Would it be dangerous to wear Spanx at 13 weeks pregnant?

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I have a work "do" tomorrow. I have not gone public with this pregnancy yet and am not ready to. Sadly, as this is DC 3, my stomach muscles have given up and I have a small bump. Its small but noticable in all my evening dresses. Would Spanx be dangerous even though I'm not too big yet?

Not sure about dangerous, but I would find them way too uncomfortable to wear - I can't stand anything tight across my lower tummy: am 14 weeks into 2nd pregnancy and my stomache muscles are non-existant now!!!

I'd try them on and see if you could cope all night in them. I'm with ellypoo I couldn't have put up with them digging in but if it doesn't bother you then wear them. I don't expect they will do harm except be uncomfortable. You can get mama spanx as well by the way which would be comfier if you can get some in time.

I don't think as a once off, I think if you wear support all the time in pregnancy it can make your muscles weak?? so should be fine if you can tolerate them for this one time I guess?

or a different dress?

it's elasticated fabric, not whalebone corsetry!

at 13 weeks there is barely a detectable bump, but if you are worried try a looser brand, trinny and susannah ones are not as tight as spanx.

Not dangerous but oh so uncomfortable.

its fine, i had really bad ligament pains at the beginning and my midwife advised me to wear tummy control pants/ leggings something to do with posture ect it worked aswell.

You can get maternity spanx if that helps?

No you'll be fine at 13 weeks, I wore mine up until about 16 weeks when going out/dressing up just to slim down my thighs in a clingy dress.

I had the same problem yesterday! |Am 13 weeks too, I just wore a pair of support tights a size up from usual & didn't find it uncomfortable. I also had some carefully-chosen accessories to draw attention up eg scarf/wrap away from my pot belly. And a napkin over my tummy area during the meal.

Hopefully no-one suspected & if they did, nothing was said.

I wore spanx at 22 weeks pregnant so I could wear my only wedding outfit (size 10). It was ok but ached by the end of the night and I remember thinking it probably hadn't been the best plan ever.

I bought maternity Spanx straight away (10 weeks) as I was already quite bloated in the belly and could not have fit in normal Spanx! Is this an option for you?

i wore some to fit in a dress around thaat time.... forgetting my boobs were bigger too. had to have help doing up the top of the zip :-D

You women seem quite silly to me it's great to look beautiful and slim but spanx are quite restrictive. Women were meant to get big tummies while pregnant since the Golden age not hide in tight underwear. I think it's a really silly idea. :)

I squished myself into some control pants at about your stage in order to wear my smartest work dress to an important public meeting. I wore them from 6.30am to 10.30pm and was fine. Well apart from nearly collapsing with exhaustion afterwards, but I had an awful first trimester.