when did you start wearing maternity clothes?

[Bells3032]

for first baby esp and if you're plus size additionally so

Hi this is my first pregnancy & I'm usually size 16. I started wearing maternity clothes around 16 weeks. I can still wear my size 16/18 stretchy clothes like joggers but my normal size 16 jeans were way too tight & uncomfortable on my bump.

Sorry that should say first baby, had 2 previous pregnancies but got no further than 7 weeks.

I had to size up in bra's within a few weeks of finding out. The rest of my clothes probably about 14 weeks - although I've managed without maternity clothes and just sized up (Now 33 weeks).

First time, around 6 months, but I just bought a couple of loose dresses in 2 sizes too big and a couple of pairs of maternity trousers.

I've been wondering about this too! I'm just under 18 weeks with my first pregnancy and haven't bought any maternity clothes yet.

I'm usually a size 14 on bottom and a 10/12 on top (small boobs and tummy, fat arse and hips) so I wouldn't consider myself plus size though, just average. My pre-pregnancy BMI was 22.8.

I usually wear quite loose fitting clothes anyway so I haven't struggled too much with tops and dresses, but I can't do any of my trousers up over my belly! I'm currently improvising by looping a thin hair bobble over my button, through my button hole and back over the button to create a kind of expander!

I'm trying to wait until my 20 week scan before I buy any maternity trousers because it feels like bad luck to do it any earlier, but I'm not sure if that's normal or just me being a worrier.

With first pregnancy I had to swap to maternity jeans at around 10 weeks (I was a slim size 10 so showed very quickly) however with my second was much later at around 16-18 weeks as I had my babies close together so I was in bigger sizes already from the previous one

I'm first time pregnant with a high BMI - usually in size 22 clothes prior to pregnancy.

Bras I need new ones by 12 weeks.

I'm 23 weeks and only just started wearing mat clothing for my bottom half this week - knickers and trousers. My top half I can still wear what I wore before, but I've always gone for loose fitting type tops so that probabaly helps.

Best places I've found for plus size mat wear if your interested is Curvissa or Yours clothing :)