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I was at 12 weeks and my jeans were VERY uncomfortable. I ordered this after reading the reviews here but eventually went out to buy my own at Target since this item wasn't going to get here soon enough. Now that I have them both, I love my target one better. It's called a beband and it's made by bellaband. i was a size 2 (preprego) and just went with the smallest size for both products. The beband at Target fit a lot better and for the most part, held up my pants. The trick was to make sure the band went down LOW past my hips and right to the end of my buttocks. Otherwise, I'd always be adjusting it everytime I got up from sitting. This bellyband was WAY too big, even for a small size. And it was not very stretchy so I can't see it holding my pants up at all. The beband at Target was not very tight on me. My running tights felt tighter than these (before prego of course). They were both roughly the same price except with the belly band, I had to pay shipping (so really, the Target one was cheaper). That was my take. i'm going to keep this bellyband anyway and maybe when i get bigger it'll work better. But for now, I was quite satisfied with my Target one. :) Hope that helps.