Ponte Knit Maternity Pants

I’m early in my pregnancy (beginning of second trimester), and felt the pants were the perfect fit for this stage of my pregnancy. I was mostly disappointed in how much dye came off of the pants. I only had them on for an hour before I noticed my nails/fingers were black from when I put them on the first time and my white couch was stained after sitting on it for 45 minutes. Very disappointing.

These pants were so close, but are going back due to one odd design choice from the manufacturer. I loved the fabric and they fit well everywhere below my bump. The pants ended squarely in the middle of my bump, just above my belly button. The fabric felt high-quality and I could easily see myself wearing this to a client meeting. However, the stitching along the very top of the pant was the tightest part of the construction, which is an odd choice as these are intended to last throughout pregnancy. As I mentioned, that stitching hit me square in the middle of my bump, which is the part of a pregnant woman's belly that is generally going to expand the most. The manufacturer should have used an elastic thread or something with more stretch in that one location, like they did for the Angel maternity leggings, which don't have this problem. For reference, I am normally a size 6-8 bottom, 5'8" and 150lbs, with a long torso. This is my second pregnancy; I bought these at 20 weeks and I have a small, just emerging bump in the front of my abdomen and have had little weight gain elsewhere.