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How to Make Any Pair of Jeans Perfect for Maternity

Modified: Dec 17, 2016 by Vanessa Beaty · This post may contain affiliate links · 9 Comments

How to Make Any Pair of Jeans Perfect for MaternityOn our site, we have a number of posts which talk about babies … like this baby gift idea, or this crochet pattern. But one thing we don’t have a lot of is advice for maternity. I’ve been thinking about this lately because my sister is pregnant right now, and she’s been asking me so many questions about when I was pregnant with my kids.

One of the questions which I didn’t know how to answer at first was, “What do I wear?” I never really found a great answer to that myself. I had a lot of maternity clothes, but jeans in particular posed a problem. It is hard to predict what size you will end up at, and I ended up buying pair after pair of jeans as a result. Plus, even if I had known, if I had simply purchased the largest pair I would need, they wouldn’t have fit for most of my pregnancy anyway.

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So what can be done about it? There actually turns out to be a super simple, genius solution!

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This video shows you how you can create a flexible pair of jeans to accommodate your baby bump throughout your pregnancy. You simply remove the pockets from your pants and replace them with stretchable fabric. The fabric stretches as it needs to, and you don’t have to keep buying new pairs of jeans. I so wish I had thought of this back in the day! At least now I have the answer for my sister—and any other pregnant ladies out there who don’t want to keep buying new jeans! Video by Whatsupmoms.

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  1. Melissa

    June 05, 2017 at 12:45 am

    Best DIY ever!! Thank you so much for sharing! 🙂

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  2. Laurie

    February 25, 2018 at 3:09 am

    This idea is not only good for early and post-pregnancy. I am going to use this to alter my jeans and I'm a grandma! This is a great idea for when you have gained weight and don't want to buy a whole new wardrobe. After you lose that extra weight you can treat yourself to new jeans.

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  3. Sydney

    April 09, 2018 at 2:54 am

    This is a good idea, but your belly isn’t the only thing that grows in pregnancy..

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  4. Slm

    November 24, 2018 at 2:05 am

    Hahaha you’re soooo right about this!! I had the same issue when i got pregnant, I definitely had to buy new jeans after all...

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  5. Anonymous

    December 05, 2018 at 1:24 am

    Thanks i found your idea. i'm in my first trimester and my 3rd child. i will have this later at home. this is much better because i can now use my old jeans. thanks!

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  6. Maria Castano

    December 05, 2018 at 1:33 am

    this is great have a new baby nothing fits ha new trick for her

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  7. Lisa E.

    February 15, 2019 at 8:05 pm

    Thank you for this tutorial! I had twins a few years back, and haven't been able to fit back into any of my clothes since due to a severe case of diastasis recti. This will help me to save some of my old jeans that I couldn't bear to part with.

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  8. Karen sTrauss

    April 13, 2019 at 4:50 pm

    This is amazing! I had a kidney transplant a year and a half ago and I have gained some belly weight due to the meds. I have been frustrated with my jeans not fitting. I just tried this on my older jeans first and it is amazing! Thank you! Now I can do my good jeans too!

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  9. BETTY

    March 10, 2021 at 3:23 am

    What a great idea, I did that to my jeans but not because I’m pregnant but because I been saving my jeans for 8 years hoping to get back to my size before I had my daughter but I don’t think it’s going to happen after 8 years, now I can enjoy my jeans again thank you so much 😂

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