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Pregnancy - Not the Season to Be Frumpy
December 17, 2008Is it me or is there an unspoken rule that women should look drab and frumpy the moment they get pregnant? It never fails to get my goat each time I am pregnant (and I’ve had two pregnancies, mind you!) that there are simply no stores to buy fashionable maternity clothes from! I mean, pregnancy is difficult enough as it is. Spending it looking dowdy makes it even tougher. If I dress up with care when I’ve a waist to show, doesn’t it stand to reason that I would dress up with even MORE care the moment my waist turns into one elastic balloon? When you get pregnant, you lose your figure. Your armpits and neck darken. Your nose bulges. Your feet become fat. You become fat. If not for that little bundle of joy growing by the way in your tummy, pregnancy would be pure torture. I haven’t even started on the back aches and the belly aches.
So really, shops should provide pregnant women everywhere a rich trove of dressing options! I thought this then, I think this now. And if I have my way (and lots of choices too), I’d even go for maternity jeans. They’re comfy and they emphasize the sleekness of the lower limbs - a good thing since the legs are probably the only part of the female anatomy that do not bulge during a pregnancy. Stretch fabrics, in particular, are good for expecting women because they hug the legs thus giving an oomph factor to the pregnant woman playing dress-up PLUS they are made of Lycra, so they provide the necessary stretching power to accommodate a growing belly.
The next time I get pregnant (and I plan on two more pregnancies at least), I will get me some maternity jeans and have ‘em shipped all the way from the U.K. Pregnancy is not the time to be frumpy. If anything, it’s the perfect occasion to be all dressed up and glowing.
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