I am well into my second trimester and I badly need new underwear. Everything is just getting big and bigger! Til now, I've been using my pre-pregnancy panties, which have been comfortable only because they're hipsters, so they weren't in the way of my growing belly.

Til now, that is. My belly has grown big enough that the elastic bands are leaving marks on my skin and if I don't get new ones, I'll soon get rashes from them. Ugh, I can do without additional source of discomfort, thank you very much.

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