Comments on: What kind of maternity jeans do/did you prefer when pregnant? Low-rise, full panel, semi-panel, etc

By: Rhys

Rhys — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:30:30 +0000

I’m 12 1/2 weeks along, and I just bought maternity pants for the first time yesterday from Old Navy. I got a pair of maternity corduroys, low-rise/elastic-waist with BELT LOOPS. They were falling off without a belt on, but with a belt on, they’re stay up just fine! The full panel jeans I got are very baggy around the belly, but with all your comments and praises for the full panel, I think I’ll keep them.

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By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:33:33 +0000

I love the pants I have with the panel, they’re the only ones that stay up. The ones that are low rise (I foolishly bought two pairs early on!!) are the ones I hate to wear and spend all day yanking back up. Stick with the panel!

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:23:17 +0000

I liked the low rise with my first pregnancy, but my son was posterior facing, and I read an article saying that the low rise jeans can cause baby to turn backward. So, this time around, I’m rocking the full panel! They’re not as bad as I thought, actually. They seem to stay up better than the low rise did.

By: Natalja

Natalja — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:38:42 +0000

I wore a small panel during my whole pregnancy and found them very comfortable. So what if you have to pul them up once or twice. Remember that it will be summer here during your 3rd tremester and full panel may be too hot. Also here is important point that you may want to consider. After you deliver your baby you will continue to look pregnant for quite some time. Yep, don’t fool yourself that you will not. And full panel jeans will look quite out of place. I remember I wore my low panel jeans for about 4 months after the baby, that was the only pants I could fit my a** in. Wait, hold on, I got pregnant again after that, otherwise I would probably continue to wear them even longer without being pregnant.
Natalja

By: Jessi

Jessi — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:50:51 +0000

I have two pairs, one with a blue band that goes just below your belly button, and I HATE them and wore them like twice. They put sooo much pressure on my belly (and yes, they’re the right size) that it was just too uncomfortable, and they felt slipping down. I also have a pair of Motherhood Maternity’s secret belly panel ones, and I LOVE those. They’re way comfy and the panel is super thin. However, they do always feel like they’re slipping down, but I’ve yet to wear a pair of pants since I’ve been pregnant that haven’t slid off my bump! Other then that I live in sweats when I’m in the house and I still have ONE pair of super stretch jeans in a larger size that fit me really well, and that’s usually what I wear. I hate maternity clothes, I’ve bought 4 things, the 2 pairs of jeans and 2 tank tops. They’re just not as comfy as my normal clothes, so I suffer with pulling my old clothes OVER my bump and hiking up my pants because they all slide off a sloped bump. lol

By: Cat @ 3 Kids and Us

Cat @ 3 Kids and Us — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:03:08 +0000

I actually hate Old Navy Maternity jeans…they were the worst of all I’ve owned. My favorite is the secret belly full panel from Motherhood…it’s soo comfy and I’m actually still wearing them now that the baby is here. The low rise ones will actually start to dig into your waist and they get difficult to keep up. The mid panel ones tend to leave marks on your belly and can get painful as you grow, plus you can see those through your shirt.

By: Ally

Ally — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:35:23 +0000

I had 1 pair of maternity jeans and 1 pair work pants that I wore my whole pregnancy. I didn’t like the feel of anything on my tummy so they were both low-rise pants. The other times I wore leggings, and I still kept them below my tummy instead of stretching them over my big belly.
I have big hips though, so I had no problem keeping them up.

By: Virginia

Virginia — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:15:55 +0000

I actually liked the lowrise kind that the elastic was under the belly. I got some shorts from Target and a couple of pairs from motherhood maternity and loved them all the way through. Basically they helped me feel supported and didn’t feel like they were falling down.

By: Lauren Renae

Lauren Renae — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:42:40 +0000

I’m with Kristine, the Gap ones with the small band were the BEST! I wore them constantly and they were fabulous after the baby was born too because they just don’t look like maternity jeans at all. I hated the Motherhood secret belly ones for the same reason everyone else mentioned – the band just kept slipping down, which then made it feel like my pants were going to fall off since there was nothing else to hold them up!