Maggie Downs
posted in Pregnancy
After I had my son, I passed along my maternity jeans to a friend.
When her baby was born, she passed the jeans along to another friend, who then gave them to another. Somehow, this magical Target denim has accommodated us all — and our assets — even though one of us is taller, one is shorter, one is a lean athlete, and one of us has more junk in the trunk (okay, me).
We called it The Sisterhood of the Traveling Maternity Pants, a joking reference to the young adult series and 2005 film, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. In the story, four friends share a pair of jeans that somehow fits them all perfectly, despite their different measurements.
But now the sisterhood of the traveling maternity pants is real!
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Gregory Pace/BEI/REX/Shutterstock
Recently the castmates of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (and real-life besties) Alexis Bledel, Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, and Blake Lively, got together to celebrate Ferrera’s pregnancy.
“We’ve been a part of each other’s lives in really meaningful ways that go beyond making a movie together,” Ferrera told Entertainment Weekly in 2013 during a reunion photo shoot and interview. “We almost forget that we made a movie together because our friendship was created from so many other experiences.”
*sniff*
On Tuesday Tamblyn shared the sweet photo of the foursome on Twitter. Then Ferrera shared the same photo on Instagram with the caption: “Starting the New Year off with blessings from my Sisterhood.”
And just like that, my heart melted. Hollywood, turn this into a movie STAT.
Ferrera announced her pregnancy on Dec. 31 via Twitter, with this adorable photo of herself and husband Ryan Piers Williams.
What a way to kick off the new year!
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Did you celebrate pregnancy with your sisterhood?