Egg over-the-bump maternity jeans

Oh also, for anyone buying maternity jeans in the first trimester for a first pregnancy - I would suggest buying a size up if in doubt...my jeans were loose at 12 weeks and by 22 weeks, getting tight in the hip and looking a bit funny. By the time I get my replacement (which has taken weeks so far) I doubt I will fit them any more, and that is despite only gaining weight within the guidelines and eating healthy. Butt and hips just expanded by about 2 jeans sizes :-( When they say they will fit you the whole way through, depending on how you gain your weight, they may well NOT even if you only gain a normal/minimal amount of weight.

Yeah I'm beginning to think that those who've opted for leggings had the right idea! I'm usually not a leggings fan, but they might be less problematic than jeans after all!

It would be real helpful to be able to predict where we gained weight huh! I thought mine would have plenty of room the whole way through because they were fairly loose to begin with, but apparently my butt had other ideas.

If they hadn't started to fall apart, I'd still be happy enough even after growing out of them, as they should fit while I'm losing the weight and at the beginning of my next pregnancy - I would have gotten a good amount of wear out of them over time.

I also stopped wearing them sooner than I had to simply because I didn't trust the waistband to hold up at ALL with actual strain on the seam given it didn't hold up when loose!

All up, it hasn't been my most successful foray into maternity fashion. Oh well. I try not to think how many sets of tunics and leggings I could have bought with $150

I unfortunately didn't have much luck with the Jeanswest ones - I hate skinny jeans (they really look bad on me) and they didn't have the bootleg ones in my size - and then they didn't get new stock in for weeks on end despite the store repeatedly requesting it.

I had noticed a lot of people say they're good - I just had really bad luck getting my size and style. Now knowing about my butt expansion I probably could have just bought the big ones and worn them loose for a couple of months

Now I'm sticking to my DIY maternity jeans - chop the waistband of cheap/second hand jeans, attach stretchy waistband (or bought belly band - which work really well) - voila! Tough as old boots, cheap and easily replaceable! Does mean I don't have any nice ones though, which was the whole point of trying to buy the nice Egg ones.

I finally bought some Jeanswest jeans recently...easier to get my size now I'm fatter, somehow! Have to say, they are AWESOME. They don't look as great as my Egg ones did, but they're comfy and tough as old boots! Awesome, considering how s**t my Egg ones were in terms of staying-together-ness and I STILL haven't received my replacement yet. I used to be a Jeanswest fan for non-maternity jeans, and then became a Max jeans fan, but Jeanswest is certainly growing on me again!!

I hardly got any wear out of my Egg jeans - they instantly started to rip at the waist. The really annoying thing about it is that they were quite loose when I got them, so it wasn't like there was any strain on the seams at all. I was also being really careful every time I pulled them up not to yank on the stretch fabric. I'm really quite annoyed by the whole saga. I only spent that much because I'd heard so many positive reviews about Egg maternity clothing in general and jeans in particular. I ended up feeling stupid for risking the money and having to admit hubby was right about them being unjustifiably expensive. Now he's nagging me to nag for a refund, but I'm so sick of enquiring about my replacement and being told "it's coming" (for over 2 months now) that I'm struggling to drag myself in the door again to demand a refund because they haven't replaced them within a reasonable time frame. They sell this style online with a delivery time of 2-4 working days for crying out loud.

I may have been just unlucky with the whole thing, I don't know. The pregnancy hormones, and feeling huge, tired and like I'm about to pop, knowing I won't even be pregnant for more than another 2 months now, aren't helping my mood about it for sure!

Yay for Jeanswest! :-)

Yep it's gonna take me a while to get back to normal so I anticipate getting quite a bit more wear out of my jeanswest jeans! I underestimated how much stuff other than the bump was gonna grow...and I've been reasonably good about what I'm eating.

I'm finding my jeanswest ones almost like trackpants too. They rock. When I was using the belly belt thing I was finding my pants were falling down a bit much.

Wow, when they didn't have my size in early pregnancy, I can't believe I didn't think about just ordering them online! Such a good idea!!! Aaargh! Would have saved me soooo much hassle! Excellent point! :-)