How long can I wear maternity?

[Anonymous]

I'm at the two month mark and 15 lbs up from pre pregnancy (20 lbs up from pre IVF). Needless to say I won't be fitting in my clothes anytime soon. I did go ahead and buy some pants- size 14, ouch- but other than that I'm wearing mostly maternity pants. At what point is it weird to still be wearing maternity??

[Anonymous]

I think it was about 3 months for me, when the seasons changed, that I really forced myself to go back to regular clothes. Not easy.

[Anonymous]

Never IMO. Be kind to yourself. I was wearing maternity when I returned to work 12 weeks PP. It takes time. Work on it and you'll get back down eventually.

[Anonymous]

Wear what fits. If that means wearing maternity, wear it--and if you need new clothes, buy some. My kid is 2 and I still wear a couple of maternity pieces, although you wouldn't know by looking.

[Anonymous]

Agree with never. And, agree to be kind. It took me about 6 months, but then when I weaned at one year I put some weight back on.

[Cloud]

I think I still wore mat at 4-5 months pp with child #1. After child #2 I was out of the mat clothes much faster. Some stuff you really can't tell so I still wear the odd maternity shirt.

At 2 months, I wouldn't worry about wearing mat at all! I would only think it was weird maybe if I saw an obviously not pregnant woman wearing mat when her kid was a year old or so!