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640548 tn?1340553355

21 weeks still in regular clothes...

When did everyone have to switch over to either bigger sizes or maternity clothes?  I am 21 weeks, and I am still in my pre-pregnancy jeans.  This is my third baby and I thought for sure I'd be in bigger clothes by now!  I guess I can't complain because I am pretty comfortable for the most part, but as aggravating as it is to hear people comment about how large one is, it's the same for how small.  It doesn't even look like I am pregnant at all, and I swear if my MIL hadn't been at our anatomy scan she's think I was making it all up. I'd like to take some belly pictures for our baby book, but I have nothing to take a picture of!  If I didn't feeI this little girl moving around all day I'd even swear I was making it up. I guess it's more of a vent, I wish I looked at least a little bit pregnant, even if just for the reassurance that everything is good, and so I could stop hearing about how I'm too small and that something isn't right.
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Every woman is different. I wore my pre pregnancy pants until I was 9 months.
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I am 26 week with my third also and have asked myself the same questions. I can still wear all my clothes and up until 24 weeks I didn't even look pregnant. I'm having to wear bigger shirts not but my jeans still fit just like they always have.
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1898740 tn?1333669450
I can still fit in pre pregnancy jeans. I'm 25 weeks.  I don't button them cuz baby dsnt really like pressure on her. I simply wear a maternity band. I've only gained 7 lbs. Baby is doing good and is about 1lb 4oz.  Right on Target.  ;0). You will be showing soon enough out of no where.
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1967331 tn?1327880044
At 32 weeks now i still wear my pre pregnancy pants (unbuttoned of course) but a couple weeks ago had to go get bigger shirts.... Belly was hanging out ;-)
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640548 tn?1340553355
I feel a little bit better now.  I have to have scans every 4 weeks due to an umbilical cord/placenta issue, so if I was a little bigger a little faster I'd have that reassurance in between scans that baby is really growing well.  Everything was fine at the last one, but I feel like I am not getting any bigger.  I'm happy it's not just me, helps me relax some.
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1756475 tn?1330538713
I can still wear some of my pre-pregnacy pants but some I had to get some new jeans.   But alot of my shirts I can still wear without an issue.  
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1835206 tn?1414772252
I'm almost 28 weeks and am still in pre pregnancy jeans :)
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I traded my jeans in for yoga pants around 17 weeks. My Jean still fit but they were getting tight and I didn't want to stretch them. Lol. I'm now 25 weeks and can only wear a few pairs of my regular sweats and then just yoga pants.
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I am 30 + 4 and I am sitting in my pre-pregnancy sweatpants right now! I stopped wearing my jeans around 15 weeks but just cause I hated the feeling of them on my belly! Maternity shirts I have been wearing since about the same time but I have a ling torso so they r good just in general fir me lol.

U couldn't really "see" I was deff preggers until about 24-25 weeks. It happens when it happens :-) if there was anything wrong your Dr & ultrasound would have caught it so dont let people freak u out.
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1580318 tn?1550254481
You must just have strong abdominal muscles which takes longer to stretch and make you look pregnant.

When I was pregnant 7 years ago, I was in maternity clothes at about 15-16 weeks pregnant.

Now I'm almost 11 weeks pregnant, and my regular clothes arent't fitting as well. So I imagine I'll be in maternity clothes at around the same time if not sooner.

Every woman is different and every pregnancy is different.
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