Early Maternity Clothes; Ways to look great before you POP!

Dressing for while you are pregnant is tough.

Looking for early maternity clothes can be even tougher.

Especially when your regular clothes no longer fit but you haven't yet popped.

Do you go ahead and buy maternity clothes?

Or do you stuff yourself in to your normal sized attire for one more month?

If you are looking how to clothe your early pregnancy body, keep reading this torontoshopoholic guide.

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Tricks to get you through Early Pregnancy

Pants will be the first thing to fit poorly as you gain your pregnancy weight. A belly band is one way to get you through the first trimester while still squeezing into your regular clothes.

Wearing tops or dresses with an empire waist is another tip.

Because the empire waist sits above your natural waist and pregnancy belly you will be able to wear these longer.

Avoid pull on boots as they will become harder and harder to pull on.

Wear your heels now before they no longer are comfortable!

What to buy for Early Pregnancy

You may not be comfortable with a bump band or you may feel that this is a great excuse to go shopping and buy some early materinty clothes.

Buy a size up

No one likes to buy a larger size but when you are pregnant you shouldn't be ashamed of your expanding waistline.

Buying a larger size will get you through early pregnancy when you aren't quite ready for maternity clothes and will also get you though after the baby is born and you haven't bounced back to your pre-pregnancy figure.

Keep fit in mind however, Larger sizes that don't fit in the shoulders or look like your drowning aren't what you are going for - still consider FIT.

Buy Maternity Friendly

Some designers cut their clothes to accomodate a growing belly even though they are not specifically designing maternity clothes.

Maternity friendly is exactly what you should be looking for when it comes to early maternity clothes!

Look for tops with ruching, drape, lenth in the torso and streatch. All of these will help accomodate a growing belly.

Maternity boutiques are stocking more and more maternity friendly items.  

Go ahead, Buy Maternity

It is ok to buy maternity clothes once you are finding your old clothes uncomfortable and constricting.

Beware though if you don't correctly guess how big you will infact get you might have to buy even more materity clothes to get you through the third trimester.

In order to buy early maternity clothes that will take you from the first trimester through your 9th month enlist help. Ask an experienced sales associate for help with fit.

Ensure that you are leaving room for more than just an expanding belly. Buy wider legged trousers and jeans to accomodate weight gain in your lower body.

If you want to go for materinty skinny jeans wait until further in your pregnancy. Use a bella band to get more wear out of the ones you wear now.

It is easy to look great when pregnant if you know where to shop!

If you are wondering where to shop check out the  Toronto maternity shopping reccomended here.  

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