After having my first child I seem to recall the extra pregnancy weight falling off rather quickly. At one point in my final days of my second pregnancy I was battling the sort of senioritis or ‘over-it’ feeling you get at the end and I made a list of all the things I was looking forward to doing after I got done being pregnant. It was a fun list to make and one item I remember that was more towards the top of the list was getting rid of my maternity clothes.

Then September 2nd rolls around, my son and I are snuggling in the hospital and I make a list again. What I’m going to do when I get home, I grab that pad of hospital paper and the pen and begin jotting down all sorts of things. Once again I excitedly jot down, “Get rid of maternity clothes!!!” I was just hating them at the end, most of them are not as comfortable or attractive as good ‘ol regular clothes.  read more »