How do Gap Maternity clothes run??

My very generous sister got me a $75 gc to gap for maternity clothes. I am itching to use it today online (there isn't one near me, I know I could wait til Monday and go in the city, but....)

If this helps, I wear a small in Motherhood clothes, but I feel that won't last forever.

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If you buy pants have some strech in them then buy your regular size if they dont have strech in them then buy a size bigger. I also suggest the demi panel pants. They really grow with you. As far as tops buy what ever size you would wear normally if you were not pg. I think Motherhood runs pretty big and I also got a small in their store but gap I would buy a medium.

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I am generally a 2 at the gap so i buy that size in their maternity. It said to do that [buy your regular size] on their website. as far as shirts, that's hit or miss for ME b/c some styles fit differently. i am currently wearing XS and S. Things fit a bit loose now so I'm not really worried about how it will fit in the end. I am pretty sure that I'll be able to wear MOST of my pants until the end. One pair has no panel but has an adjustable elastic band on the inside [like toddler pants ] and so those might not fit in the end...but I have them as tight as possible and they are loose now...so who knows.

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Posted by snuggleupagus

I am generally a 2 at the gap so i buy that size in their maternity. It said to do that [buy your regular size] on their website. as far as shirts, that's hit or miss for ME b/c some styles fit differently. i am currently wearing XS and S. Things fit a bit loose now so I'm not really worried about how it will fit in the end. I am pretty sure that I'll be able to wear MOST of my pants until the end. One pair has no panel but has an adjustable elastic band on the inside [like toddler pants ] and so those might not fit in the end...but I have them as tight as possible and they are loose now...so who knows.

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their tops are ok but their pants run small. get bigger sizes...

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Posted by KateDevine

Posted by snuggleupagus

I am generally a 2 at the gap so i buy that size in their maternity. It said to do that [buy your regular size] on their website. as far as shirts, that's hit or miss for ME b/c some styles fit differently. i am currently wearing XS and S. Things fit a bit loose now so I'm not really worried about how it will fit in the end. I am pretty sure that I'll be able to wear MOST of my pants until the end. One pair has no panel but has an adjustable elastic band on the inside [like toddler pants ] and so those might not fit in the end...but I have them as tight as possible and they are loose now...so who knows.

DUH! I should have read the instructions.

I am all confused because I lost 13 lbs during the first 14 weeks of my pregnancy, so I am not even sure if my regular size is the same. I am just going to use what I had been wearing.

Thanks ladies!

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Wow, I thought their pants were pretty true to size. I think the length is a joke though. I am usually a regular rarely a long in jeans at Gap but if I don't have Tall ones now it's like the floods are coming.

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I also felt the pants ran small. Shirts I was pretty much my usual medium until my last 6 weeks.

Message edited 11/11/2006 8:31:40 PM.

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I just ordered from gap. If you spend over $100, the shipping is free. You can also return to any gap store if it doesn't fit. I remember reading from another poster that she orders in 2 sizes and then returns the one that doesn't fit. HTH and happy shopping.

BTW: I don't know what my pre-maturnity gap size really was so I can't help with that. I also only ordered tops. I used their sizing charts and I am happy with how everything fits.

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Thanks for the help ladies!

I just bought 4 tops. I ordered mediums (I was between a small and a medium pre pregnancy) and I also checked that there is a gap maternity at 34th and Broadway, so if they don't fit, I can always go there after work. (I hate staying after work if I don't have to )

I appreciate all of the help. They have cute tops and that is what I needed.

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Where do you live? They have a Gap Maternity in Roosevelt Field if that's close to you. It's in the back of the Baby Gap store. I was a size 2 or 4 prepregnancy and am a size 2 in their maternity pants. As far as the tops, I started out as a small and am now a medium or a large, depending on the style of the shirt and whether it was fitted to begin with, etc. My smalls are now lifting up in the belly area . Also, if you're really petite, you're best off ordering the pants online. I found the Gap maternity in RF was always out of the ankle length, which was still long on me (then again, I'm only 5'1").

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Posted by landj

Where do you live? They have a Gap Maternity in Roosevelt Field if that's close to you. It's in the back of the Baby Gap store. I was a size 2 or 4 prepregnancy and am a size 2 in their maternity pants. As far as the tops, I started out as a small and am now a medium or a large, depending on the style of the shirt and whether it was fitted to begin with, etc. My smalls are now lifting up in the belly area . Also, if you're really petite, you're best off ordering the pants online. I found the Gap maternity in RF was always out of the ankle length, which was still long on me (then again, I'm only 5'1").