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I started buying new things in my new size. My hips and ribs are bigger than they were pp. I'm keeping some of my old things, but I'm pretty sure I'm never going to be a size 6 again so I purged all of those clothes. I'll be happy if I can lose this last 10-15 pounds.

Not after my first pregnancy. We will see this time. Actually. My rib cage stayed wider - I was a 34 bra and had to go up to a 36.

No, I did buy a pair of jeans in the next size for when I was losing the weight but all of my old clothes fit by about 5 months or so.

I'm going to update my closet here pretty soon, sonce I'm back to work
I'm about 1 size "comfortably" bigger than I was pre baby, although I can fit into the smaller size and really close to my opinion weight, I just feel like I'm kind of squeezed in...lol

My size did go back to normal but I had to lose every damn pound and work out a lot. But I also pitched a lot of clothes. I just wanted looser, more kid friendly stuff.

I dropped a lot of weight and then gained it back so I have clothes in like 3 sizes. at this point, I get rid of stuff I don't like and pack away stuff I like but doesn't fit. I'll worry about a whole new wardrobe when I'm totally done having kiddos.

I made the mistake of donating a lot of my pants at 4 mo PP but by 9 mo I could fit into my old clothes. My chest was still larger cause I was breastfeeding but I think once I'm done having kids and they're all weaned I'll be in a pretty similar size I was before. Probably with less boob and a little extra around the middle.

For the most part my pre-pregnancy clothes fit. I'm 5pp and back to my normal weight. My boobs are the same size as before but just more deflated. I feel like by rib cage expanded but I measured it and it's the same. Some tops that don't have stretch and were tight in the ribs to begin with are a no go at this point. I'll keep them around to see if they eventually fit. The rest of my clothes all fit though.

The only items I'm considering tossing are body hugging dresses made of thin material. I have a little belly pooch that wasn't there before so even though the dresses fit, they just don't look the way I'd like.

I lost all the weight and fit in my normal clothes about 4 months post partum the first time. But I worked out / ran starting at 6 weeks.

This time I fit into my clothes around 4 months but bottoms were still super tight til 5 months. I lost all the weight by 6 months but my body looks very different. I have a tummy and my boobs are still big b/c of breastfeeding. I started working out more seriously around 4 months pp.

It can still happen - but it may not happen til after you stop BF!

I am now 2 years out from my first, 2 months out from my second. I haven't weaned so I can't speak to that, but I did go up in size both on tops and on bottoms. Despite a lot of working out and clean eating, the shape of my body changed and I gained 10 lbs that absolutely wouldn't come off and the kind of wardrobe that I had needed changing too. I had a lot of fitted dresses, high waisted skirts, slim cut tops and pants. They didn't fit well anymore (and lots didn't fit at all) and they weren't flattering. I kept some of my favorite things in the off chance they would fit again some day, but otherwise I let the rest go. I think in making the decision whether or not to let things go, you need to think about having more children and the spacing, the fit, and whether different clothes might flatter a postpartum body more!

@snowjewelz: Nope. I'm up a band size at nearly 2 years postpartum. Shirts just don't fit the same and I've pretty much decided to stop wearing button-down shirts because they don't fasten over my boobs.

@oliviaoblivia: that's it too! Lots of shirts are just not nursing friendly. And most of my clothes were for work anyways.

Some of my shirts still fit pretty well (I always wore loose tops anyways), but I've had to replace all shorts & pants since I weigh less now than pre-pregnancy. (I'm keeping the bigger stuff for when I have another baby though)

I was able to go back to the same size clothes 8 months and 13 months (respectively) after working my butt off and watching what I ate. Once I stopped nursing, I started to gain it back, but I adjusted what I ate and worked out more.

Now, I might be the same size, but I can definitely tell my hips are much wider than they were and my stomach will never be fully "flat" again.. I don't have stretch marks but my skin was definitely stretched.

I have had 2 LOs and I fit in all of my pre-LO1 clothes. I would definitely wait to toss things until a few months after you have weaned. My youngest is 18 months, I weaned at 14.5 months and found that I still lost a bit of weight and my boobs got a little smaller after fully weaning.

I went back to postpartum size. But I also purged old clothes anyway. I did stay up a cup size in bras. I started dressing differently and sizing up post baby too.