have another scan. Well, everything might not be rosy, and there might be only one baby or none at all.

Anyway, we had dinner. Didn't talkininkai much, niw in bed, checking the last time Internet before going to sleep. He is reading the expectant dad's survival guide. Maybe he will learn something... Like not to nmess with the pregnant, stressed and emotional wife.

dizziblonde

I'm having a really irrationally wobbly day today. I don't know why - I've had scans for weeks showing normal development, good heartbeat the rate it should be, bits in all the right places and I know, as of 10+4 it was all well and good... so why the HECK am I doing my nut about the formal 12 week scan on Tuesday? I feel like it's grown a bit (sounds daft but you know when you have a few days of feeling pully pains and that your belly suddenly is larger and more wobbly for a few days until your body adjusts to the new belly feeling if that makes any sense to anyone) so it's like utterly irrational - but I'm driving myself insane here.

Also hubby had an email from his sister about what baby stuff we can borrow if we need to - totally well-intentioned but it's completely thrown me into a loop - her baby was due shortly after the twins we lost were, so I guess it's a reminder of what we lost and I kind of feel like the "first baby - shopping and shiny new stuff"s kind of been stolen from us with all the miscarriages and stuff (as we'd be a fool to not borrow what we can). It's irrational and ungrateful and everything - and it's probably the first time I've felt in a hormonal nosedive spiral since I got pregnant (makes a change cos it used to be a monthly PMT event lol) but I really can't get an even keel on how I feel emotionally about it at all - and I hate that irrational and you know it's blooming irrational but that doesn't stop you feeling!

The scan feeling I know is irrational - sounds daft but the times I've miscarried I've never ever been able to see me with the baby at the end of it, right from the get-go, I remember with the twins turning to MIL and saying "you know if the worst happens I'm going to find it very hard to be around SIL" and just never ever having dreams about labour, or birth or anything - and this time, right from the start I've been able to see the end result in my head - but still I'm panicking myself into a frazzle over it all. Think it's worse cos I've never had masses of symptoms, and now I'm at that 12week mark they've faded anyway (and replaced themselves by the 3 day long headache from hell). Oh well 2 more sleeps till I know - have promised I can go buy sleepsuits and hats with cute ears (and the mandatory Tigger for embarassing photos for future partners one) once Tuesday's scan is out of the way with and start making lists... guess my head's just all over the place with stuff I thought I'd dealt with from the miscarriages.

Doesn't help the miscarriage association FB group that was previously a tower of strength has become such a violent "I yelled at a pregnant woman yesterday" group that all the ladies pregnant after a miscarriage don't even feel welcome there anymore either!