Maternity Clothes Hacks Money Saving Pregnancy Clothing Tips and Tricks

hi everyone and welcome back to my channel and if you're new welcome and I'm so glad you're here so today marks the official first day of my ninth month of pregnancy and let me tell you well I'm so happy to have made it this far the struggle is definitelygetting real right now especially in the wardrobe department so I thought I'd make today's video all about some maternity clothing hack some tips and tricks that I learned that have helped me to make getting dressed in the morning just a little bit easier so let's jump into it so my first fact for you all is almost a no-brainer and that is to invest in some dresses whether they are maternity dresses maxi dresses body con dresses t-shirt dresses dresses will become your best friend especially towards the end of your pregnancy they are cool they are comfortable and they won't restrict your stomach so if you're gonna buy anything buy a dress another great investment for your maternity wardrobe is a woven belt not only can you use it to highlight your bump when you're wearing a frumpy shirt or a bigger dress it's also great for holdingup your pants and you don't have to keep adding more holes so this belt grows with you now we all know that old trick of using a hair tie to make your jeans stretch just a little bit farther but did you know you could also make your own maternity band simply take an old or inexpensive tank top and cut off the bottom two thirds of it then pull it up over the waistband of those non maternity jeans and you are ready to rock the elastic in the bottom of the tank top will help to hold up your pants and this will also add length to some of your non maternity shirts so that you can wear them just a little bit longer if you are out and about anytime that your bra has suddenly becomesuffocatingly snug then give this hack a try grab a paper clip and use it to extend your bra by looping it through the hooks on one end and hooking it to the hooks on the other side this should buy you some time until you can get some broad cinders or a bigger bra if you don't want to invest in any expensive maternity clothes some great non maternity pieces that will carry you through pregnancy are a pencil skirt and a maxi skirt now you don't want to wear these the traditional way low on your waist a good trick is to take a t-shirt and tuck it in and then pull the skirt up over your bump this will give you the effect of having a fancy maternity dress but that will outline your new figure and will keep it from looking too frumpy these types of skirts are great because they're super comfortable after the baby comes as well here's another non maternity piece of clothing that should carry you through your pregnancy and beyond they are a pair of high-waisted yoga pants now I picked these up at Old Navy for around 14 bucks so they weren't a huge investment for me but I have gotten so much use out of them not only did I rock them all winter long but when it started to get hot outside I cut the bottoms off and they have made the perfect pair of shorts and the material that these types of pants are made out of doesn't spray so you can just roll the ends and it gives it a finished look these are also great to pop on under those shorter or tighter maternity dresses as they help to prevent you from flashing the lady Goods at the wrong moment this last clothing hack is for those of you who can only now fit in your partner's t-shirts you don't have to look frumpy and a big giant t-shirt that belongs to your husband you can make itlook a lot cuter as well just put the t-shirt on and simply tie a side not high on one of your hips once you tuck in the tail you can roll the sleeves of the shirt and this willoutline the bump and look like a cute maternity shirt as opposed to your partner's frumpy oversized t-shirt so I hope you enjoyed this list of tips and tricks for getting dressed of course if you guys have any other maternity hacks please be sure to leave them in the comments below and I wish you all a happy and healthy pregnancy and I will see you in the next one audio