Jean Love

Danish Brand of Maternity Jeans

Those of you who see me on a regular basis know that, depending on what I wear, I've been showing since I was about eight or nine weeks' pregnant (While I thought I had gained a lot of weight, the scale says I've only gained a few pounds, surprisingly). I was a bit heavier when I got pregnant in the past. So, all my maternity jeans are too big. I've been wearing my non-maternity Gap jeans with a Bella Band (BB) or maternity jeans with a BB. However, I was either uncomfortable or felt frumpy.  The frumpy, nothing fits, uncomfortable, I-hate-my-body stage shouldn't come until month eight of pregnancy.  Now was too soon.  I applaud those women who never gain weight in their butt or thighs, or anywhere but their belly and can wear their low-rise jeans or use a BB when the need to unsnap a button occurs. Go you.  That's not going to happen for me. 

Fed up, I messaged my friend, Anna, took advantage of one of Matt's days off (he took the girls to the zoo after school), and went shopping in a town an hour away.  Anna stuck it out with me. Enduring multiple try-ons. Clerks trying to sell me jeans way too long or with pockets reaching several inches down past my butt. Finally, after a delicious Spanish lunch, re-energized, we walked into a boutique maternity shop - our last stop.  I tried on several more pairs without success. I did find a cool looking shirt (seventh picture in - gray with black print) to purchase and was just about to give up on the jeans (which were out of my price range anyway - at an average of 110 Euros each) when Anna spied a pair tucked away on a shelf, in the middle of other jeans I had already tried on. I think I only tried them on because they were half the price of the other jeans.

They fit! They are perfect. I think they'll even stretch nicely. The wash is a fashionable one. What I love about them is that they are adjustable. On the waste-band, there is a hidden adjustment band - the kind you see on toddler clothing - but it's not on the inside of waste where it would scratch at my itchy stomach.  Right now, I have them tightened up quite a bit, therefore, have plenty of room to let out.

If you are pregnant and interested in these, the good news is that you can get them fairly easily in Europe. However, Mama Licious, a Danish brand, does not appear to sell their line in the States of of yet.

It seems silly to be this excited about a pair of jeans - but I am! I was so uncomfortable, these should help me feel like a sexy, fashionable pregnant mom - instead of a frump!