Maternity Swimsuits?

[Leanna]

I'm thinking about taking an aqua exercise class this fall/winter because its cheap (cheap!) through the hospital and it would be good for me. So I suppose I should consider a swimsuit now since its summer and they'll be harder to find later right? Anyone have recommendations?

 

[katelyn]

I really like my maternity swimsuit because it's not low cut. Unfortunately it's not on sale:

http://www.motherhood.com/Product.asp?Product_Id=24941017

It looks like Motherhood does have some cute ones on sale though, some low cut, some not.

 

[Linnis]

I got a two piece. A tank top top and shorts bottoms. All the maternity bathings suits are SOOOO ugly or at least I think they are.

 

[Singin4Him]

If you go to your local Old Navy right now they have them on clearance and they're so cute! I got mine for 14 bucks total compared to $40-50 at an acutal maturnity store. I think you can also find the swimsuits on Old Navy's website as well.

 

[Linnis]

Old Navy's are pretty but to get the size I needed so it wouldn't be falling off, there wasn't enough bum coverage for my liking.

 

[Leanna]

ooooh tankinis.... pretty.... *drools*.... to drive to a store would be pretty far I wonder if I should risk it ordering online.

 

[Leanna]

http://www.oldnavy.com/browse/product.do?cid=5822&pid=385793

http://www.oldnavy.com/browse/product.do?cid=5822&pid=385807&scid=385807002

Not the color, but the style of top... which do you think is more modest? The first one? Some of those bottoms do look a little skimpy... I suppose I could try the boy shorts, but I don't think those

Edit:
Oh and the smallest size they have is XL online in the one that doesn't come as low... they might have some in a store, but its such a long drive. Hmmm.

 

[Linnis]

http://www.oldnavy.com/browse/product.do?cid=5822&pid=385793

http://www.oldnavy.com/browse/product.do?cid=5822&pid=385807&scid=385807002

Not the color, but the style of top... which do you think is more modest? The first one? Some of those bottoms do look a little skimpy... I suppose I could try the boy shorts, but I don't think those

Edit:
Oh and the smallest size they have is XL online in the one that doesn't come as low... they might have some in a store, but its such a long drive. Hmmm.

I'm a small chested woman and even I couldn't find an old Navy top that covered enough. I would get one that stayed put but then if I raised my arms, it showed the bottom of my boobs, others would show WAY too much boobs from the middle or the sides. Which is why I ended up getting a tankini(I guess that's what it's called) is shorts so I feel covered enough but I had to go to walmart as XS was too small and S too big,

Personally I think the first one would better.

 

[CrystalBrooke]

if i were pregnant during the summer i would have gotten a bikini, my husband's aunt is pregnant right now, 5 months i believe, and she has a bikini...she looks so cute in it! but since you like something a bit more modest, i like the second maternity top from the Old Navy links you posted.

 

[Leanna]

I don't understand. How would that one show your boobs when you raised your arms, when its a tank? Was it this style? The only one they have in my size is this color: http://www.oldnavy.com/browse/product.do?cid=5822&pid=385793&scid=385793002 which is my least favorite, but that almost always happens with clearance for me.

Crystal, its going to be winter here (very chilly) and so a bikini would be very strange. And I plan on doing this until I am 9 months and look like a beached whale.

 

[Leanna]

One more thing, I am between XS and S how will I decide

 

[CrystalBrooke]

there's a maternity halter on the 3 page that's really decent, it's 14.95...not too bad compared to the original 28. and how in the world is a pregnant woman supposed to wear those bottoms?! you'd have to have a bikini wax to wear those things...i would just buy a pair of cloth maternity shorts and wear those for bottoms.

 

[Linnis]

I don't understand. How would that one show your boobs when you raised your arms, when its a tank? Was it this style? The only one they have in my size is this color: http://www.oldnavy.com/browse/product.do?cid=5822&pid=385793&scid=385793002 which is my least favorite, but that almost always happens with clearance for me.

Crystal, its going to be winter here (very chilly) and so a bikini would be very strange. And I plan on doing this until I am 9 months and look like a beached whale.

Oh, the Old Navy here didn't have tankikis, only bikinis. Sorry I didn't mean to confuse you.

Yeah, I like clearence shopping but a lot of the time it leaves you with the patterns you don't like.

 

[Leanna]

Okay well I'll give it a try, it was ten dollars and I hope it fits. I ordered some jeans that were on clearance too since I had to pay for shipping anyway. Sad thing is shipping is cheaper than driving to the store. Thanks for your help

 

[Singin4Him]

http://www.oldnavy.com/browse/product.do?cid=5822&pid=385793

http://www.oldnavy.com/browse/product.do?cid=5822&pid=385807&scid=385807002

Not the color, but the style of top... which do you think is more modest? The first one? Some of those bottoms do look a little skimpy... I suppose I could try the boy shorts, but I don't think those

Edit:
Oh and the smallest size they have is XL online in the one that doesn't come as low... they might have some in a store, but its such a long drive. Hmmm.

Mine is the one that doesn't come as low, it's the brown one with yellow and orange flowers. I personally love that style but I also went back a few days ago and bought the brown v-neck as well and it's cute too. It is lower though so it depends on how modest you are I guess. They're cute! but word of advice, get the smaller size bottoms than you think you would need because they run a bit big but the top is normal size.

 

[Leanna]

I got XS on both, and I am glad you like that color because I got it. I think it will be ok with my brown hair, but I really wanted the purpley pattern that they didn't have

 

[Singin4Him]

I got XS on both, and I am glad you like that color because I got it. I think it will be ok with my brown hair, but I really wanted the purpley pattern that they didn't have

I think you'll like it! I have brown hair myself and it looks good with my hair. Brown is always a good color for brunettes!

 

[lin1235]

I'm going to be 9 months in late spring, so I don't know if I'll need a swimsuit... but if I do, I'll buy a bikini. I don't like them (have never owned one) but I'll wear a maternity T-shirt over it or something and I'll definitely only swim in the pool at my parents' place. But at least I won't need anything especially for maternity because all the stores just add on another 20% to the price if they know we'll be pregnant when we buy it!

 

[Leanna]

Okay so the reasons I don't want to wear a bikini are:

Its a pregnancy workout class, and I want people to like me. Or at least not hate me, lol. If I show up wearing a bikini and I look too good, they will be mad at me, and if I have tons and tons of stretch marks I won't want to wear one. So either way I lose. Furthermore it seems weird to wear a bikini in the winter in Illinois where it will snow and all that. If it were the summer and I were just going to the beach, I would consider a bikini but this is a class with pregnant women and women can be really jealous and I don't want to deal with that. Comprendo?

 

[InTheFlame]

I'm gobsmacked at the huge number of halter-neck swimsuit tops around... do I really want the weight of hugely-increased breasts hanging off my NECK?? What's wrong with shoulder straps?

(yeah, I know... looks better. )