This is the most common thing women say in the planning stage. And it makes complete sense — you're not showing yet, nothing hurts, your existing wardrobe still fits. Why think about maternity clothes now?
Here's what the women who've been through it told us: by the time you actually need them, you don't have the energy to look.
The second trimester is when the body changes fast. It's also when the nausea has lifted, work is still full-on, and there are a hundred other things to sort — scans, doctors, telling people, figuring out the rest of your life. Shopping for clothes that make you feel like yourself is not at the top of that list. So you grab whatever's available, whatever ships in two days, whatever fits over the bump. And then you live in it for months.
The women who felt best during pregnancy weren't the ones who spent the most. They were the ones who made one considered decision early — before the urgency hit — instead of ten frantic ones in the middle of it.
You don't need a full maternity wardrobe before you're showing. But knowing what you'd reach for — and having it ready — is a small thing that pays back every single day.
be imli is designed to work from before the bump shows to well after the baby arrives. If you're in the planning stage and thinking ahead, you're already doing it right.
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