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Two Blondinis 
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Posted: 17 August 2008 at 8:41pm |
ok here is my "problem"
I have a pair of jeans that I have practically lived in for the past 10 years (bar when I was preggy), but now the time has come to put them out of their misery and send them to the big rag pile in the sky as the inner thigh seam is about to split (due to wear and tear, not my ever expanding thigh circumference! LOL).
Here's the problem, do I spend $80+ on a replacement pair that won't fit in a few months time and may or may not fit after bubs #2 OR do I spend the same/less on maternity jeans that I know I will need? (because I WILL get pregnant of course  )
This even has Mr "practical with all things financial" DH stumped!  
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Posted: 17 August 2008 at 9:06pm |
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I've found its always best to buy your current size at the time. What are maternity jeans like to wear when you're not pregnant?
Although if you've had the same pair for 10 years and had Caitlin in that time, aren't you just as likely to fit a repalcement pair after you've had #2?
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Two Blondinis
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Posted: 17 August 2008 at 9:11pm |
I just bit the bullet and bought a $20 pair off TM 
I had 2 pairs of hand-me- down JK jeans when I was pregnant but had to return those. I loved those and wore them after I had her
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Posted: 17 August 2008 at 9:27pm |
I was going to say, just go for it!!  We only live once!!!
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Posted: 17 August 2008 at 9:58pm |
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Posted: 18 August 2008 at 10:56am |
I was going to suggest belly bands...
Buy a new pair and use them.
I used them all through pregnancy and could keep wearing my favourite jeans.
It got abit hard towards the end, but I was housebound by then, so I lived in my pj's
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Posted: 18 August 2008 at 11:49am |
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Max now have a fantastic new range called Yummy Mummy for $99. I'm only 7 weeks and bought a pair because my dearly loved jeans were a bit snug and I didn't want to be doing my little one any harm. They are fantastic, they range from size 8 - 16 and have elastic parts at either size to expand as you do. The great thing is that I can wear them now with a belt, until I no longer need to and then they should be fine to see me through the next few months. They look like normal jeans and feel comfy.
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Posted: 18 August 2008 at 2:08pm |
LOL the same sort of thing happened to me my fav jeans were past their best before date and since we had given up TTC and were just gona wait for IVF i went out and spent $140 on a new pair of lee jeans but the next weekend i found out i was pregnant lol good old murphy hehe but i'm still wearing the jeans now although i cant do them up but a hair tie and a belly band work wonders!
and i second the yummy mummy range of maternity jeans in max they are super comfy!
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Posted: 18 August 2008 at 5:41pm |
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$99!?!?!?! Even Patch are cheaper than that (and it's not often you can say that LOL)
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Posted: 18 August 2008 at 6:56pm |
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You can always buy some cheaper jeans from the likes of Glasson and Jay-jays...they are pretty good quality....i think they are about $50....and then you can buy the size you are now....
You can borrow my maternity jeans if you like....i wont be needing them after November....
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Posted: 18 August 2008 at 8:45pm |
I would buy them to jinx yourself into getting pregnant straight away.
I still wear my JK maternity jeans but with the side panels pulled right in. They are really comfy.
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Posted: 18 August 2008 at 9:26pm |
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i was also going to suggest buy new jeans and go with belly bands, having said that I did just buy a pair of egg jeans off TM, cant wear them yet but in a few months....
might have to check out the max mummy range.
DH said you should get some preggy jeans... and he is also ever so sensible with money. As long as you can wear them before and after being preggy.
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Posted: 18 August 2008 at 9:31pm |
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oh and re your prog levels. that looks great to me! anything over 25 is considered ovulation... sheesh, Fertility clinics are happy with 10 natural and 15 with ov assisting drugs (obviously they would like to see higher). If you ovulated on CD18 then your prog still has not peaked yet so that was a great number considering its probably still rising. Man I am so mad at your nurse!!!!!!!
My 7 DPO prog the cycle after my mc was 26 and my dr was stoked with that!
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Posted: 19 August 2008 at 4:18am |
Yeah I'd be buying new jeans! As jaz said....jinx yourself into getting preggers right away...be murphy's law!
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Posted: 19 August 2008 at 7:52am |
i live in my supre jeans.. really comfy, they sit low, under my bump and are stretchy so hopefully will see me right thru 
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New jeans - to buy, or not to buy?
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