https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:51:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-wearing-pre-pregnancy-clothes-stretch-them-out#post-2216649 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:32:58 +0000 DesertDreams88 2216649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So it sounds like I'll be ok for the first trimester and the early 2nd trimester, but it'd be good to buy clothes for the 3rd trimester.... which will be the start of a new season (winter) anyway so I just plan on some maternity work pants and maternity basic Ts/tops/camis under my non-maternity open-front cardigans. Thanks for the input everyone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-wearing-pre-pregnancy-clothes-stretch-them-out#post-2216644 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:31:36 +0000 birdofafeather 2216644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>if i tried to wear it later into pregnancy and it was tight, it definitely got stretched out. my undies and pj pants all got stretched too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-wearing-pre-pregnancy-clothes-stretch-them-out#post-2216642 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:27:29 +0000 BSB 2216642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: Good question! I'm 23 weeks and my maternity stash is pretty limited so I've been wearing some of my looser non-maternity clothes. What I wear isn't super tight so I'm hoping that they won't stretch out too much. </p> <p>I, also, wonder if some of the non-maternity clothes I have that doesn't fit now... will ever fit again. (or will I even want to wear them?) So maybe after the babies come, I'll have to buy new clothes. I do have some clothes in my collection that is 5 years old or more. So it won't be a total loss if I can't (or won't) wear them again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-wearing-pre-pregnancy-clothes-stretch-them-out#post-2216638 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:24:03 +0000 shellio 2216638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just wanted to chime in that I wore a one piece non-maternity swimsuit to swim just 2-4 days a week and it is TOTALLY stretched out. It is ruched (sp?) on the front, from J Crew, so if you buy a suit like that and plan to wear it in pregnancy don't plan to wear it when not pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-wearing-pre-pregnancy-clothes-stretch-them-out#post-2216633 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:21:17 +0000 Coffee-lover 2216633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I dont know what I did wrong, but all of my non matenity clothes stretched out. If your looking for cheap summer materniy clothes old navy always has good sales online. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-wearing-pre-pregnancy-clothes-stretch-them-out#post-2216613 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:54:28 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2216613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah wearing them in my second and third trimester for sure stretched out my clothes permanently! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-wearing-pre-pregnancy-clothes-stretch-them-out#post-2216611 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:51:34 +0000 mauxie 2216611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I found that my pre-preg basic stretchy cotton tees did get permanently stretched out a bit :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-wearing-pre-pregnancy-clothes-stretch-them-out#post-2216060 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 08:45:47 +0000 autumnlove 2216060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My regular clothes were fine after my first pregnancy but started to look more stretched out after I wore them throughout my second preg. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-wearing-pre-pregnancy-clothes-stretch-them-out#post-2216058 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 08:43:41 +0000 mrsjyw 2216058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wear a lot of non maternity tops (tank tops, tshirts, blouses) and I didn't find that they got worn out. I also buy non maternity tops in bigger sizes and wear those exclusively during pregnancy/nursing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-wearing-pre-pregnancy-clothes-stretch-them-out#post-2216050 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 08:35:20 +0000 Bubbles 2216050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wore non maternity clothes pretty much til the end, and I did find quite a lot of stuff got stretched. But I tend to buy cheap clothes, so that probably didn't help :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-wearing-pre-pregnancy-clothes-stretch-them-out#post-2216047 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 08:33:32 +0000 avivoca 2216047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most of my pre-pregnancy clothes didn't get stretched out. The exception was my favorite purple shirt (sad!), but it is what it is. They were nice to have when I was newly postpartum and when I had to go back to work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-wearing-pre-pregnancy-clothes-stretch-them-out#post-2216015 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 08:17:19 +0000 Foodnerd81 2216015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only things I had get really stretched out were cheap clothes- like a ten dollar pair of stretchy yoga pants from target that wore to death at the end of the pregnancy. But, most of my pre preg clothes were not very fitted to begin with since I have never had the tightest and anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-wearing-pre-pregnancy-clothes-stretch-them-out#post-2215970 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 07:34:29 +0000 artsyfartsy 2215970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wore mostly pre pregnancy clothes throughout my pregnancy and none of them got stretched out permanently! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-wearing-pre-pregnancy-clothes-stretch-them-out#post-2215966 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 07:27:20 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2215966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never really had anything that was too badly stretched from just wearing in the first/second tri. plus, if anything does stretch you'll need a few looser items post partum anyways. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-wearing-pre-pregnancy-clothes-stretch-them-out#post-2215905 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 05:21:55 +0000 fancyfunction 2215905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the summer I wore a lot of dresses that I already had - nothing stretched out. M was born in Dec and I still wore some regular tops I had that fall, that stretched over the bump and the clothes kept their shape. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-wearing-pre-pregnancy-clothes-stretch-them-out#post-2215900 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 03:31:50 +0000 lamariniere 2215900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For both of my LOs I wore most of my normal tops and dresses all the way until the end. I think only 1 sweater and 1 tee ended up getting stretched out/misshapen. I have a lot of stretchy knit clothes like tees and dresses to begin with though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/will-wearing-pre-pregnancy-clothes-stretch-them-out#post-2215752 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 20:47:30 +0000 DesertDreams88 2215752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I'm only 10 weeks but I am getting to the point where I can't "suck it in" effectively/long-term, and most people already know. I've gained about 4 pounds due to pregnancy hunger / lack of nausea, but I am pretty short so there's not a lot of room for the pounds to go. I have plenty of loose shirts that kind of disguise it but in my opinion I just end up looking fat, instead of pregnant. </p> <p>I'd like to start wearing shirts that are more form-fitting so that it's a legit pregnancy bump. However, I don't necessarily want to buy any maternity clothing just yet, a teacher's summer budget is tight! Most of my pre-pregnancy shirts are a blend of cotton with some of stretch/spandex. Not skin-tight, but form-fitting. Basically, I just want to go back to wearing my normal pre-pregnancy shirts and stop trying to suck it in. However, one of my friends did that for most of her pregnancy, and afterwards she complained that all her shirts were permanently stretched out in the tummy area, and she really regretted it. </p> <p>Did any of you wear your form-fitting pre-pregnancy clothes for awhile? How long do you think I could get away with it, without stretching them out?</p> <p>Two pics of where I'm at currently:</p> <p>[attach=5393/15/nqdjn6.600x456.2015-06-15-21.57.12---Copy.jpg] </p>