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How do you hide a baby bump? This struck us as a great question…
I’d love to see some suggestions on hiding a baby bump while dressing appropriately for the office. Hiding my growing belly wasn’t hard with my first baby. It just wasn’t that big. Now I’m pregnant with my second and, true to everything all my friends told me, I’m much bigger, much earlier.
I prefer not to tell everyone until the first trimester is over. That means hiding my expanding middle. I moved up a size in trousers (no expand-o waist pants yet). However, I can’t seem to find any good ideas for tops. I’d love your (and your readers’) help. Anonymously, of course. Any hope for me? :)
Having never been pregnant, we can’t really offer any advice, but it does strike us as a very worthwhile question.
(Fine, here’s our best guess — we’d stick with empire-waisted tops such as the one above, or very blousy tunic tops. Pictured: Banana Republic Garment-dyed linen top, available at Banana Republic for $59.)
{related: 7 tips to hide a baby bump at work}
Still — readers, what is your best advice on how to dress professionally while hiding a baby bump? Any other tips on dealing with pregnancy woes, such as morning sickness?
{update: how to hide a baby bump with your second child}
Carrie
The truth is, you’re not going to hide it the second time around. Female co-workers will know. And that’s okay. They will find out eventually. The men will not notice until you tell them. Just choose clothes that are comfortable. I wore a lot of dresses.
I found that it was good to tell my assistant early on, even though I wasn’t ready to tell everyone, because she could help me out. I had also told her about my second pregnancy, which I lost at 10 weeks. That way, I had someone who had my back when I was going through morning sickness and when I was upset and sick from the miscarriage.
I shared a lot of clothes with other attorneys in our office who had recently been pregnant. We had one suit that three of us wore over several pregnancies. It so happens that it came from Target, what a deal that was.
I tried to scrimp and save during my first pregnancy. By the end, nothing fit and I was miserable. The second time, I spent some cash and bought a few things that I felt good in and that were comfortable to wear. Japanese Weekend and Isabella Oliver were some good choices for me. I found that the best pants for me came from Gap maternity, however. Pea in the Pod was good for tops and sweaters, but the pants did not work for me.
I also pushed the wardrobe envelope a bit towards the end. Everyone could tell I was uncomfortable, so no one cared if I was wearing ugly shoes or pants.
Emilie
Ditto on the scrimping and saving first time around. This time I spent a little more money and actually found some cute clothes. It’s very important to me (now) to have cute clothes to wear when I’m feeling huge. Does wonders for the self-confidence! Plus, even if you’re only wearing these clothes for a short time, you’ll wear them over, and over, and over…might as well like them.
Janice
Wow! There are so many great tips in this thread! I’m almost 11 weeks with #3 and am waiting another few weeks to spill the beans, so this has definitely been helpful!
Jane
I have some questions for you ladies about telling clients you are pregnant. A bit of background. I was an equity partner at big law. I just moved over to a smaller firm as a shareholder. I’m working for one of my fellow shareholder’s clients on two large cases. Not only am I handling the case. I really have been doing it most of it solo without much associate help. We don’t really have any litigation associates yet although we are working on it. In one case, we are the defendant, so delay will probably be fine. In the other case, we are the plaintiff. I’m currently 7 1/2 weeks pregnant. When do you all think I should tell my fellow shareholder whose client it is? When do I tell the client? How do I assure them that I can still represent them? What are my ethical obligations when I might decide not to return to work? When do I tell opposing counsel? How should I tell? (Fortunately, one of them is out of the city and I won’t be bumping into them). How can I agree to scheduling orders right now when I may not be there during certain deadlines? On a different note, how do I continue my own business development once I start showing? So many questions. It seems like all the pregnancy questions are geared toward working for your employer. But, here as an older attorney, my questions are all geared toward working with clients. I appreciate your thoughts and any resources.
jk
I found that those breezy ‘peasant blouse’ looks that are so loose fitting most of the time were too tight for my preggo belly. They actually have just an inch or two of extra fabric, and my 4-mo belly had put on more than that.
For a job interview at 5 mos (illegal to discriminate, but they certainly wouldn’t have hired me if they’d known), I found a just-over-the-hips jacket with a cinched waist worked best.
Good luck!
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I’ve just found this site free-baby-bjorn.com, can I really get a carrier for free?.
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Hi guys, Just saying hello to the forum.
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Helen
I LIVED in cream/beige skinny jeans, heels (not dangerously high ofc), and long empire line patterned tops for the first trimester until I was ready to tell people. Second pregnancy bump is definitely bigger! It’s a good look tho, long empire line tops skip over the bump, and pale skinny jeans draw attention away from it, and make you look thinner. And heels give you that great skinny-girl posture. I kept being asked if I had lost weight, and complemented on my spring “look”. When I told people they were shocked, and didn’t believe me when I told them how far along I was, and my son was no small fry!
belinda o
hey corporette.com Started exercising about three months in the past and no abs. Wondering what I’m doing wrong. Any good assets?
Katieminna
I’m only 7 weeks pregnant with baby #2 and I noticed yesterday that I’m already starting to show. I knew it would be sooner with the second one, but I didn’t think it would be this soon! I hope these tips work because I’m not ready to tell the whole world just yet. I’m also on staff in a nursing school that happens to have a program to train midwives so I’m sure there are faculty members that have an eye for these things. I’m going out this weekend to buy some bigger clothes to try and hide this for hopefully another 5 weeks, but I’ll be happy with buying another 3 at this point.
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