She Borrows and Buys – More Pregnancy Stuff

Quick life update: My son, Gabriel, is now 23 days old! He was born on May 26th. And we moved! We closed on May 1st and moved on May 5th. Very exciting stuff. I was SO STRESSED OUT from late April through mid-May, but finally started to feel ready for baby toward the middle of May… just in time :-).

Now onto the purpose of this post, which is to add to the list of all the items I bought or borrowed or used in the second half of my pregnancy (and beyond), as a part 2 to the post I wrote about the first half of pregnancy. In case, you know, you find it useful.

Workout bottoms:

• Gap Maternity GapFit Blackout Technology full panel capris:  I finally broke down in the third trimester and got another pair of capris. I think I had a coupon, and I could no longer wear the Lululemon leggings from the previous post. It seemed silly for fewer than 3 months, but ended up being really useful. And I’ve been able to wear these postpartum as well.

Workout tops:

I didn’t need to buy anymore of these. I continued to wear the Athleta speed light tank, Sweaty Betty Athlete tank, and GapFit Breath short sleeve crew I wrote about in my last post.

Sports Bras:

I didn’t end up buying any more sports bras. I wore the 36DD Juno bra exclusively for the remainder of my pregnancy. Every time I worked out. It got washed a lot.

Casual bottoms:

I ended up wearing the GapMaternity full panel jeans I spoke about in my last post a lot more toward the end of my pregnancy, so I’m super glad I bought them. I also wore:

• Indigo Blue capri jeans: Size small. My friend gave these to me to borrow early on in my pregnancy. I didn’t end up wearing them until third trimester, when the weather started to get warm. I wore them a lot at the end. I’ve also worn them once postpartum so far. I can’t find them online, but I believe they were from Motherhood Maternity.

Work Bottoms:

I didn’t buy any other work bottoms. The black LOFT pants I wrote about in my last post ended up splitting at a seam in my third trimester, but I only had a couple days of work in the office left before I started teleworking exclusively, so I sewed them up poorly and wore them a couple more times.

Tops:

• Motherhood Maternity tank tops: Size small. My friend gave me two of these to borrow. They became the shirts I exclusively wore once the weather turned warm. One is orange/pink with white stripes and the other is navy with white stripes. My wardrobe continued to be very minimal and boring.
• Pinkydot 3/4 sleeve shirt: size medium. I left my wine-colored shirt from H&M in Telluride, so I replaced it with this.

Undergarments and Pajamas:

• Bravado! Designs nursing bras: Around week 26, on my travel home from Telluride, I decided that I could no longer wear a bra with underwire. My belly had gotten too large, and the underwire dug in and was super uncomfortable. I bought two of these bras (size large), one in beige, one in black, and they are what I wore exclusively for the remainder of my pregnancy and now in the postpartum period.
• Maternity Sleep Shorts from Motherhood Maternity: Love these still. I slept in them every single night, and still do most nights.
• Clip down nursing camis from Motherhood Maternity: Size medium. I almost didn’t keep these because the shelf bra wasn’t remotely supportive enough, but the return would have been more of a cost/hassle, so I decided to keep them. I do wear them sometimes.
• Jessica Simpson clip down nursing cami: size medium. These were more supportive, and I liked to sleep in them. My boobs are bigger postpartum, so they’re not working great anymore, but I do sleep in them sometimes.
• Clip down nursing nightgown: Size medium. I bought this to take to the hospital with me. I did try to wear it on my third day in the hospital, but felt like it was a little tight in the rib cage and have not worn it since. Sigh. I mostly wore the hospital gowns.
• Pull down nursing nightgown: Size medium. Same. Bought it to take to the hospital, but I mostly wore the hospital gowns. I wore it once in the hospital, but not since. I’m more likely to wear this again though.

I think that’s all! I bought some more stuff to take to the hospital in my hospital bag. 10 pairs of boring XL white underwear, non-skid socks. I mostly didn’t need anything I brought. I’ve used the white underwear since coming home from the hospital, but didn’t need it in the hospital. And the hospital had non-skid socks for me.

I’ll write another post about what I’ve bought/used in this immediate postpartum period.