I've been pretty rubbish at taking outfit photos the last few months, and I don't just mean the Rip van Winkle month(s) either. However, today I managed to scrounge together a few from the last 6 months that record my changing shape and a wardrobe changing to match.

Mostly not outfits I'm happy with, so feedback and suggestions on improvement are most welcome---unless the garment no longer fits, in which case I'll happily catalogue your suggestions for later.

However, it has been interesting to realize that many of preconceptions about dressing a pregnant body ultimately did not hold in the face of reality:
1. I needed new tops first; bottoms later---I had *no idea* my rib cage was supposed to grow out!
2. I did not enjoy garments that clung to the bump, which I thought would feel 'cuddly'. I wanted loose or belly skimming at best, when the time came.
3. Maternity-specific garments did not work or satisfy in most cases, and sizing up in ordinary garments actually proved handier for my lifestyle and budget.
4. My feet did NOT grow out of my shoes---or at least, they haven't in these first 6 months!

The outfits are organized chronologically here:
#1 --- 1 month --- the day the pregnancy was confirmed; old dress pants a tad snug but still fit and so did the shirt
#2 --- 1 month + --- a few days later, the more snug of my tunics is already feeling too tight in the shoulder, of all places (thanks, progesterone!), and my face is starting to show the extra fluid; however, the waist is not a problem at all, of course
#3 --- 1 month+ --- again, the tunic is pulling across the shoulders and bust, and this wasn't snug to start with; the face looks moon-ish; but the skinnies fit fine
#4 --- 1.5 months --- can still belt at waist on the old, once slightly loose skirt; but thank god for knits that stretch on top!
#5 --- nearly 2 months --- same knit top but switched from the my regular well-fitting bootcuts to a pair one size larger and more width in the leg (the skinnies did still fit, being bigger in the waist and stretchy; but these jeans I'm wearing here had a relaxed. almost slouchy fit this time last year!)
#6 --- 3.5 months --- most of my woven tops and tunics no longer fit, so had to buy a few new ones, including this silk-cotton blended kaftan, which I wore with capris borrowed from the SO (ahem! and they're a sports brand too: Adidas). Silk and sportswear: that is *so* my pregnancy statement! :-p
#7 --- nearly 4 months --- skinnies still wearable but 'bellying out'; another new shirt that's a wrap-and-tie seems to actually make more of the bump than there is and is rather too short for pants (but don't have skirts that work with it and still fit... yet)
#8 --- 4.5 months --- the swansong of the skinnies with an old knit T-shirt that used to be smock-shaped till the belly filled it in
#9 --- nearly 5 months --- the third new shirt I got in my third-month haul with a sized-up cheap cotton midi skirt cut on the bias: love the softness of this button-down (not my easiest garment category); duplicated the skirt in red to work with the top in #7 plus a few others, *plus* a third in black, another size up, to go with the top in #6 etc (I currently fit the blue and the red, but will need to reach for the black by Christmas I suspect; the three together are my make-do substitute for the one denim maternity skirt I'd really hoped to find by this time)
#10 --- 5 months and a bit --- a crinkled cotton A-line kameez fits my new 'bell shape' for a Diwali getaway: bought it before the pregnancy and am still extremely glad of this unplanned 'foresight'
#11 --- 6 months --- new cotton knit tunic from M&S bought on a lark at the sales, plus old red ruched leggings: the tunic doesn't have the most flattering sleeves but I adore the colour and the sheer comfort of this garment (might be my equivalent of the sweatshirt/pants ensemble much touted for maternity back-up)
#12 --- still 6 months --- found maternity jeans with stretchy side panels, FINALLY, which means they button up... and they are boyfriend jeans, no less, which is the ONE style I hadn't expected to get! The pull-on types (like jeggings) so common in stores needed to be snug to stay on, but required hopping into and were hardly comfy. (That I tried them on with no mirror because the trial room was stuffed with 'supplies' and only the feeding room was free, so I had to buy based on fit and feel only, is a whole other hilarious story---but I was too desperate for jeans that fit by this time.) Got too impatient to wait for the mandatory hemming and wore these out to a casual anniversary lunch with the shirt, though in hindsight (pic taken after we got back home) a T-shirt or knit top would have been a more balanced silhouette.

That's all, folks! Twelve 'clothing crisis' confessions in one go --- whew! --- and a tome to accompany the tell-tale illustrations!

And now it will be time to layer soon... I hope. Going by Natalie's WIWs and #4 here, I'm hoping layers will make for better proportions over the bigger belly. Meanwhile, if you have shopping suggestions or advice on figure flattery for a growing apple, please let me know!