https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 18 May 2026 02:17:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-mamas-and-maternity-clothes#post-863689 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:13:52 +0000 Penny Lane 863689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 11 weeks now, and still managing to wear my normal clothes. I did have an "omg I'm getting a belly already the world is overrrrrr" fit at 5 or 6 weeks due to bloat, but it calmed down within a week </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-mamas-and-maternity-clothes#post-863644 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:55:05 +0000 Honeybee 863644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I popped super early with my second and got back into maternity clothes around 8 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-mamas-and-maternity-clothes#post-863632 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:44:12 +0000 Lozza 863632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I stopped fitting into my normal pants comfortably around 8 weeks- I still had a few looser pairs I could wear, or I could do the Bella Band thing, but it was as early as 8 weeks or so that I had to ditch most of my normal pants. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-mamas-and-maternity-clothes#post-863605 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:34:31 +0000 heffalump 863605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually wear a lot of sun dresses and skirts with an elastic band so I was able to wait it out until 12 weeks. I didn't want people to recognize that I wore these clothes in my last pregnancy and notice I was pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-mamas-and-maternity-clothes#post-863600 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:33:08 +0000 Rubies 863600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like you, when I was newly preggo with #2, I was super bloated and gross that none of my normal clothes fit nicely. But after a couple of weeks, things settled down and I was able to wear my normal clothes again. I started wearing maternity pants at 13 weeks just for the comfort but it wasn't truly needed until about 16-ish weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2nd-time-mamas-and-maternity-clothes#post-863585 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:28:07 +0000 lavender 863585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 6 weeks pregnant w/ #2 I am already sporting a bump/ tons of bloating to the fact that a pair of pants already doesn't fit without doing the elastic band trick! Not sure ill have that many more weeks in normal clothes. How early did you need to dig out your maternity wardrobe? </p>