Saggy Bottoms Be Gone

I wrote this post around the middle of my pregnancy and I still get hits off of it. I mean, it's funny post and all, but really, it's because what I say is totally true.

What is it with those damn maternity pants falling down?

You feel weird enough wearing pants with a huge elastic band around them, but then when every single person gets to see just a little bit of your butt crack -- well, let's just say you feel like you've reached a new low -- and I'm not just talking about the pants.

So I've tried a few things -- even wearing no pants (ha) but to no avail. I love the bella bands, but they press your stomach in, which isn't a bad thing when you're not pregnant, but when you are, it just makes you have to pee. But then a pal of mine sent me BottomsUp. And I seriously fell in love.

Don't run screaming saying "I'd never wear those ridiculous looking things!" Sure. I thought that for like ONE SECOND, and then I tried them and they worked.

FOR REAL.

You clip one to your bra and two to your pants and off you go. Your pants stay up, you can't feel them, and you can barely see them (that is, unless you're wearing a really really tight shirt and even then it's not that bad at all). Yes. You must unclip them to pee, but that's a small price. VERY SMALL. 

My favorite part is that they were invented by a mom who like you and me got sick and tired of her saggy pants.

So, check them out and if you want to win a pair, just leave a comment and tell me your solution to the saggy pants (prior to you wanting to try Bottoms Up, of course). Do it by Friday 3/9 and I'll pick a winner at random (color: nude). 

Comments

[Tatiana]

I saftey pin my pants to my tank top (worn under a shirt or sweater). It helps sometimes.

[Christine]

I would wear my husband's belt since mine were too small, but that only lasted for so long. So, I resorted to knit pants not so flattering but oh so comfy.

[Katie]

I don't have any solution - I just keep tugging them up eleventy jillion times per day.

[Jessica]

I'm with Katie. I have no solution. Today as we speak I have pulled up my pants at least 40 times. Sometimes rolling the belly band up a few times helps but not today.

[Elise]

I carry *really* low. So low infact, that it is comical, and people are forced to comment on it with great regularity. I'm pregnant with my second right now, and even though I only have a 5 month belly, it is already too low and too bulky for even my best-"fitting" pants (maternity or otherwise) to handle. So what do I do? Suffer. I wanted to raid my husband's overalls but they are too big and too Garrison Keillor old-timey with their braided leather look. I pull up my pants in public waaaay to often. And the thing is, I am still subtley enough pregnant that many people would have no clue why I look to be exaggeratedly hoisting up my drawers. It is pathetic. But I think the worst part is that because the drawers are sagging, I have this baggy looking area down low in the pubic area and in back where my butt should be. My anatomy is utterly distorted. It is frumpilicious. Hmmmm, this whole issue obviously hits a nerve with me... Thank you for bringing it to the public eye.

[Tater and Tot]

My preggo belly is too large for my regular pants (even when I use rubber bands), but still not quite large enough to hold up maternity pants. So I, like a lot of other moms, just pull and pull and pull. I pull my pants up probably 30 times an hour. It is very, very, very annoying. I hope I win so I can move on to something else to complain about.

[Andi]

This looks great for the post-partum in between stage, too. I had one of those weird pregnancies where I actually lost weight. When I left the hospital, all of my pre-pregnancy pants were way too big and I knew that it would be a while before I could be assured that pants I bought to replace them would continue to fit for more than a month or two. I found a pair of suspenders at a thrift shop that I wore under my clothes.

[Eliza]

haha, I love this and honestly hadn't tried anything. But if you catch me anywhere outside and watch you'll see me constantly lifting my pants back up over my belly. Man I can't wait until he's born. Of course it only means I will still do this a few more months just because nothing will fit right yet.