Ingrid & Isabel Bellaband - Seamless Maternity Belly Band for Women - Essential Pregnancy Postpartum Jeans & Pants Extender

The bellaband works great for me! I bought it at 12 weeks when some of my pants started to get uncomfortable, and this being my first pregnancy, I wasn't sure how long my current clothes would last. I'm now 16 weeks, and have been using it everyday. Honestly, most of my pants will still button, but they're so uncomfortable when I sit, and by the end of the day. The bellaband has been fantastic. It's nice and soft and I no longer have to be uncomfortable.Here are some of my experiences so far:1. I find it to hold up all of my pants (cotton/polyester/wool work pants and jeans) without any problems. I'm an elementary school teacher, so I'm moving all day long, and have never had a problem with my pants slipping. Make sure that the clear elastic part is on the bottom. Also, I should note that all my pants "fit" in every other area (hips, but, thighs). It may not work as well with pants that are "baggy".2. There is some bunching/bumps from the buttons/edges of the pants. This is smoothed a little by folding it over, but it's still there. Also, if you're wearing a fitted shirt, you can see a line from the top of the band. I don't think it's that noticeable, and if your shirt doesn't hug your belly, you won't see it at all.3. I wear a size 4/6 normally, and size 1 fits me perfectly. Also, although my clothes are not fitting well, I am much too small for maternity clothes (people keep talking about how I don't look pregnant yet, even though I feel huge because nothing fits or looks the same on me anymore). If you are big enough to go straight to maternity clothes, I don't know if you would want to invest in the bellaband since it is pretty expensive.Over all, I love and completely recommend this product!

These Bella Bands are amazing! Miles ahead of the cheaper bands that I used before this one- they either didn't stay put, rolled over, rolled down or the fabric was just cheap and didn't hide in buttoned pants or zippers. Bella band stays put, never rolls and hides it all -even those dreaded pregnancy love handles that arrive. I LOVE the silicone around the inside bottom seam that helps the band stay put. It fits very well (pre-pregnancy I was 5'4 and 128lbs - now I'm closer to 147 at almost 6 months pregnant). I bought the size 1 around size 13 weeks and I am still using the same band at 24 weeks. The material is wonderfully stretchy but not the bad, flimsy-loose- stretchy like so many other bands are made with. It goes back to it original shape after every wear or wash. My favorite way to wear the band is folded down over itself because it really conceals the little bulge of the unbuttoned pants and zipper - it always provides great coverage and helps support your bump.I wash a line dry and sometimes just tumble dry. it always cleans up great- no fading, shrinking or breakdown of the silicone rubber around the seam.These helped me to be able to still wear my favorite jeans, shorts and other clothing throughout my pregnancy. Even after going out and buying maternity pants, I still find myself using my Bella band over everything else because of how great it works and how comfortable it is. Such a great product! Buy yourself a few, you won't regret it!

I bought this in late February 2016 when I was 7 weeks pregnant and already a little uncomfortable in my size 16 jeans; I started pregnancy around 200 pounds, so I kind of expected jean troubles early. I wanted to stretch my wardrobe because I'm on a serious budget, and I thought this was one of the best ways to save some cash. I followed the size chart carefully and picked up a black bella band. I like it a lot - what an ingenious idea! It does feel like it's a little big, as I expected it to be tighter, but I think it will feel a bit more snug on my belly later in my pregnancy. I'm now at 11 weeks and just starting to show.I typically wear dress pants to work (try NY&Co's 7th Avenue Design Studio Knit Pant; they are dress-pant sweat-pants and they are fabulous), so I only use the bella band occasionally thus far. I've used it comfortably and successfully several times with my size 16 jeans held closed with a hair-thing and a couple times with my jeans wide open, partly unzippered. The thin strip of elastic does a surprisingly nice job holding things together and staying put up front, so if how thin it is throws you off when you open the package, don't be discouraged - at least give it a go while walking around the house cleaning or something and do the fold over as instructed. It just looks like a layering cami. I do find myself sneaking a peek down there often, though, because I'm paranoid it will slip and expose me, but so far it hasn't except that it does sometimes ride up my backside, which is a bit annoying. I still like it though because REGULAR camis will ride up your backside a bit, so as long as it is really staying put where it's supposed to be hiding your open pants, I think it's still a worthwhile product.The only thing I would NOT suggest is trying to use it to hold up pants that were too small BEFORE pregnancy began. I had the brilliant idea that I could get away with my size 14 black skinny jeans that I hadn't been able to wear for quite some time with this nifty contraption, but alas... It's not bella band's fault though - those jeans had no business being on me and I knew it. I'm sure it'll work through pregnancy and beyond for whatever I'm comfortably wearing BEFORE I became pregnant, but not for the jeans I wished I still fit in. Theoretically, though, if I started losing weight after I give birth and got myself a lot closer to an actual size 14, this bella band could easily be used as a transition to smaller pants.I'll edit my review further along in my pregnancy and include some pictures when I do. I want to test it out with other types of pants, at different stages of pregnancy.