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I bought maternity jeans and one pair of maternity pants. The rest was normal clothes a size or two bigger.

Dude, no. This was 19 ETA:18, oops! weeks (at the end of the day after eating a ton) and 38 weeks (didn't have LO until 39+5).

Thrift/eBay/borrow. It can easily happen for cheap.

Oh yeah, I will also add my maternity tanks are EXCELLENT for post partum. They are not nursing specific but they work great for nursing and I like that they're longer (I am quite long-waisted). My baby is 4 months and I still wear them all the time, I am thinking about going to pick some more up cause I can see myself wearing them until I wean her.

I'm 26 weeks and have only bought one pair of maternity white jeans. I hate wearing pants in the summer, so I've collected a bunch of empire waist (non-maternity) dresses. I'm sure once it gets cooler in Chicago, I'll need to start getting some, argh.

I outgrew my maternity stuff at the end! There were a few things that I was able to wear all throughout that weren't maternity, but not many.

It's garage sale season here, search your local craigslist garage sale section for maternity, and EBay!

@Amurray: Oregon here too

@oliviaoblivia: me too! I outgrew all of my maternity pants and many tops.

from pics I know you are a super slim person so you really might not need them until the end (and you live somewhere warm) I would suggest getting a few basic pieces (tops and leggings and dresses or pants) and then layering with open cardigans. My girlfriend did this because she never got that big (super long torso). However I started out small before my first (5'2 and 112 lbs) but was a big old round pregnant person in the third tri. And outgrew even maternity clothes by the end.

You could get some stuff off HB classifieds for cheap too.

First pregnancy I didn't buy many- a couple pairs of pants and like 3 shirts. ( I didn't want to spend the $$) But I was not super comfortable most of the time- this pregnancy- I am like- its worth it to be comfortable!!! The first time you slip on those pregnancy jeans/ pants - its like magic happens!

I think it really just depends on how big you get and how you carry -- and unfortunately there's no way of knowing until the end!

With my first, I bought some maternity clothes around 20 weeks because I felt like I wanted some tighter things to accentuate my belly and was worried about stretching out all of my non-maternity sweaters & tops. I also bought two pairs of maternity jeans. I could still wear my regular yoga pants throughout (I carried really high; they were low-rise), and even one pair of non-maternity jeans fit through about 7 months. But I was happy that I had the maternity stuff and got good use of it for 4-ish months...instead of wishing I had it at the very end and not getting my money's worth!

In addition to 2 maternity jeans and a handful of maternity sweaters, I bought some non-maternity things one size up -- a couple long layering tanks, a couple long layering long-sleeve shirts, and a really cute winter jacket that I could tie above the belly instead of buttoning once the belly got too big. I still wear all of those non-maternity things all the time.

That's exactly what I did I wore lots of maxi dresses and leggings and big tops and it worked well for me. I brought only one dress that was maternity so I could wear to my baby shower and maternity shoot. I also wore a lot of skirts with an elastic waist. I went all the way until 40 weeks doing that

I didn't need maternity stuff until 24 weeks with my first, and just bought a few things: 2 pairs of jeans, a couple dresses, a couple of skirts, a few tops and tanks. I wore a lot of leggings, big sweaters, yoga pants, and tunics that weren't maternity, too (being mostly pregnant during the Winter both times was helpful!). I'd definitely recommend a couple of maternity things for at least your bottom half, like some jeans or skirts.