https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 23:42:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1/page/2#post-1996286 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:56:21 +0000 SweetiePie 1996286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: depending on the style you like, I got mine from J Crew. They have great skinny ankle trousers. Good for shorter legs too (they are "cropped" but on me they came right to the ankle which I love). They ARE only online to purchase, BUT if you know what you are normally in jcrew Id order the normal size and a size up And you can return in store! These are the ones I loved, and they are having a sale right now:<br /> <a href="https://www.jcrew.com/womens_category/maternity/PRDOVR~92032/92032.jsp?color_name=navy" rel="nofollow">https://www.jcrew.com/womens_category/maternity/PRDOVR~92032/92032.jsp?color_name=navy</a></p> <p>I also did like these from Gap before I got too big. Eventually I felt like these dug into my belly but earlier on they were fine. </p> <p><a href="http://m.gap.com/product.html?dn=gp460890002&#038;dv=1&#038;shopid=0&#038;pdn=gc1014425" rel="nofollow">http://m.gap.com/product.html?dn=gp460890002&#038;dv=1&#038;shopid=0&#038;pdn=gc1014425</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1/page/2#post-1996240 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:10:07 +0000 MrsKoala 1996240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have these and I love them:<br /> <a href="http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=1014426&#038;vid=1&#038;pid=460890002" rel="nofollow">http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=1014426&#038;vid=1&#038;pid=460890002</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1/page/2#post-1996212 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 15:56:50 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1996212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the black skinny twill pants from Gap too. I love them. They are stretchy and comfortable and look cute. I think I bought the ankle length ones and they are perfect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1/page/2#post-1996098 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:44:16 +0000 Kbee 1996098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought a pair of black pants from Gap and they've been wonderful. Ordered in my pre-pregnancy size, they fit great. I've been wearing them probably 3 days a week (don't judge - I don't have too many other maternity work clothes... :silly: ) since I was 18 weeks pregnant. I'm 32 weeks now, so they've held up fabulously for 14 weeks and seem like they'll do just fine for my remaining 8. </p> <p>These are the ones I have: <a href="http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=1014426&#038;vid=1&#038;pid=761852002" rel="nofollow">http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=1014426&#038;vid=1&#038;pid=761852002</a></p> <p>ETA: The panel stays up, the pants never need "adjusting," and they are so comfortable! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1996081 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:23:20 +0000 psw27 1996081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I ordered a ton of stuff online and just returned it as needed. I probably kept 10% but it was just easier. Every time I tried to go shopping in a store they didn't have anything in my size or had a really tiny maternity section. I never had good luck with Pea in the Pod or Destination Maternity. I thought the prices were way too high for the quality. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1996075 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:15:40 +0000 Mommy Finger 1996075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm lucky in that I get to wear jeans every day but a friend of mine said she got all of her work pants at Kohl's </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995976 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:14:14 +0000 littlebittyhouse 1995976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really love the gap perfect trousers. I wore them right through the end of my last pregnancy and bought more for this one! They stay up even though I have a tiny bump and they accomodated my huge-ness last time. They are boot cut which I know not everyone loves.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=1009012&#038;vid=1&#038;pid=761851002" rel="nofollow">http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=1009012&#038;vid=1&#038;pid=761851002</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995954 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:01:22 +0000 Tanjowen 1995954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I bought all my jeans and tops at a local consignment store near me. I got a lot of nice maternity stuff for cheap! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995940 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 12:50:00 +0000 dc yoga bee 1995940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: I agree. I bought a dress, and a sweater from a pea in the pod. The dress is scratchy and itchy like wool, but is a cotton wrap dress. Plus it's see through, even though it's red. The sweater is paper thin, and it was regularly $98 (thankfully I got it for $33). Not impressed.<br /> I also ordered the gap trousers for work, and I'm not in love with them. The material doesn't feel nice, and I don't love the fit. I'm still on the hunt! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995936 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 12:47:01 +0000 Anagram 1995936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had these and like them okay--but in dark gray, not pinstripe. They aren't lined so they aren't super nice, but I liked the fit of them more than other maternity pants (they have a slimmer leg). <a href="http://www.destinationmaternity.com/Product.asp?Product_Id=932800291&#038;MasterCategory_Id=MC27&#038;green=C3D70617-11C6-5EBB-AF7E-E93A9E035BCE" rel="nofollow">http://www.destinationmaternity.com/Product.asp?Product_Id=932800291&#038;MasterCategory_Id=MC27&#038;green=C3D70617-11C6-5EBB-AF7E-E93A9E035BCE</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995924 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 12:41:47 +0000 LindsayInNY 1995924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: Ahh, good to know!! I'm not an online shopper - I need to try things on. But return policies like that scare me too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995837 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 12:00:48 +0000 Pirouette 1995837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i wore exclusively gap demi panel - loved them! nothing else fit me (i carried small). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995827 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:53:52 +0000 PrincessBaby 1995827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I ordered some from A Pea In the Pod and they totally sucked. And beware that their return policy SUCKS. You can either return in the store for a store credit only or exchange for other items, or YOU pay return shipping. Since pretty much everything I ordered sucked (all APITP brand), it was going to cost $20 to use the cheapest method to return them. So I had to just eat it and get a store credit and that pissed me off SO BAD and made me never want to buy anything from them again.