Yoga Pants

If I can give mommies to be a little advice...invest in several pairs of yoga pants...mainly black - but other colors work well too.

The ones that I have found that work best for me are from Target's Liz Lang Maternity line and are just under $20. They wash up well and continue to look nice (at least in my mind) despite the fact that they have pretty much become the staple of my wardrobe.

They run a little big - I have a pair of large and a pair of extra-large...and the large are by far the better fitting pair - and I put both pairs in the dryer and have yet to see any issue with shrinking.

Why yoga pants you ask...well let me tell you - you will get to a certain point in your pregnancy where the following things are likely to happen regardless of how well you plan or what you do to try to avoid it.

1. You will no longer fit into the majority of your maternity clothes...the clothes you bought to "grow" with you will simply give up and there will be no more room for them to expand. While they may fit over your belly, and still look ok on top...you will notice that they continue to get shorter - so you have to wear a tank top under the shirts, or they just won't be very comfortable, or they will just flat out not fit any more.

2. Because these are the clothes that you have been wearing for many many weeks - especially if you are working mommy to be and have to get up and get dressed for an office setting every day, these clothes will look like they have been through hell and back. I have clothes that I have had for years that are in better shape than my maternity clothes...and it figures that they start to have holes in them, or have stains that you can't explain, or simply not fit right around the time that you have committed to yourself that you will NOT spend any more money on maternity clothes - because you only have so many days that you have to venture out in public (i.e. work) and pretend like you actually care a little about what you have on.

3. what was comfortable in the early/middle months of pregnancy - not so much now. I will admit it - I rocked heels, tight fitting clothes, pants with the panels that sit below your bump, etc...and I am not saying that this will happen to you - but as of late...the thought of heels makes every part of my body hurt, and the pants/jeans that I have that sit below my belly, actually press so hard into my stomach (they fit every where else) that it leaves red marks for days and tight fitting clothes just remind me of how disproportionate I actually look.

4. While I have very few complaints when it comes to being tall - I will complain that maternity clothes are not made for tall people...especially not tall people with growing bellies. While most of my spring/summer dresses fit through month 7 or 8 of my pregnancy, they are now pretty much mini-dresses and no longer work for work. I have added leggings to most of them to be able to still wear them - but there is just something about wearing leggings all the time with dresses that makes you feel like a 10 year old.

so here I am...26 days away from the ever elusive due date (I know I know - she will come when she wants but I have to have something to count down to) and every single morning is a struggle to get dressed. I have resorted to wearing my black yoga pants pretty much every day...sandals are my best friends and anything stretchy or with a full panel elastic waist see the light of day much more than my "stylish" maternity clothes.

I will not spend another dollar on maternity clothes - not to mention that I now need to look at investing in nursing clothes - another post for another time, but I may have to go this weekend to pick up one or two more tank tops from Gap Maternity - they are long and stretch and wash up really nicely and I figure, they will come in handy even after Delainey is born and I work to get my pre-baby body back (another post for another day)

So word of advice...go now and invest in several pairs of comfortable yoga style pants - they just may be the staple of your maternity wardrobe during you last few weeks!