WORST invention ever.
Posted by breefawn on 1/09/10 • Categorized as Product Review
Okay, so I’m at the point in my pregnancy where nothing really fits. My pants are too tight in the waist, and my maternity pants are still too big (except for the size 6 Liz Lange pants that I LOVE…but who wants to wear the SAME pants every day?). SO, I’ve heard good things about Ingrid & Isabel Women’s Maternity Lace BellaBand
. It’s supposed to help you keep your pre-maternity pants up even if you can’t button them and help the maternity pants that are too big fit in the interim before you REALLY get your belly (hence the purchase). Well…here is the problem: it is SUPER uncomfortable. It rides up when it’s not supposed to, rolls down and makes me look like my pants are gonna fall off (which they shouldn’t be doing if the stupid band did its job), and to make it worse, it makes my back hurt like nothing I’ve ever experienced before! I even tried two different sizes. I’m normally an 8, so I purchased a size 1 and 2 due to my hips (I wasn’t sure how it would fit with my hourglass shape, soon to be an apple). Sad to say, I wasted my money. I supposed that if you’re straight up and down it would work alright…but I’m DEFINITELY not a ruler. So…I’m off to buy safetypins and pray that my belly pops soon. I’m almost 13 weeks, and from what I’ve read I have 3-6 weeks to wait for that magical moment.
Just get a rubberband and loop one end around the buttonhole of your pants then the other end goes around the button. You get another two inches that way! Wear a shirt that covers it and you are fine!
If you need back some of your old stuff, I’d be more than happy to give it back to you, but I’m not sure if it would fit any better than maternity stuff! Safety pins are a safe bet though!