For Banders: My port sticks WAAAAAY out!

Sharon B.
on 8/12/09 1:29 pm - Brooklyn, NY
I am about 8 months preggo (due in early October) and I would love some advice on how to hide my port!!!

my 4 year old thinks its the baby's foot sticking out but its really no joke!

The only clothes I can wear are dumpy sweatshirts otherwise its so visible. I really dont want to go back to dumpy sweatshirts....

Any advice would be appreciated, I have gained about 12 pounds so far so I am very thrilled with my band pregnancy..........

amyc
on 8/12/09 10:33 pm - Jacksboro, TN
Revision on 02/28/12

Spanx has a maternity line.   That may help hold the port in a little.   My MIL was rubbing my belly once and thought the port was the baby's foot or elbow.  Luckily though it wasn't visible.
Amy

       
Dev *.
on 8/13/09 12:21 am - Austin, TX
 My port didn't really stick out visibly, I had a depression where the scar was instead. It could be felt easily though, one of the nurses at my OB always thought it was some part of the baby and I would have to remind her it was my port every time!

I would suggest a maternity camisole or something along those lines, but no guarantee that will work. Loose cotton shirts instead of knit fabrics would probably not show it as much and anything with a pattern will help hide bulges as well. 

Banded 03/22/06  276/261/184 (highest/surgery/lowest)

Sleeved 07/11/2013  228/165 (surgery/current) (111lbs lost)

Mom to two of the cutest boys on earth.

Robyn
on 8/14/09 6:10 am - Milford, DE
Mine stuck out as well. Not waaay out, but a noticeable lump. Sometimes the baby would wedge underneath it and flip it up on it's side...that felt really weird. I didn't worry about how it looked...most people didn't notice and if they did I just told them what it was :)
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