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god, all the maternity things I found were either stunningly hideous, or prohibitively expensive. often both. I was 19 at the time and quite used to wearing tiny 60s dresses, so it was quite difficult for me to make the transition.
I shopped in the sale sections of average mall-type stores. lerners new york (now I think its called new york & company, same thing) has a lot of pants that have elastic waist pants that aren't so frumpy or saggy and will only put you out $15-30, depending on what sale you get. you can either get them big enough to expand over your belly, or if your belly doesnt sit very low (like mine), you can even push it under your belly (sounds funny, but it works!).
for shirts I looked in the better (ie not department stores, where they tend to stock frumpy old lady crap!) plus size shops, where they're better cut to accomodate your expanding belly and bust.
unless you're super handy with a sewing machine or super rich, it's damned near impossible to dress the way you normally do when you're pregnant, but mall stores and patience should yeild some results. |
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