Maternity Scrubs

I went shopping for maternity scrubs yesterday. My "fat" scrubs are becoming too tight, and I will probably only get another week or two out of them, at best. To my knowledge, there are really only three places to get scrubs in my town, and the only place I figured would even have maternity scrubs was the most expensive place. So I went there.

I have only one word to describe what uniform companies call maternity scrub pants: hideous. There were exactly two styles of pant to choose from. The first pair had buttons on the side that you adjust for your belly. Even on the snuggest setting for my belly, the pants ballooned out from the waistband, and the crotch of the pants ended about halfway down my thighs. They then proceeded into a tapered leg through which I just barely fit my foot. To add insult to injury, they were about two inches too long, so the pants bunched up around the tapered leg. The second pair was the same, except it actually had an elastic panel at the waist that I could have easily pulled up to my breasts. Basically, I looked kind of like a Teletubby in a polyester/cotton blend.

My next strategy was to simply buy bigger versions of the scrubs I normally wear. The expensive store wanted $50 each set, which is highway robbery as far as I'm concerned (who wants to pay 50 bucks for something relative strangers are going to vomit and/or poop on?). So, I moved on to the next store. Their scrubs weren't much cheaper ($18 each piece), but I figured I could buy just the pants and wear a t-shirt and jacket on top. They even had flare leg scrubs! The teensy-tiny problem: the medium-sized pants just fit now, so they won't soon. And of course, the large pants fit the waist, but are way too big everywhere else. I swear, it was almost enough to justify going on maternity leave early.

So, two stores, no scrubs. Today I'm going to the last store in the hopes that they will have some pants that fit. If not, you can just call me Po.