https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:17:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/real-pants#post-602958 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:15:03 +0000 Mrs. Chalk 602958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Going back to regular, non-yoga, non-maternity pants was huge. Even though I totally muffin-topped in my jeans for a while, it just made me feel almost like a normal person if I showered, dried my hair, and actually put on pants with a zipper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/real-pants#post-591926 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:04:21 +0000 shopaholic 591926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay for "real" pants! I think that will be a real sign of things going back to normal! Just last week I had the desire to wear one of my regular cute colored jeans. I thought "oh they're totally low-rise, no problem" and tried to put them on like normal. Ugh... it really didn't hit me that there was no way they'd zip up anymore until I told DH they didn't fit. Duh honey, you're about to give birth! hahah - I can't wait to wear my regular jeans again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/real-pants#post-591896 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:54:12 +0000 mrsjyw 591896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sammyfab: same here! Made sure to put my face on and shower every day, made maternity leave that much better!</p> <p>Another moment PP was fitting into my pp jeans last weekend! :O HURRRAYYY (even tho i have a horrible flabby stomach, working on it!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/real-pants#post-591599 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:28:28 +0000 bunnylove08 591599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>showering LOL, but getting a hair cut and buying new jeans. I was at my per-pregnancy weight but I could not fit into my jeans, so I just went out and bought new ones and I felt so much better. I also packed up all my maternity clothing and gave it to a friend that is pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/real-pants#post-591532 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:09:56 +0000 Sammyfab 591532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jessiejo17: same for me! I made a point to shower and do my hair and makeup every day after my LO was born! It made me feel so much more human! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/real-pants#post-591214 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:47:03 +0000 LuLu Mom 591214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine was putting on makeup. I made a point to shower everyday to help "wake me up" but putting on makeup/doing my hair made me feel like I wasn't home "sick" and a real human. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/real-pants#post-591200 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:45:03 +0000 autumnlove 591200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my period a month after my C-section and I was told I couldn't use tampons until I was cleared at my 6 week checkup.....Buying tampons after that appointment made me feel human! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/real-pants#post-591197 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:44:16 +0000 BelugaBean 591197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: The pants really do help. I wore maternity jeans for so long because I couldn't fit comfortably and then I was just too scared to try again. Once they fit though, I put all of my maternity clothes away and was determined to not go back.</p> <p>Getting my hair cut did help too. Not only was it something for me but it was the first time I really had to myself. Also, shopping for some new clothes helped and small things like painting my nails made me feel normal again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/real-pants#post-591194 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:43:57 +0000 MaisyMay 591194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me, clothes were a huge issue. Also, showering. I found that if I took a shower I just felt so much more back to normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/real-pants#post-591186 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:42:25 +0000 oliviaoblivia 591186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been at prepreg weight for a while now but too lazy to wear anything but yoga pants. I tried on my fat jeans at two weeks pp and could zip up but had a miserable muffin top so I gave it up.</p> <p>This morning a put on "real" pants for the first time since baby. It feels so good to wear normal clothes again. And last week I got my haircut. I think I'm back to normal!</p> <p>What are things you did post-partum that helped you feel normal again? </p>