12 Weeks Pregnant and Needing Advice on Clothing

I don't believe in buying maternity clothing for pregnancy, instead I just wear tunics and elastic waist jeans, leggings and dresses. This is my 2nd pregnancy, but first pregnancy since weight loss surgery. I need a little advice. I am currently a size 18/20 in bottoms and 2x/3x in tops. I don't have too many clothes in this size as I am still in the weight loss phase and just found out I am 12 weeks pregnant, so should I go buy some bigger clothing to accommodate my growing belly? I don't want to buy too much because once I have the baby I am going to be back on the band wagon to getting to my goal. 

i waited until my larger size elastic pants didn't fit any longer. then i went and bought the mama pants. i only bought a couple of pairs. i don't like spending money on clothing for me. i like to shop at thrift stores, alas trying to find clothing in thrift stores at my size is a pain in the tush. so i broke down and found some clearance sales. i'm hoping the few pairs of pants, i bought (four in total) will be enough to get me through the rest of my pregnancy. in all honesty though, they are so much more comfy then my ill-fitting elastics. i wish i had swapped sooner.

I would say try St. Vinny's, Goodwill. You can usually find cheap maternity clothes there. Also Ebay and Craigslist. Bigger clothes looked akward on me, maternity fit well and I didn't look like a blimp.

if i was  you i would wait. i  am 16 weeks pregnant and i gained  5 pounds in the beginning then  i lost 15 pounds.  so i would  wait until you actually need something then go buy it.  i am  all into  saving as much money on clothes as i can.  also  value village and goodwill has   dollar days  or 50% off days  if you don't want to pay full price on  stuff

Search for CLOTHING SWAP in your area.

Also, I went to Motherhood and they had a sale on some of their plus size clothing...buy one, get one free.

http://community.babycenter.com/post/a36831427/maternity_clothes_swap_community  

 

I had 2 pairs of maternity jeans from last pregnancy and lived in my roll over top yoga pants when I didn't have anywhere to really be. This time around I had to breakdown and get the black dress pants for school! Other than that, same rule applies! Not at school, I'm in my yoga pants!