Issue #37 • Why I Didn't Buy Many Maternity Clothes

And what I wear instead.

As my belly has grown and my selection of suitable clothing has slowly dwindled, I’ve actually been really surprised by what is still workable and what isn’t. For instance, I somehow naively figured I could still wear a lot of my jeans if I just left them unbuttoned. Wrong. So many of them don’t even fit my thighs anymore! I also figured a lot of my str…