https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:58:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-801642 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:35:26 +0000 tysonja 801642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i preferred full panel, but was in my 3rd tri in the winter.....<br /> this time around i'm due in early sept so we'll see! i think we'll still go for full panel and like @yin said, we can always fold down the full panel if it gets hot, and since it's so stretchy it's still more comfy than a demi! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-801633 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:31:12 +0000 Dandelion 801633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Full panel...but it was winter in my third trimester.</p> <p>I didn't even have full panel pants with DS, who was born in August. So, I wore demi panel shorts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-801628 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:28:16 +0000 Mrsbells 801628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I prefer full panel </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-801577 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:10:53 +0000 Sweet T 801577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Full panel. I was due in early September with DS and we lived in Georgia. I still preferred the full panel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-801573 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:08:05 +0000 loveisstrange 801573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Full! Demi panels were really uncomfortable on my belly, especially at the end. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-801559 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:05:04 +0000 LuLu Mom 801559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Full panel, the demi always made my belly look weird. I did fold down the full panel sometimes on super hot days! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-801446 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:31:09 +0000 CottonCandy 801446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Full panel...Demi wouldn't even come close to fitting towards the end of my pregnancy! Not to mention, it was very uncomfortable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-801308 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:53:58 +0000 bunnylove08 801308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>full panel </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-801299 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:50:00 +0000 babynumber1 801299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was only comfortable in the full panel, even when it was hot. The demi always slid down and cut my belly funny. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-801291 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:48:11 +0000 purrpletulips 801291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>with DD (born 4/1) I was only comfortable in demi panel<br /> with DS (born 9/9) I was only comfortable in full panel </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800841 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:39:43 +0000 Anagram 800841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm only 32 weeks, but I'm still liking my full panels. I can't really tell if they are hotter, but the demi panels or underbellies give me a really unflattering muffin top at my hips and cut into my bump. If I go up a size, then the pants are too big...but when the pants fit, the waist band is just too snug to look good on me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800801 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:01 +0000 Foodnerd81 800801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: I mean like this one:<br /> <a href="http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=6026&#038;vid=1&#038;pid=457426002" rel="nofollow">http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=6026&#038;vid=1&#038;pid=457426002</a><br /> (These are actually the exact pants I'm wearing right now and I feel like the panel is squeezing my bump way too much). </p> <p>@Modern Daisy: Gap and Old Navy online both have lots of demi panel options. </p> <p>I don't totally want to go with all dresses, because I know I will still need mat clothes after the baby is born, and it would be really hard to nurse with a dress on, I think. Maybe I'll just order everything and decide when it gets here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800800 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:29:44 +0000 Smurfette 800800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hated Demi panel my whole pregnancy. Gave me a muffin top. But I think full panel would get hot in the summer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800782 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:24:17 +0000 Modern Daisy 800782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't find any demi panel summer clothing anywhere! The full panel is already starting to irritate me, I'm only 25 weeks and it feels really tight. I've started stocking up on dresses because I feel like that's all I'll want to put on once it gets super humid here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800734 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:16:05 +0000 cascademom 800734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hated paneled pants in general when pregnant. I'm all about under belly stuff. It just felt way too weird to have a full panel on my belly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800730 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:15:22 +0000 yin 800730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never liked demi and went with full panel for my pregnancy. I like to fold down the full panel so that it looks like a demi but much more comfortable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800725 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:14:21 +0000 regberadaisy 800725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: no way on full panel! You will be HOT! I hated full panel even in winter. I LOVE demi panel; that's the one that sits under your bump, right? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800711 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:10:38 +0000 Foodnerd81 800711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm actually glad to see so many people saying the demi panel hurt their waistband-- I mentioned that this morning and DH was like, um, aren't they designed for a pregnant belly? How do they bother you? </p> <p>So follow up-- any good sources for full panel spring/summer capris? I usually do Gap or Old Navy but I'm mostly finding the demi, which is irritating on the belly already. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800623 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:47:38 +0000 Pepper 800623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Full panel... the Demi panels hurt my waistline so badly! Although I'm only wearing maxi dresses these days... I need to size up in maternity pants and I'm too cheap to go buy more when I'm this close to the end! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800619 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:47:07 +0000 Boheme 800619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Neither! At this point I can only do the under-belly stuff, like what Gap makes. The demi cut bugs me and the full cut makes me too hot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800614 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:46:08 +0000 mrskc 800614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hated demi. I would go full panel. I was pregnant last summer and wore full panel and was fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800595 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:42:42 +0000 edelweiss 800595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i liked the full panels because i thought they made the whole belly look nicer instead of a band showing through at the middle of my torso, but i was in my late pregnancy during winter. the heat may have changed my mind, or i would have just worn dresses day in and day out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800577 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:38:30 +0000 autumnlove 800577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Full panel for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800502 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:18:35 +0000 hilsy85 800502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Full! I hated the demi panel...they cut weirdly into my stomach. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800482 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:15:20 +0000 pelikila 800482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>By the end of my pregnancy I preferred under belly waist lines like this: <a href="http://www.japaneseweekend.com/ok-cotton-twill-pant-p/16-4234-131.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.japaneseweekend.com/ok-cotton-twill-pant-p/16-4234-131.htm</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800459 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:08:01 +0000 JerricaBenton 800459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hated demi in the early days but didn't mind them at all towards the end of pregnancy. My belly was so round and hard by the last tri, I didn't feel like I needed the 'shaping' aspect of the full panel. Comfort-wise I do think full is a little more comfortable, but as long as the pants fit everywhere else and you don't feel like you're constantly pulling them up it should be fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800457 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:07:40 +0000 MsLipGloss 800457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in my third tri during the hottest summer months in the South, and I still preferred a full panel (I honestly did not think I would, either!). For dresses, I wore pregnant mama Spanx (which had a full panel) . . . they provided great leg/booty support, and just a little bit of support for mah belleh. I loved them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800455 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:07:11 +0000 DillonLion 800455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always preferred the full panel. The demi panel always cut into my bump and was really uncomfortable (and made my bump into a B shape) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800454 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:07:05 +0000 Kiki 800454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have never been super preggo in the summer but I have always preferred full panel!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/full-panel-or-demi-panel-late-in-your-pregnancy#post-800452 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:06:37 +0000 mediagirl 800452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Demi. But I do believe I am in the minority. I just hated the full panel and I was pregnant into June in NC so it was HOT. That panel made me sweat when it wasn't warm out... </p>