Love Your Bump/Fertile Mind - Belly Belt Combo, The Ultimate Maternity Wear Solution

These saved so many pants when I was pregnant so I didn’t have to buy a lot of maternity. Unfortunately the ones didn’t work for my work pants. But super comfortable and worth it

I am on my 3rd kid...I knew b/c of the stretchyness of my belly I would probably not need a lot of maternity clothes & it would be cheaper/easier if I could keep wearing my regular clothes. This has been very helpful. Since my zipper area is covered up by my shirts anyway, that hasn't been a problem for me. I do think it's odd that only ONE button is 'reinforced'. I am using the smallest belt right now...on the smallest setting. My pants being too-tight is only really an issue when I'm sitting down/driving. I can see after a few weeks of wear that the elastic is starting to get wonky. If BOTH buttons were reinforced with the cloth underneath, I think it would be perfect! But that one issue makes me worry that I am going to pop out that button before I need to move up to the next size. I have also paired this with a belly band to cover my zipper & give the entire waist of my pants a reason to stay close to my body! :)**Update: It's 2 Jan, so about 3 months after my initial review. I eventually moved up to the last setting on the smallest belt, but feel as I moved up that the elastic portion of the belt was over stretched. The reason it stretched out was b/c the middle buttons are *not* reinforced (which I discussed briefly in my initial review). So the elastic around the button is all boogered out & loose, making the extender a little more loose than I'd really like it. Ideally, I'd like to have stayed on the middle button...but as it became stretched out the button came loose. I have no way of knowing if this is b/c I was using the wrong setting (should I have moved up sooner to the last button?) or simply b/c of the way it's made. I *am* still using them, though after 3 months...with about 8 weeks to go until the estimated due date I was thinking I might use the second (longer) belt that came with the set, but seem to have misplaced the box!Also, might be helpful to note these work MUCH better with a lower-rise (not necessarily low-rise, just below the belly button - sort of as pictured in the main image for this page) pant than higher rise pants. I have 3 pairs of jeans I use most often, two pairs that I guess are considered "mid" rise...right in between the top of my pubic area & my belly button and one pair comes to my belly button. The mid rise jeans perform better with the extender. I feel like the higher jeans need to be pulled up a lot more often or re-adjusted.

This is an amazing little piece of fabric. I am 17 weeks and have been able to wear my regular pants because of this belt. It works well with the bella band, but if you have oversized maternity shirts/blouses, they can pretty much cover up the fact that you have your button and zipper open. But if you have smaller blouses, you can just use the bella band to cover it up. Together, they provide added protection and comfort. I use the belly belt almost every day and it fits every kind of pants I have. The product comes with two small "belts" and two larger "belts". I'm still using the smaller belts, so I know that the larger belts will probably come in handy in my third trimester. They work with regular buttons and slider buttons, of which I have both. What's also nice is that when you go to the bathroom during the day you do not need to unbutton anything, you can just slide it off like you would a pair of pregnancy pants. This is definitely worth the money and much more secure than using a rubber band as a friend recommended before I discovered this on Amazon.

This does what it advertises. It is basically a waist expander so that you can wear regular pants for further into your pregnancy and it does that job. However, I have found a couple things that don't work so well for me.If you are smaller and need to use one of the smaller button settings, the extra buttons hanging over the end tend to turn upward and stick out of your pants making you look like you have an extra outie belly button or a misplaced penis tent. I find that I have to adjust it several times a day. I'm not sure if this is an issue with the material it is made from or the size of the buttons but it is a nuisance sometimes.Speaking of buttons, the buttons are really small compared to the size of the button hole. They seem so small that they could just slip right out of the button hole. This hasn't been a problem yet but it's always something I feel I need to check.Another issue is that the buttons are sewn directly into the elastic instead of being secured to regular fabric. As a result, the elastic is starting to pull and pucker where the buttons are. The elastic is VERY thick so this may not ever be a problem but I'm concerned that the buttons may pull out at some point.Another issue I've found is that the fabric flaps included only work on the largest expanders. When you try to use them with the smaller ones, the fabric gathers making you look like you are even pudgier than you already are. I haven't managed to figure out how to make it work but it seems like it shouldn't be as difficult as it is proving to be. When I've tried to use it, It looks like my crotch has a bib or an ascot on so I typically just wear a long shirt and leave my crotch bib/ascot at home.Overall, it does the job, however, $25 seems a little pricey and I've been happier with my results just making button expanders using hair elastics.I will acknowledge however, that the hook and loop expander is pretty great if that is the closure on pants you need to use regularly because the hair elastics don't work on those.