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@Andrea: I have the same rule! As long as they are thick & my butt if covered by my shirt, they are a go! My favorite pair is a really nice sweatery material pair from Express. I need to find more tunic type tops & sweaters so I can wear them more often as pants, where do you get your long tops?

I definitely don't, nobody wants to see my figure in that much detail:) I wear them with dresses these days as my bump pulls up the skirt a bit more than I'd be comfortable with with tights. And they're not quite as tight as tights, so more comfy.

I do! I refused to by clothes post baby until I got to where I want to be weight wise. so yoga pants and tights are what I live in. I finally broke down this past weekend and bought a pair of jeans. (with a gift card) 5 and a half months post pregnancy and 10 more pounds to go.

Yep, but I make sure that my top covers my bum! They are a pregnancy lifesaver - feel like sweatpants ; )

@Andrea: gotcha! Oh Urban! We used to have one about 10 minutes from where we lived but not anymore...I can always look online thanks

Yep, but usually around the house, and under a huge sweater/sweatshirt to cover my butttttttttt!

This is one of those things that I feel like I'm too old for. I associate it so strongly with college students, and even though I've seen women my age pull it off, I'm pretty sure I personally would end up looking ridiculous. I have zero fashion sense.

Nope I prefer yoga pants. I'm wearing them to work today. I have to be comfy at work and I'm def not gonna wear anything nice when I'm playing on the floor/dealing with bodily fluids from 4 year olds...

One of my students said, "Mrs. Jen, I like your stockings!" So I guess my yoga pants don't look like pants? Haha

I wear them as long as my shirt is long, more like a tunic. Nothing against those who don't, but I think the booty needs to be covered when wearing leggings! no one needs to see lines.

I wore maternity leggings a lot during pregnancy. It was so comfy! Once in awhile I'll wear them when I feel frumpy.

I think they look good on some people but not me. Maybe if I lost a few pounds I would.

I used to be strongly anti-legging (or anti-anything from the 80s), but I finally gave in late last year. I now wear leggings as pants, but my criteria are just a bit different-- I make sure that the shirt covers the CROTCH rather than the butt. I don't mind if a bit of the bottom of my butt shows. Probably because it's so flat that you can't even really tell it's the beginning of my butt

I invested in a really nice pair of maternity leggings from Pea in the Pod that are super thick but VERY stretchy (and i got them a size up from my normal size) and they have back pockets, so I wear them as pants even if the butt and crotch show a little. They were expensive (I scored them at the outlet, but they were STILL so expensive! Originally $80 I think! but I paid like $60.) but I wear them at least 4x a week. I should really dry clean them instead of cold wash because they are still not the best quality :T

At home I live in regular black maternity leggings and long sweatshirts or cardigans!

@Andrea: Yes! Crotch covering is a must!!

wearing leggings today at work, but covered my booty in a long cardigan!

I'm wearing leggings as pants today, too, and I wear leggings fairly often. I agree with the crotch covering as more priority than the butt, as well, but in general I will cover my butt also. Luckily for me, being short causes a lot of items to be tunic length when they would not otherwise be. I also only buy thick leggings.

If your butt is covered completely then it's okay. I don'know it and so many people who do shouldn't.

I don't. I never considered them pants even when I was pregnant. Haha. But as long as your butt is covered it shouldn't be a problem.

I def think butt-coverage is key with leggings. Every year, our parish church has a lovely mass, out in the graveyard on a summer Sunday evening, called the Blessing of the Graves. It's the only mass of the year I personally like- its almost more of a community catch up, kids playing everywhere etc, than a real ceremony. Anyhoo, a few yrs back, my SIL came for the first time. She was about 6 months pregnant but her bump was quite large even for that. She had pale coloured leggings and a tight fitting long-sleeved t shirt on, but the t shirt wouldn't have gone past her hips. Now they were thick enough leggings to conceal everything, but I just thought it seemed a little clingy for a basically religious occasion? Her figure was lovely at the time, she was all bump with no other real extra weight, but still... Am I being unnecessarily prudish thinking that?

I want to, but I am too pear shaped and whatever I do, I look ridiculously hippy, so no, esp. with flats!

I want to try skinny jeans with boots, but we'll see.