After pregnancy new wardrobe help?

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My first pregnancy due soon. No idea what dress size I will end up. Roughly from personal experience how long after birth till I can buy non maternity clothes? I don't want to start buying just for my weight to change again and have to do it again 😬

I was always tiny, but I'm pretty sure my body shape has changed, wider hips and what not so I'm pretty sure I'll never fit into or look right in my old clothes again.

Also where is cheap and roughly accurate sizes to shop online?

Any experience or advice is very much appreciated 🥰

I put 20kg in pregnancy but was back to pre pregnancy weight +/- 1kg after a year and most my clothes are fitting back fine (disclaimer I wear either stretchy jersey dresses or stretchy sport wear so with close fitting clothes or jeans might be a problem)

Very difficult to tell OP. If you BF you might find any extra pounds come off reasonably quickly (with sensible nutritious eating) or you might be one of the people whose body clings to the weight until they stop BF. If you FF and eat sensibly it should be steadier.
Or if you haven't put on any weight at all except the baby itself you will probably lose it within a month or so as your uterus shrinks and bloating etc goes down.
My experience (also slim) is that I put on baby weight only really, so about 18lbs, and it took I think about three weeks to be pre-preg weight. But my ribcage is very slightly bigger, maybe an inch, and also my waist about an inch because stomach muscles never properly reattached! Hips the same as before. But everyone is so different.
If you can, leave the shopping until your weight has stabilized postpartum, and measure yourself to see what your new shape is. No harm in looking out what clothes you want to buy though, and making a list so you can just click and buy quickly in the right sizes.