swimwear question

[kallyn]

I've never been pregnant before, so please humor me with what may be a stupid question. The situation: I'm due in October, so I'll be pretty visibly pregnant during swimsuit season. I want to wear a bikini top and shorts bottoms and I'd like to get them soon. How much does your size change as you get more pregnant, particularly the bottoms? I'm eying up these: http://athleta.gap.com/browse/produc...scid=739776032 According to their sizing chart, regularly when not pregnant I would be a small. Should I go ahead and get a small, or would I be better off getting a medium or large? Or are those shorts totally not gonna work on a pregnant bod? Help me MDC!

[mclisa]

I bought a takini from target. I thought they were right on for sizes.

[BreakfastyMichele]

Like so many other things, it depends! If you've already started gaining, I'd recommend both the medium AND the large, because by the end of summer you may need the latter.

Otherwise, just buy the mediums. For early summer, you can use the tie, and you probably won't be uncomfortable by month seven.

(My bra lady sells swimsuits, and she recommended I buy six sizes up for summer. I'm usually a 10, but my trunk size for summer is a 16. They're FAR too big now, but now that the fetus is really putting on weight I'm growing!)

Good luck!

[etsdtm99]

for me, that wouldn't work - because as my belly grows i would have to move the shorts lower (in front mainly, can't handle the pressure and my belly sits pretty low) even though my old size will usually 'fit' - and that leads to 2 issues.. they sag in the crotch and fall down in back when i bend over.. i am still fitting in my pre-pg shorts that have an elastic waste and draw string but they are just not as comfortable as they were when i could pull them up a bit..

also, this is my 3rd pregnancy, and with my first, i only gained a little weight in my legs/butt .. with my 2nd i gained a TON of my weight there.. it was way not typical for me.. now with this one, only growing in the belly again! (i'm wearing a size smaller in maternity clothes than i wore with my 2nd pregnancy even though i've gained the same amount of weight)

anyway, i just bought a maternity tankini on ebay.. i have stretch marks to cover or i would be all about showing off the belly..