This non-maternity dress has an elastic all around the waist, making it wearable while I’m pregnant. It’s not a floor length maxi so it stops right above the ankle, a perfect length when you want to cover your legs but still want to show off your shoes! Wedges are my favorite shoes to wear whether I’m pregnant or not, because it is as comfortable as a flat, but offers the extra height as the high heels.
On another note, I received some honest feedback from my 5 year old daughter last night. She offered a family prayer before bedtime and she said in her prayer, “Heavenly Father, please help that mommy will stop being so boring and play with us more…”
After the prayer, I asked her, “Adi, am I really that boring?” She said, “Yes, you are super boring ever since you got a baby in your belly. All you do is sleep and watch us play.”
These darn kids. When kids give you a feedback, you know there’s no way of disputing it because it’s always true. 🙂
Today we have a giveaway for you by PinkBlush Maternity, a site offering many cute maternity clothing for expecting mothers. If I had to pick one type of dress to wear during pregnancy, it would be a maxi dress because the long length drapes over the baby bump beautifully and it also hides the swollen legs and ankles I have during my late pregnancy. PinkBlush Maternity offers many types of beautiful maxi dresses as you can see here, and at such affordable prices too! Both of the maxi dresses I’m wearing is made of very light fabric with a lot of stretch to make sure it moves with me comfortably, and it’s a perfect thing to throw on over my head when I’m getting ready and want to get out the door without spending much time deciding what to wear on top and bottom. And my favorite part? I can wear these dresses post pregnancy. Just put on a belt and I’m good to go!
PinkBlush Maternity is offering one lucky reader a $50 giftcard to their store and the giveaway is open to everyone. To enter the giveaway, please visit their store and comment below with your favorite item from the store. This giveaway will run until Friday, May 17th.
For extra entries:
-“Pin” a favorite item from PinkBlush Maternity onto Pinterest and tell us the link.
-“Like” PinkBlush Maternity on Facebook.
-Tell us which expecting mother you’re entering for!
Dresses that have an elastic gathered fabric are one of my favorite items to wear when I’m expecting. Not only does this dress work when I’m not expecting, it stretches with me every step of the pregnancy and hugs the body in a way that is very fitting and flattering, not making me appear bigger than I am. This dress was custom tailored by Eshakti‘s, which is their specialty where every design you can customize to your own body size and styles such as length, neckline, and sleeves. And if you’ve noticed, I wear mainly dresses while I’m expecting because it is just so comfortable!
On another note, at church this past Sunday I passed by a fellow church member/neighbor and she says to me smiling and happily, “Oh my goodness, I almost didn’t even recognize you!” so I asked her, “What do you mean you almost didn’t recognize me?” and she said, “I’m just so used to seeing you skinny!”
I found her honesty mostly funny and refreshing(mostly, not entirely) but you probably shouldn’t say that to any women, especially a pregnant woman for that matter. 😉
This yellow lace dress is a non-maternity dress but I bought it 4 sizes bigger on purpose so that I could wear it while I’m pregnant. I plan on altering it once I have the baby and return back to my pre-maternity size, however long that’ll take. I’m actually a little nervous about this being my third pregnancy and how it’s suppose to be harder to get back in shape the more kids you have, but I guess I’ll worry about that after this baby’s out. I also get nervous about having three kids because every single mother I’ve ever talked to has told me having three kids is by far the hardest and most overwhelming. One is easy, two is manageable, three is super tough, and after that it doesn’t matter how many kids you have, they all seem to say. One mother even told me(before I was pregnant with my third) not to have a third child and how I’ll regret it and to live my life instead because with three kids, my own life, goals and dreams would be over. Another mother also told me when her third child was just a couple months old, to just stop at two kids because it was so hard. I talked to a mutual friend several months later about how every single mother has told me how difficult having a third child is, and she told me she recently talked to one mother who said it was just the same as having two kids. I asked who that mother was and guess what, it was the same mother that told me to just stop at two kids. She must have deleted the difficult moments out of her memory and no longer remember! No wonder why mothers keep having more kids, right? It’s a big conspiracy, I’m telling you!
I used to get high anxiety about it where I would literally feel my heartbeat go faster and I had to take deep breathes to keep myself from feeling faint, but now I’m like, “Bring it on! It’s going to happen no matter what so I’m going on beast-mode and say I can do this!!” That attitude might change once the baby’s out, but you know, for now it helps with my sanity so I’m sticking to it!
If any of you are mothers with three or more kids, feel free to send me some advice/reality along the way so I can prepare myself mentally. Thank you. Gracias. Chao.
