How much money did you spend on maternity clothes?

PrettyWifey: How much money did you spend on maternity clothes?
I am 20 weeks pregnant with my first child. I am working in a casual office so I cannot just buy bigger sizes that look funny or wear sweats all day long. But I also don’t need to buy suits or expensive office wear.

How much should I expect to spend on maternity clothes?

How much did you spend on maternity clothes?

Answers and Views:

Answer by preggomeggo
I have to dress business casual. No suits but no jeans, you know.
I have spent about $ 500 total. I just had to go buy larges and I think I have enough to last me through the end. (i hope)

Answer by lalala876
Maternity clothes are kinda expensive unless you go to like a thrift store or something i spent maybe 75-100 all together but i only got like a pair of jeans and a few shirts you just have to keep your eyes out for good sales!

Answer by morenadancer
Ask around – chances are friends or coworkers will have some clothing you can borrow. I had a problem because i’m petite and only a couple places sell petite maternity clothing. I had no choice but to spend more money than I wanted due to work. But luckily I got all my casual clothing from friends. Also try children’s consignment shops; some sell maternity clothing near the baby clothes.

Answer by grayhare
I got a lot of items from friends, but I’m still looking at spending about $ 200-300. I don’t want to spend that much since I won’t be able to wear them long, but even the cheapest pants are around $ 30, and I’ve gotta have a few pairs of pants…plus shirts, new comfy bras, at least one nice dress, and a swimsuit.

Answer by gegesmommy
I spent about $ 14.99!!! I went to motherhood and bought myself a maternity belt. It looks like a tube top and it’s white. You put it around your pants or skirts when you cannot button them anymore. It keeps them together. It just looks like you have a little white under shirt underneath. Also all of my shirts mostly still fit me and I don’t have to worry about my belly showing because of the white band. I just wore all of my pre maternity clothes.

Answer by ♪ pepperkittyn ♪
I went to Goodwill. To be honest, maternity clothes cost too much. I didn’t want to have to spend a ton of money on something that I was only going to wear for a couple of months.

So far, I think that I have spent about $ 100 total, and I have quite the extensive maternity wardrobe. The cool part is this: You can also give them back when you’re through, provided that they are in good condition.

Answer by amanda B
I have only spent around 100$ and I have a whole wardrobe, but we have second hand stores here— there are also nice clothes for cheep at walmart stores.

Answer by Amanda
I spent like 10 dollars. I didnt work in an office though. The only thing I bought was a nice shirt to wear to my sisters college graduation. I wore dress pants that had an elastic waistband to the graduation. All my other pants I just wore below my belly. My favorite thing to wear when I was pregnant was my husbands shirts. : ) But I could wear pretty much anything I wanted when I was pregnant because I worked in a deli and wore an apron over my clothes all day anyway. I could have bought some pregnancy pants but I flat out refused. I didnt like the thought of pants being pulled over my belly. And i dont like dresses. And I didnt need any shirts (besides the one) because my husbands shirts worked fine. I took the money I saved on maternity clothes and put it toward things for the baby.

Answer by redpeach_mi
I spent about $ 200 on eBay. i bought a huge lot of those that covered everything i needed. it was much cheaper and the clothes were really cute.

Answer by curious789
Well in my office I have to dress nice and profesional. Im also a very skinny girl, so normally I like my regular clothes to fit nice and tight. So now that im pregnant of course NOTHING fits cuz my clothes is so small! I have waisted alot of money but I dont buy maternity clothes, I go to my regular stores and buy bigger sizes and pants and shirts that look like stretchy and elastic. Maternity stores are really expensive, where instead you can go to your regular store and buy bigger clothes thats on sale and stuff. Normally its the bigger sizes that are always on sale and clearance! So goodluck, I see no point of buying expensive maternity clothes, its a waste of money! Goodluck =-)

*20 weeks!

Answer by twilight_dezire
You can find some good deals at times at stores. But most clothes run from 40 and up. Depending on how well made they are.

Answer by lysistrata411
I tried to get clothes from friends, but I, too, work in an office and needed a bit of nicer clothes. Plus, I am small and a lot of the maternity clothes didn’t fit me immediately. I actually had to start out with small maternity clothes and then buy more mediums. So far, I have probably spend around $ 500. Also, I have found that the motherhood outlet store has really really cheap maternity clothes, even nice business attire. You should try that.

Answer by keonli
I also work in an office and started out by simply buying dressy pants with an elastic waist band. I’m 31 and a half weeks now and they still fit me. I gained mostly in my stomach so I had to invest in shirts….www.motherhood.com has a great selection of clothes, especially when they go on sale. I bought 3 shirts that were each under $ 7. So far I haven’t even spent $ 100. Also, the fashion now is mostly tunic style and empire waisted tops, so it fits us pregnant women perfectly! I just moved up one size, from a small to a medium.

Answer by lil southern girl
I didn’t buy maternity clothes the first time. The second time I needed them for about the last 2 months, and I spent about $ 60.00.

For a casual office setting, you can get get a couple of pairs of pants and maybe 5 or 6 tops for $ 100.00 or less at Wal-Mart or K-Mart or somewhere like that. That’s what I did, because I was not about to spend a lot of dough on clothes I would only need for a few months.

Answer by Heartache
My job positions requires me to dress casual too. When I was pregnant, I spend about $ 200-$ 300 at a maternity store called Motherhood. I’d say it was worth it because they had the exact style of clothes I was looking for and the quality of their clothes are good (not cheap stuff). If I were to conceive again, I will definately recommend visiting Motherhood. Fairly priced for good quality/casual clothing! I would have spent more, but didn’t want to lose my mind in their. The clothes I bought lasted me a good 2-3 weeks before having to repeat an outfit. Plus it was spring/summer so there were alot of spring time sales.

Answer by tru_blu
I spent $ 26 on just one pair of maternity jeans, and personally i hate them!!! im 36 weeks and i find it so much more convenient to get sweat pants or even dress pants that are stretchy with an elastic waist. how much one spends during their pregnancy really depends on how thrifty and or how high maintenance they are. all of the sweat pants i bought i will still be able to wear once i have my baby, for those lazy days, however my maternity jeans will never come in handy, well not till my next pregnancy and that’ll be a few years down the road lol
i didnt spend too much on maternity pants or tops but i made sure to invest in some good sport bras!!!!

Answer by mommy_2_liam
I work in a casual office, so I just bought clothes a size or so bigger. My own clothes were great till about 6 months. Just buy a couple o pairs of slacks, a skirt (in basic colors) and some maternity tops…maybe a jacket…although your regular ones shouldn’t be too bad.

Answer by deco Mari
Zero on maternity clothes. I also work in a Corporate Office and I wore empire dresses, 2 regular size 8 elastic black pants and 1 regular elastic navy pant (size 8). I matched them with long vests, and flowy vintage-like blouses.