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I think you'll definitely get bigger in the booty and belly. I had the smallest butt pre baby, and it got large and round!

If the jeans fit well now you can always wear them until they get tight and just buy a bigger size later.

I think we'll all fill out in the thighs and butt area (as well as the pelvic area). I got some Target LL maternity denim pants in XS (I'm normally a sz 4) and my GF saw me in them yesterday. She was normally a size 0-2 and she said she got the same LL denim pants and she had to wear a size Med. I admit, her lower half got a lot bigger towards her 3rd tri. Makes me think my current ones won't last the whole pregnancy.

@shopaholic: I'm normally a 2 and I got a small in my jeans, so I pretty much stayed within the same proportions as pre pregnancy.

I got jeans from Motherhood Maternity and I think they had spandex in it because it fit great throughout my whole pregnancy (and my butt/thighs/hips got muuuuch bigger!).

@shopaholic: it's funny how different people carry pregnancy weight. Me and my best friend wear the same size 2/4 and I was able to wear my maternity 2/4 pants until delivery (though being on bedrest, I did wear a lot of yoga pants). But she outgrew them about halfway through. I gained a ton of weight/water weight (swelling was c-razy) but she has not at all. It's just how you carry. So weird.

I bought ON jeans around 12 weeks, and they were baggy in the pelvic area -- now, at 33 weeks, they're not baggy anywhere! The elastic under belly band gets a little uncomfortable when I'm sitting down, but it hasn't stopped me from wearing them.

I think some of it depends on how you typically gain weight when not preggo - I always gain in the booty and thighs and sure enough, I went up to probably a 12 maternity by the end of the pregnancy (I wore an 8 before). Of course, by then it was summer and I just lived in skirts and dresses rather than buy new pants for the home stretch.

I grew out of mine-I bought a pair of citizens at 17 weeks one size bigger than my normal size (I am normally a 25-26 and I bought a pair of 27s) and by 30 weeks, I couldn't get them up. Luckily my SIL gave me a pair of 29s, that got me through the rest of my pregnancy!

ON maternity full panel jeans weren't that comfortable for me. Interestingly, Gap Maternity (basically the same company) fit better and they have a more comfortable full panel than ON. Motherhood Maternity pants were less expensive and they also have the comfortable full panel. I found it hard to not try them on before buying them b/c they all seemed to fit differently for me. The demi panels didn't last me for long and became uncomfortable during my second trimester so I didn't wear those for long. The full panels lasted longer for me.