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I gained about 40lbs too and did not buy any new pp wear. I was stuck home for the first month so mainly in yoga pants and nursing tank or DH's tshirts. Too cheap to buy new clothes.

I was thinking about that this morning as I put my Gap Maternity Jeans on (I am 7 months PP btw)! I was wondering how long until I can button up my normal jeans... or if I should just bite the bullet and buy bigger jeans. I also gained about 40 pounds while pregnant. Unlike what a lot of people told me would happen - I didn't magically shed the weight for the first few weeks even while breastfeeding. I lost some weight the first couple weeks and then was stagnant until about month three. I'm currently about 7 pounds over what I was pre-pregnancy (BUT I was super tiny pre-pregnancy... I'm resigned that might not be in the cards for me to return to).

I also had a C-section and wondered if that had to due with the stubborn flab around my tummy! Did any non- C-section mammas struggle with just the stomach area? The rest of me is about pre-preggo size except my tummy which makes jeans impossible to button (hence the maternity jeans still... although they ARE so comfy!).

I definitely wore some maternity clothes the first few weeks PP.... then after that I went towards dressees and looser fitting tops and only kept the maternity jeans. Once I went back to work I realized dresses were my friend for my work wardrobe. It's a lot more forgiving if you gain / lose weight. I'm hoping to lose a few more pounds and don't want to buy a whole new wardrobe!

Good luck!

I gained 43 lbs while pregnant, lost 25 of it, an am currently stuck at 18 lbs over my pre-preg weight. While on maternity leave, I wore yoga pants and nursing tanks/shirts every day! And now that I'm back at work, I'm wearing my maternity pants, and tops, haha. When I DON'T wear maternity pants, I have to use a belly band because they don't button! But I'm currently refusing to buy new pants...

I did have to buy new nursing bras and I have some nursing tops, but otherwise, I'm wearing my maternity tops and other tops that still fit.

Um, I'm 10 months PP and still have the belly flab. It's a C-section thing, I think- none of my friends who had vaginal deliveries have it. Anyways, I gained 55# while pregnant and bought some new clothes about 2 months PP because nothing I had fit and I was depressed. I've since lost most of my baby weight, but because of my belly I wear baggy shirts and dresses.

I'm really having a hard time with this. I was 158 pre-pregnancy, which was about 8-10 pounds over my "ideal" weight (for me, in terms of what I'm comfortable with) and gained 35 pounds in pregnancy. I'm currently 4 months pp and still weigh 169. There's a definite belly and it seems like everything is just in a different place. Gap jeans used to be my perfect jeans, but they fit so strangely now -- too tight and slipping down all at the same time. I think my hips are just different now too. And my boobs... yeah, forget about it. I can barely squeeze into half my prepregnancy tops. My arms are also bigger.

So basically I have two pairs of jeans, one of which I prefer to the other, and a bunch of tops that are blousy/one size up from what I previously wore. Some of the "tighter" tops I have to wear a tank top under because everything is just too flabby for me. And I breastfeed/pump so most dresses are out of the question for me.

I'm trying to just be at peace with my body now, and to remember that this is the body that carried and birthed and is now feeding my son. Of course things will be different and feel different. It won't always be like this -- or hey, maybe it will. If I could have my body before, or my son... I'd take my son hands down.

I didn't buy anything new, but was selective about what I wore at first. I wear a cami under shirts if I'm concerned with nursing easily so I can pull up my shirt, pull down the cami. A nursing tank would be a similar idea but I don't like messing with clips!

Lots of camis under shirts for nursing and cardigans to cover my PP chub. I'm having a really hard time finding dresses for wedding season that both allow me to wear a bra with straps and don't have altar-inappropriate amounts of cleavage.

Yog pants, leggings. Things with a lot of stretch. And inexpensive t shirts that I can just toss in the laundry when they get baby fluids on them. I stopped wearing nursing friendly tops when I realized I could just lift my shirt and feed baby like that. I lost all modesty in the hospital so I don't care who sees my back if I'm out breast feeding in public.

I didn't go back to work, so my wardrobe was horrible. I wore maternity jeans into my 4th month pp when I had enough and just bought a pair of regular jeans. I realized I had to dress my new body, rather than hide in old stuff, it made a difference.

Just bought new clothes to go back to work. About 8 months pp and I'm back to my per-preggo weight. My body is different though. Huge boobs, flab tummy, hips might be wider. Oh wellz! I bought dresses that have v or scoop necks. I bought pants in a size up. Lots of tops that allow access for pumping. Lots of tank tops. It's hard finding clothes with BF and pumping in mind.

I'm using it as an excuse to step up my work fashion. So far so good.

I lost a bunch of the weight PP but couldn't fit into any of my old pants. I wore yoga pants 24/7 for the first month, then the weather started getting HOT so I had to transition to shorts/skirts.

I'm now wearing workout shorts/tshirts around the house for BFing (getting lots of spit-up on them). Also wearing BDG v-neck tshirts from urbanoutfitters for easy boob access.

I'm also wearing the hell out of this jersey fold-over maternity skirt from old navy. Just ordered some more non-maternity versions.

I have some shorts from pre-preg that used to be too big that are just perfect now.

The whole BFing thing is a new world. I didn't realize I wasn't going to be wearing any of my pre-preg clothing, really! I'm addicted to Japanese Weekend nursing tops. I also got some nursing tops from a friend (motherhood maternity). I'm wearing some maternity tanks as well, as they're nice & long.

I love the Bravado nursing bras, and I got myself 2 undercover mama tanks: http://undercovermama.com/

@silva - awesome that you included links! And good idea re: just wearing regular tanks underneath tshirts to replicate the undercover mama tank.