https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:23:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2760303 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:32:18 +0000 littlejoy 2760303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't buy anything nice - all of my pieces are from Target or Old Navy. They are gently used, but still used. I'll be posting all of mine to my local Buy Nothing group on Facebook as a donation. </p> <p>My friend did give me 3 of her Hatch dresses ($$), which I will try to consign, but I'll be giving her the $. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2760220 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 07:55:54 +0000 wrkbrk 2760220@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskansas: That's awesome!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2760217 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 07:51:19 +0000 mrskansas 2760217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wrkbrk: I actually found an organization here, Dress for Success, that provides interview and work friendly clothes to less fortunate women. I called &amp; they are definitely in need of maternity, so my nicer stuff is going there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2760178 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 22:10:06 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2760178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I donated both times and will probably do that again. Nothing $$$ though.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2760155 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 19:40:37 +0000 wrkbrk 2760155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could you donate your nicer things to a local place that helps less foruntate young pregnant women? That's what I would do, especially considering how little you'd probably actually make selling the clothes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2760129 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 18:01:22 +0000 MsMini 2760129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I found my local FB Mom swap/buy group to be the best. Everyone seems to price similarly ($2/tank top, $5/shirt or sweater, $10/jeans or dresses) and we do a porch drop system in my town. I have rotated items with each pregnancy (sold a few I didn't like anymore and bought a few new pieces) and it works out great. After this last baby the whole mess is going to go up for sale and whatever doesn't sell will get donated. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2760122 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 17:28:18 +0000 periwinklebee 2760122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have specific experience with maternity clothes, but my town and surrounding towns have facebook yard sale groups and people are always selling batches of clothes, or sometimes individual pieces, on there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2760119 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 17:24:01 +0000 youboots 2760119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm still holding onto mine but I will sell the nicer stuff at a consignment shop in town. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2760049 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 15:14:18 +0000 FancyGem 2760049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I plan to sell my nicer pieces separately since I had to attend a wedding during this pregnancy. I have a really cute maternity cocktail dress that I only wore once.<br /> I didn't buy much this time, but I plan to sell the bulk of it as a bundle for cheap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2760043 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:54:18 +0000 littlebug 2760043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anything that wasn't practically torn to shreds was donated. Everything else was trashed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2760040 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:52:16 +0000 avivoca 2760040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took all of it to Goodwill. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2760034 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:32:55 +0000 lamariniere 2760034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sold and donated mine. It went quickly on the local mom's FB group. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2760028 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:27:32 +0000 catlady 2760028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I originally sold a bunch on ebay, although it ended up being annoying because someone claimed that a pair of jeans I sold them were fake (not really fake, but regular jeans that had been made into maternity jeans, or something like that). I had to take them back and eat the shipping costs. After that, I sent the rest to thredup and got almost nothing but at least it was super easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2760021 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:23:11 +0000 bushelandapeck 2760021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've just saved mine and will probably just donate them or give them to someone who wants them from one of my local mom groups. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2760018 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:22:11 +0000 mrskansas 2760018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Modern Daisy: Yeah that's my issue.. I don't know anyone who is pregnant or planning to be! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2760015 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:20:42 +0000 Modern Daisy 2760015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't know anyone who was pregnant and also my size so I brought them to a consignment shop and got pennies on the dollar :( I didn't know what else to do with them though and figured at least some pregnant person shopping at a consignment shop would get a huge discount. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2759972 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:37:34 +0000 snowjewelz 2759972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am just saving them for someone else... Too lazy to sell. I'd only be able to sell as a lot anyway and I'd do it on FB for local pick up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2759971 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:35:55 +0000 erinbaderin 2759971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I donated most of it to Goodwill and passed some on to friends - I figured the amount of money I'd make on it wasn't worth the hassle. You could post it as a lot on Kijiji or Craigslist. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2759970 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:34:09 +0000 Anya 2759970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gave them to my cousin. I figured I could make back a paltry amount of money, or I could box it up and help someone else not have to build a maternity wardrobe from scratch. I would have loved to receive a box of stuff in my size so I chose the latter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2759969 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:33:46 +0000 MaryM 2759969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: Oh, maybe they changed it back? </p> <p>A friend and I were using them a ton and both stopped because they started taking $5 from your earnings to cover the cost of the bags (because they were getting so many bags that didn't have great stuff in them). </p> <p>Now there's a hold on bags until the end of July, so maybe they implemented that instead of the fee to handle being too overwhelmed. I know quite a few people who stopped using them when the fee was introduced, so maybe it didn't go over so well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2759966 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:29:06 +0000 PinkElephant 2759966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Local mom's Facebook group is the easiest way to do it, IMO...I'd sell higher end items in great condition individually, and other things in a lot (or maybe several smaller lots broken down by category - shorts, maxi dresses, nursing tops, etc.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2759965 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:28:19 +0000 LBee 2759965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskansas: You also have paypal fees to consider (take what you sell it for multiply by 0.97 subtract out 0.30) then also shipping. I've discovered that selling isn't as profitable as it sounds. You actually are probably better off donating and taking a deduction on your taxes.</p> <p>@MaryM: Weird! I just did Thred Up and the bag was free and they give you the same amount if you take credit or Paypal -- you just have to wait 14 days longer for Paypal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2759963 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:25:05 +0000 Truth Bombs 2759963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like @LBee: I gave them all to friends. My friends and I all just have passed them around to each other as we've each had pregnancies. Do you have any pregnant friends you could pass yours on to? Seems like a good option if you're not 100% sure you are done so you can get them back if needed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2759957 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:19:20 +0000 MaryM 2759957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>FYI on ThredUp, I stopped using them when they started charging $5 for their clean out bags. I never got much more than $10 when I shipped stuff to them, so it just wasn't worth it anymore (and they don't give you the full amount unless you take it in credit. So you're stuck using it there if you want more value.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2759956 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:18:42 +0000 looch 2759956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would sell it as a lot, rather than try to do it per piece.</p> <p>My stuff was trashed by the end, none of it was high end and I wore it to death. I accidentally saved two dresses, which I just unpacked (my son is 6, lol) and they're both a lot more worn than I remembered. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2759953 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:14:21 +0000 mrskansas 2759953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: Good point. I figured I'd make $1-2 per item but that probably wouldn't be worth the shipping hassle.<br /> I think I will try a local consignment store! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2759951 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:12:23 +0000 LBee 2759951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I plan to give them away to a friend, but if I were trying to sell them I would do something local. Shipping a bunch of adult clothes is going to be expensive and probably not worth the costs / hassle. I might would do Thred-Up, with the understanding you will get like $20 back as they pay peanuts. Plus, unless someone has something top of the line (like Paige jeans), I'm not paying more than $2 a piece (MAX) for a wardrobe you wore non-stop for 9 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-do-with-your-maternity-clothes-after-your-last-baby#post-2759937 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:46:52 +0000 mrskansas 2759937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have quite a bit of maternity stuff that I would really like to get rid of.<br /> Would a consignment shop pay the most? Craigslist? Local mom's Facebook group?<br /> I have no idea where to start! It's all in great condition and I'd like to make a little money off of it. </p>