</p> <p>Also beware that Ann Taylor Loft maternity has to be shipped back in, you can't return in store like you can normal online purchases.</p> <p>A PP mentioned that the selection online is better and that's true, but just beware that for some reason, some retailers make it a huge hassle to return your items. And most are a 45 day return policy (from the day your order is placed, not when you receive it) and maybe I'm just a slacker with getting to the shipping store, but it's always a tight turnaround for me. I am with you, and I'll just suffer with what is available for me to try on in person. </p> <p>APITP was the worst though, and in my experience, the only items that I've been impressed with from them were not their store brand. I had great luck with French Connection and BCBG maternity there, but they really burned my ass when their stuff was so crappy in the fit and quality and then they make it so complicated to return. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995819 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:50:06 +0000 Sparkler 1995819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another vote for Gap pants. I wore the demi panel skinny in the ankle length pretty much constantly throughout pregnancy. They work great with boots or flats and are far more flattering than my pants from motherhood. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995814 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:47:01 +0000 kiddosc 1995814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a liz lange pair from target that I loved! They held up really well. The pair I had from Motherhood shrank in the wash and ended up with some weird bunching around the belly panel because of the pants material shrinking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995807 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:44:11 +0000 jessibear 1995807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really liked my Gap maternity pants for work. I wore them nonstop for months and they held up great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995798 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:40:46 +0000 LindsayInNY 1995798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: The store near me had only one or two work pant options. I'm going to try the store near my parents this weekend. Maybe it'll have better options? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995796 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:39:49 +0000 simplyfelicity 1995796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: Will do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995794 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:39:37 +0000 Mamaof2 1995794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: yes - I loved Liz Lange pants from Target! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995790 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:38:27 +0000 LindsayInNY 1995790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaCate: Not sure I have any good ones near me that carry maternity :/</p> <p>@Corduroy: Never thought of that! @simplyfelicity: Let me know what you think when you get them! Maybe I should splurge on some pants and go cheapy for tops? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995211 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:35:44 +0000 simplyfelicity 1995211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: I just bought a ton of stuff from Walmart-- 8 shirts and a coat for 125! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995208 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:24:43 +0000 Mamasig 1995208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gap and Destination Maternity </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995204 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:10:59 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 1995204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wore a pair of Eileen Fisher black pants, but they weren't technically maternity, just really comfy :-) After those no longer fit I just switched to dresses. Luckily I only had to go to court a few times, in which case I just paired a black jacket I already had with a black dress. Luckily my office is pretty casual and client meetings are pretty casual too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995172 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 23:19:32 +0000 Corduroy 1995172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Walmart.com pants are working for me in my business casual office. I spill a lot so the $13 price tag was very attractive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995152 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 22:43:22 +0000 MamaCate 1995152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you tried thrift stores? I got some great maternity basics at thrift stores that were great for work--mostly dresses but that fit the season and the climate here. You can't beat the prices and things tend to be in pretty good shape. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995144 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 22:28:09 +0000 marionberry 1995144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've bought full panel pants from Destination Maternity (Motherhood) and loved them. I bought a number of pairs last pregnancy that held up so well I've reworn them this pregnancy. Problem is that with twins I'm going to need to go up a size and buy more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995119 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 22:07:44 +0000 regberadaisy 1995119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: that is frustrating! Maternity selections at regular stores are pretty dismal. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995117 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 22:06:28 +0000 MrsBucky 1995117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also have had good luck with my gap work trousers! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995073 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 21:23:18 +0000 SeptMomma12 1995073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got a nice full panel pair from Motherhood Maternity recently. They're not the most attractive pants in general, but they look good with boots and a long sweater, which is basically all I'm wearing these days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/maternity-work-pants-1#post-1995048 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:57:42 +0000 Madison43 1995048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Gap demi panel trouser in black were the closet to "suit" pants that I could find. I had several pairs and wore them all the time - don't count the Gap out! </p>