I am currently wearing jeggings.
Worse, they are terrible, high-waisted, mom-butt jeggings.
*Hangs head in shame*
It was a fraught and treacherous path I took to this place.
When I first outgrew my normal pants, I went and found some low rise pants a few sizes bigger. Still, normal person pants. One of them worked great, and the others slid down a bit. Now, the ones that fit great are starting to get tight, and the ones that slid down a bit…well, they still slide down. I think the problem lies in my butt-geometry, not in my absolute size. I imagine they will always slide down. Anyway, around Christmas I went out and found a pair of honest-to-gosh maternity jeans with the giant stretchy belly and everything, that, surprisingly: ▸ Were long enough. ▸ Were a dark color without ridiculous distressing marks or glitter on the pockets or other things making them inappropriate for my work, and ▸ Were a reasonable price. So I bought them. And when I wore them the day after Christmas, I realized that while they fit nicely enough as I wandered around the dressing room, something as strenuous as walking from my living room to my kitchen made them slide down too*. Why does this happen? Why is walking in dressing rooms different?**
Anyway, having a grand total of three pairs of pants to my name (two of which slide down, one which is getting tight, and all of which need to be washed on the same settings) I end up traipsing about in my pjs when I do the laundry, which is less than ideal.
But for Christmas, my grandmother got me a pair of jeggings. Because, well, she’s my grandmother and apparently the lady in the store told her they were a good idea? And as I was doing my laundry in my pajamas, I decided to try them on before I returned them just for the heck of it.
And they fit. So I continued to wear them in preference to pajamas.
And they did not slide down.
So I have succumbed to the temptation of not having to hike up my pants 50 times a day and wore them to work.
On the upside, many of my maternity tops are long enough that they cover the terrible mom-pockets and it just looks like no pockets at all. Maybe? Is this ok? I suspect it may not be.
But I really hate hiking up my pants.
*I’ve since found that if I wear a tight-ish shirt over them, it helps keep them out of trouble. So they aren’t useless, just with limitations.
**I suspect some of the problem may lie in that while they are long enough in the legs I think they are too short in the torso. That stretchy stuff is supposed to come all the way up to your bra, yes? These come, eh, an inch short, and I’m still about two weeks short of my third trimester. It’s hard enough to find tall enough clothes for normal life, I despair of finding maternity clothes with enough height. I’m not even officially in the ‘tall’ range, but most clothes are still too short. I feel sorry for models and legitimate tall people.
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Friday, January 6, 2012 at 4:04 pm
Rachel @ Grasping for Objectivity
Maternity jeans are torture – pure torture. You get a pass on Jeggings because there is no acceptable alternative for pregnant women.
I rubber-banded the button/waistband on my regular jeans for way too long – just to avoid the ridiculous sliding down of maternity jeans. I mean, can no one figure out how to make that not happen??
Friday, January 6, 2012 at 4:22 pm
plantingoaks
Aww, thanks for the pass. Hopefully my coworkers will be as forgiving.
I don’t understand how people are so enthusiastic about their maternity pants. I mean, they’re better than pjs but… I never really did get the button-elastic thing to work right for me. I tried it a few times, but it just threw off the whole fit and I was always worried about the zipper sliding down and showing my undies. Maybe I was using the wrong size elastic.
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 11:27 am
rochelle
As a certifiable tall girl I have two thoughts for you …..first jeggings….not soooo bad really, especially if you have long tunics to go with them. Kinda cute actually. Second, my whole life has been ruled by the search for long enough jeans. When pregnant I sometimes found solace in H& M and the Gap and the now gone (I think) Baby Style — but if you are thinking of doing this again, it might be worth investing in a ‘good pair’. I lived in London at the time and found expensive (but good) pairs at a french place called Formes….perhaps you can find some pieces through ebay or online…..but the true trick for me, whether pregnant of not is ruling the mid calf pant (often rolled up) look with knee high boots. The investment in killer boots will last long past pregnancy and if you roll up too short pants they look like they were meant to be that way.