I've always hated shopping for clothes. Especially pants, I have wide hips and it really affects the size of jeans I can wear. It also affects the style of clothes that are offered to people of my size. Once I got pregnant, I was excited for the maternity clothes because I figured I'd fit in them easier. Wrong.
Not only was I still considered "plus sized" but most maternity stores don't have very many options for the plus sized pregnant lady. When I was about 10 weeks pregnant I no longer was able to wear my jeans. So I went to Motherhood Maternity. I tried on their XL jeans and they just barely didn't fit. It wasn't really that upsetting, I'm used to not fitting in things and for the most part, I'm not ashamed of my size. I asked the lady at the counter if she had anything larger and she directed me to the "plus sized" section.
Unlike all the other clothes in the entire store, the pants rack for the plus sized section was so tiny. It was a small shelf in the back corner of the room holding maybe two different types of jeans. Pathetic. I fit the smallest one and bought it seeing as the only difference between this and the other style was the type of denim.
I looked online at some maternity stores today and once again, the plus sized options we're not only very limited, but it appeared that most of these stores (including motherhood maternity) didn't even attempt to add any style to these clothes or make them even slightly flattering to the curvier woman. It made me cry for the first time in a LONG time about my weight. Not because I'm "fat" but because it feels like these stores think of plus sized women as an inconvenience.
It's time for this to stop. I am not inconvenient. I'm beautiful just the way I am.
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