Beyond Yoga: Move Over Lululemon…

I tried my best to stay active throughout my pregnancy (though at the end, your bladder is so compressed you feel like you can’t take more than three steps without potentially peeing your pants), and made do with my Lululemon pants, and my husbands oversized t-shirts. By the end, the site was just too depressing, quite honestly, so I only did exercise that I could do in the dark (a.k.a. SoulCycle). A week—yes one week—before my due date, a friend gave me a Beyond the Bump maternity tank from Beyond Yoga, which had me kicking myself for not investing sooner. I wish I had had at least one outfit made for pregnancy, which I could wear during—and immediately after—the pregnancy. I would have felt a lot better about my changing body.

The Beyond Yoga stuff—both maternity and otherwise—is rad: I love the bright colors, and the material is thick enough to smooth out all the lines, without feeling too hot. It also doesn’t ride up, which means that I’ve never found myself readjusting my top mid-workout. Though they have a maternity-specific collection called Beyond the Bump, the pants from the main line work for both. I love the slouchy sweatshirts and rompers, too.