The Sisterhood of the Maternity Pants

My jeans are getting too tight in the waist.

At 16 weeks along, I guess this shouldn’t be too much of a shock. But I’ve been on the fence about pulling out my maternity clothes for a while, mostly because I know that once I’m in them, there’s no going back.

Still, my jeans are tight.

We were over at Friend and Doc’s house for dinner last night, and I mentioned to Friend that I wanted to try on a maternity dress that she bought when she was pregnant with Rupert this last time around – who, by the way, is creeping around everywhere and has some adorable little teeth in his big drooly grin – that I really liked.

Friend brought the dress down, along with a top. Then the Webmaster mentioned that I needed maternity jeans.

It’s true – I only have one pair of maternity jeans. Mostly because when I was pregnant with Ane, I was still working in an office environment and could only wear jeans on casual Fridays – so I do have a pair of black maternity slacks and some skirts. With Tad, I was heavily pregnant in the dead of summer, so I have maternity shorts from that pregnancy.

Friend, who is close to me in size and height – and we both are short-legged – immediately brought down jeans.

It turned into The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants – for those of you not familiar with the book and subsequent movie, it follows four teenage girls who all happen to fit into the same pair of jeans over a summer. Take it from there. Except that Friend and I have turned it into the Sisterhood of the Maternity Pants. As in, I am wearing a pair of her maternity jeans right now.

By the time I left their house, I was carrying out one dress, one top, two pairs of jeans, one pair of black pants, and a black corduroy skirt. It was better than online shopping.

It’s good to have a friend whose pants you can fit into – and borrow. Thank you, Friend. 🙂

And yes… today is the day. As in, my birthday. Again. It happens once a year. I think we’re going out for ice cream tonight – I have a distinct craving for some Baskin-Robbins rainbow sherbet.

This entry was posted on Monday, September 28th, 2009 at 1:55 am and is filed under Group o' Friends, Mommyhood.
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