The Bellaband was very helpful and I highly resommended! I bought one in black and one in white and I was able to wear it from my first trimester when my regular pants only would fit unbuttoned up intil after the pregnancy, while I was getting back to my original pant size.
They are definetly worth every penny, if you consider de fact that one single pair of pregnancy pants will cost you as much, if not double the price of the band, and you pretty much will be able to use every single pant, skirt or short you already own, giving you a greater variety of outfits than what you would have ever been able to have wihtou it!
Even now that I no longer need it for that, I was have been able to use it to smooth the lines of bulky pants or jeans if I want to wear a fitted top, I even let my mom use it for that purpose. And she loves it! Even better, now that my sister is pregnant (she is two months along) I was able to pass them onto her! :o)
Completely worth it!