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Being pregnant and waiting for those nine months to pass can be a wonderful time (or not so nice, depending on your health) and it can take a little more effort to get that put together look but it is well worth it. People judge others within the first three seconds of seeing or meeting another person and this even happens while waiting for transit. In saying that, you want to look the best that you possibly can.

If we look back into the history of maternity clothes, we see ill fitting dresses, tops and pants that were not attractive nor did they look good on the woman. The women simply extended her own clothing or were forced to buy tent like dresses or jumpers that covered most of the woman's tummy and went down to the ankles. The styles were as if you were supposed to fade into the background during those nine months. Fast forward to a few years ago when all they had for pregnant women were cute little shirts with bows and the like. These shirts were more of a big and baggy design as not to accentuate the women's stomach at all.

These days, I have seen a lot of fashion don't when it comes to looking great during those nine months. Ok, I know its hot outside, but I saw a very pregnant lady wearing just a jogging bra and pants exposing all of her at least eight months worth of stomach. To me that looks as bad as the guy next to her wearing a t shirt that says "Look what I did" with a big arrow supposedly pointing to his pregnant significant other standing beside him. (Yes, I have seen that too and all I can say is "ewwwwwww" !)

There is one commercial on television these days that kind of bugs me too. It is for a yogurt and features several very pregnant women dancing around in skin tight t shirts that show about thirty percent of their stomach. Don't get me wrong. I liked being pregnant and I know women who LOVE being pregnant, but with today's great clothing lines for expecting mothers, there is no excuse to look unkempt or sloppy and covered up.

Although some do, but most women don't have the luxury of staying at home during those nine months, so a working wardrobe has to come into play. With more women executives and other women that need to be professional looking on a daily basis,
the clothing world has had to cater to them as well.

There are many clothing sources on the Internet where beautiful maternity clothes can be purchased. These clothes are designed to grow and change with as the woman's body grows and changes. There are also local stores that specialize in maternity for pregnant woman and if you take some time to go in there whether you are pregnant or not, you will be amazed by the selection and the great looking clothes that are available for those nine wonderful months. There are fashionable weekend clothes such as sweaters and jeans to dressier clothes such as dress pants and blazers to dresses to sleepwear. I have even come across a website that sells wedding dresses to pregnant women as well.

If your budget doesn't quite allow for designer clothes, you can go to the big box stores and browse, but chances are the selection won't be quite as wide as a specialty store. However, in saying that, the prices might be a little bit cheaper than the specialty store. If you have very little money to spend on a new wardrobe, hit the thrift stores. If you go to a local thrift store, you might not get much of a selection or choice, but my advice is to make friends with the people that run the store. Have them call you when a new shipment of maternity clothes comes into the store. A few extra pairs of eyes never hurt anyone!

Another option is borrow maternity clothes. With my last pregnancy, I was fortunate. I happen to belong to a church and there were a few of us pregnant in a consecutive order and so we just passed along the clothes to each other when we were done with them. It wasn't up to the moment fashion, but I had had some clothes put away from my earlier pregnancy, and what I ended up with just topped it off. I was a stay at home mom at the time and didn't really have to dress up all that much.

Life shouldn't or doesn't stop just because you are pregnant, and with the choices out there, one no longer has to borrow their significant other's big shirts. Most moms to be have a natural healthy glow and why not play up on that with great looking clothes? This is your chance to be and look the best possible you than you can be and most importantly, SHINE!