Maternity underwear – where comfort and flattery meet
Your skinny jeans, fitting tops and high-heels are rendered useless as you continue to bulge, because comfort and safety for you and baby now become priority. For the same reason, your underwear follows suit, especially around the fourth or fifth month of your pregnancy when your tummy extends. Underwear that pinches, goes up and flops should be a no-no!
Therefore, as you go to shop for your next pair of panties, the following guides could be useful as you sail through the rest of your expectancy as carefreely as possible.
Note that underwears are available in all designs and colour just like regular panties. Some are hip huggers while others have elastic on the waistline.
There are bikini briefs, hi-cuts and low waits, high waist – go ahead and pick out those that wink at you. And if something about it does not fit, leave it. You would rather end up with three very valuable items than a dozen that you do not know what to do with.
It should match with your brassier. You generally try hard not to clash—to maintain or even boost others opinion on your creative streak. Your hubby’s opinion is equally important—if not more.
Maternity underwear should give you plenty of room for expansion considering you are growing by the minute. And you don’t have the time, energy and money to keep changing your underwear every so often.
The best material is all-cotton with Lycra for stretching abilities, now that you are growing by the day. You need the absorbency of cotton as pregnancy generally makes you warmer, thus more likely to sweat. If as well makes you have more discharge, which again makes the cotton bit come in handy.
A wide elastic waistband that wraps around your tummy without any pain or discomfort will help go about your daily business uninterruptedly.
The crotch should fit close to your body. There should be no excessive fabric in the front or back, and the side should not have a thick binding.
If your panty has a front horizontal crotch seam, it should be visible from the front and not slip backwards.
Your fit Nothing is as annoying as a panty which bunches up on either side of your legs or rides up.
Even worse, is the embarrassment it would bring as you try to adjust it in public. To get your perfect size, take a measurement around your waist and take note of the reading. Then measure your hips around the fullest area. These measurements will help the salesperson know the exact size to give ranging from small, medium, large and extra large. As mentioned, find something that will expand with your pregnancy and still fit during the first few postpartum months.
No panty-line showing. A smooth look under your clothes flatters your outfits. Let people witness the grace in your pregnancy and not the clumsiness brought about by the extra weight.
Durable. Most cotton and spandex fabrics will retain their shape after several washes and serve you longer. That is why you should consider them.’
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