https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloated-blimp#post-85742 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:48:05 +0000 pastemoo 85742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Buy the pants. I bought mine at 9 weeks and suddenly felt much better about myself. I should have bought them sooner/ The rubber band trick made me feel fat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloated-blimp#post-85648 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:02:46 +0000 MsMini 85648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never really had bloat per se, but needed maternity pants at about 10 weeks anyways ... I figure that you will buy them eventually anyways, so might as well get them early and get a lot more use out of them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloated-blimp#post-85647 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:01:13 +0000 cascademom 85647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was pretty bloated from 6-10 weeks pregnant. At about 12 weeks or so, it went down a bit. I still haven't bought maternity pants yet at 15 weeks. I'm holding out as long as possible before I do that. I'm overweight, so I still don't look pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloated-blimp#post-85645 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:50:09 +0000 chopsuey 85645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You should buy pants now. That way you get lots of wear out of them. The bloating/belly is only gonna get worse/bigger! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloated-blimp#post-85616 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:41:11 +0000 heffalump 85616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would buy the pants. Might as well get more use out of them and be comfy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloated-blimp#post-85614 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:39:51 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 85614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember that feeling, and it's not fun. But the bloat does go down eventually. I broke down and bought some maternity pants around 8 weeks because I couldn't stand trying to squeeze into my pre-pregnancy pants. OMG! So comfortable!! I'm still having a hard time going back to regular pants after the baby because the maternity pants make everything feel and fit better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bloated-blimp#post-85591 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:17:29 +0000 hotpink 85591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am just about 6 weeks pregnant, so no where near needing to buy maternity clothes yet. But I have been so bloated that throughout the day I find that I can't button my pants and have to resort to the hair tie/rubber band trick. </p> <p>Will the bloat eventually go away? Or am I going to need to cave and buy some cozy looking maternity pants. </p>