In my opinion, jeans shopping is typically a horrible experience. I rank it right up there with bathing suit shopping. Really, they may be equally terrible - and incomparable - seeing as I usually buy jeans in the fall and bathing suits in the late spring. Different seasons, you know? Each terrible in their own way.
Anyway.
I've been wearing my Old Navy maternity jeans since a week after Abigail was born. (The first week it was all sweat pants, all the time. Whoo.) I really liked my maternity jeans throughout my pregnancy, but now that we're nearing the 10-week mark postpartum, I find myself rather tired of them. The panel has torn, leaving a huge hole in the back. I have to roll the panel down, which creates a funny tummy bulge under all my clothes. And they're really loose through the leg. Plus, I mean, come on. They're my pregnant pants. And I'm not pregnant anymore!
Yesterday I got on the scale and found out I only weigh 10 lbs more than my pre-pregnancy weight. Cheered, I was certain that was not enough to merit new jeans, surely. So I hauled my old jeans up from the basement (I had several pairs) and tried them on. But none of them - NOT ONE - could I get around my waist (or even close to my waist, actually).
Sigh.
So yesterday I decided to take the plunge. I fed Abigail, packed her into her car seat, and went jeans shopping. I only had enough time to hit one store, so I stopped by the Gap, banking on Labor Day sales. I was in luck - everything was 25% off.
Long story short - it was both a wonderful and terrible thing. I passed right by my old sizes, right past all the "Skinny" cuts, and started grabbing sizes off the "Curvy" rack. It didn't take very long. (I will spare you the details of what a shock it was to see how exactly my body has changed since childbirth.) I chose a pair 2 sizes larger than my previous size (who knew ten pounds merited a 2-size increase?), which felt rather terrible. But I do like the way they look, which is rather wonderful. I can almost pretend those 10 lbs don't exist.
Ah, vanity.
About Me
- Britt
- He's an IT guy by day, musician by night. I was a teacher... now I'm a wife/mom/woman trying to find creative outlet. We were married in June of '07. Bought our first house in May of '08. Celebrated our first baby June of '09. Waiting for Baby Boy to join us in spring of '11.
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3 comments:
Seriously Brittany...it will melt off. It's not just the weight it's also your hips. I remember waiting 3.5 months with my son and thinking that was it I'd never wear my pants again and was destined to be a bigger size. I went and bought a really nice new pair of jeans to appease my feelings of frustration. I swear somewhere around 4-5 months my hips went back in (with both pregnancies) and then I was wearing jeans that wouldn't stay on my hips. A lot of it's not the fat actually, but the bones shifting back into place. And it's a good thing it takes a while or we wouldn't be able to walk normally ;) And the good news is you had the baby in the summer and don't have to swimsuit shop until the spring. My end of March baby did not afford me that luxury...
seriously, you'll get it back...it just takes time. and fyi...i don't EVER wear the "skinny" cuts at the gap. i like the "curvy" and i don't think that word would normally be used to describe me.
i don't think there is a woman alive that enjoys jeans shopping. excited for the next time we get together and talk about our husbands' mistressess! :-)
p.s. your baby is adorable!
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