preggy pants

No, not a new nickname from the hubs for this pregnancy (transformers had just come out when I was pregnant with Emma and he affectionately took to calling me "pregatron" any time my hormones got the best of me).

"optimus preg" {not an original drawing, but I can't remember where I found it}

I had a pair of Karen T jeans when big in the belly last year, thanks to my MIL (whose name happens to  be Karen!). She got them for me at a little boutique in Idaho and I haven't found them anywhere since. I LOVED them and couldn't understand why women are always complaining about maternity pants. They have the low elastic waist band and fit just like my normal jeans, but with extra give. They're awesome.

This time around, I got some jeans from Motherhood Maternity and found out why people hate maternity pants. These have a full belly panel, and fit very comfortably until they start to fall down the second you move in them. And I know it's not the size - I tried L, M, and S and they all had the fall-down problem. After wearing them for a while and doing the hike-them-up-every-2-seconds-thing, I got frustrated and started trying some different approaches.

No-fall-jeans trial #1: Roll down the belly panel.

This only made things fall faster, which is no bueno.

Yep, I'm that big already.

No-fall-jeans trial #2: Keep panel up, but tuck in an undershirt.

We have a winner! Tucking in the under shirt gives the panel something to grab on to so it doesn't move when I do. The only problem I can see with this is when it's mid-July and I've got 3 layers of fabric over my huge belly. Definitely looking for some low-panel elastic waisted shorts!