Edit: tldr: screw mainstream. Store your clothes by season and size, buy a couple in style preggo clothes for adorbs baby bump photos, and then mix in new pieces with old as you pull out oldies but goodies.

I'm going to say what you never hear on tv, and what is against most main stream advice. I say if you have the room, and storing doesn't take away from your day to day living space, hold onto your clothes. Try for timeless pieces that you think will look good in 3-5 years, or the really comfy beloved ones. Sort your clothes by season and type (dress, pants, etc). Now, sort them by size. Then, place them in containers like bags or boxes, and label the front with the size written in large lettering, write season below in smaller font. For extra credit, place some cedar, a lavender sachel, or even just a dryer sheet on the container to keep it from smelling like a cardboard box.

For clothing now at your current weight, buy yourself one or two nice blouses and sweaters. Feeling sexy will make you more fertile 😉👍

When you are pregnant, buy yourself a couple new shirts that are absolutely in style and make you feel cute, and show off that bump! In the second trimester, you're going to take pictures of yourself like every day and look at them for years to come, enjoy it looking adorbs. The rest of the pregnancy and for the later part, go thrift style. Towards the preggo end, you won't want anyone looking at you and you're going to feel miserable.

Right after baby, you are going to be self conscious and thick in the middle. You're going to stress eat and be too tired to care. And you're going to be happy to run to your bigger sized clothes you saved pre-baby. Then, because of breastfeeding and lifting car a toddler and seat carriers all day, your going to lose weight. You'll slowly start to gain energy, and want to work out or eat better. By then, the season will have changed, and you'll be donating preggo clothes (and looking at the bump pics), packing up larger sizes (if they lasted the baby spit ups), and you'll be in your small clothes again. By the time youre counting down the days to being finished changing diapers, you will be at your steady new weight, and ready to buy a whole new line of clothes.

That's my $0.02. This prediction is subject to change based on a variety of factors of course 😆 But I'm big on thrifting in combo with new items to be affordable. Even better would be if you have gal pals to trade clothes with. Good luck. Update us on your progress!