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Article: When Should I Buy Maternity Clothes?

You will find it necessary to buy maternity clothes around the time you are 3 months pregnant. By this time, your clothes would feel a little tight. The increase in size may not be noticeable to anyone but you. Maternity clothes are designed to ‘give’ at some areas like breasts, waists and hips, while still keeping a slim profile.

If you buy normal clothes a size larger, they will simply be larger all over and may not fit as well. Besides, maternity clothes are designed with your future expansion in mind, so there will be features that allow for you to adjust the size to fit your growing tummy.

You will also notice that as you go along, you will have a better idea of maternity fashion available and which are more to your taste. We would suggest that you buy the clothes in 2 phases : when you are 3 months pregnant and when you are 5-6 months pregnant. Around the time you are 5-6 months pregnant, your pregnant tummy will be obvious, plus some other areas like the hips and thighs will have grown a little as well. At this stage, you will have a better idea of how you look in maternity clothes and what you like, in terms of style and comfort.

Cheers,
Landy