Uncomfortable waistline

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In my nursing program we are limited to wearing Cherokee workwear brand scrubs. I have a little bit extra fluff around my middle both from having kids and some that is just fat for which I have nobody to blame but myself. Anyway, the scrub pants have drawstrings but I find they always want to slide down to below my bulgy belly, and when they do so does the crotch and I really don't want to have to worry about the sensation of losing my pants the whole time, or the crappy way it looks. I have tried to tie them tighter, but that is uncomfortable too. Does anyone have any tips? I can't change sizes because the size I have is the perfect length when they stay where they are supposed to. Thanks in advance!!

any time you make a blanket statement denigrating women -- such as the one about women all acting "high school", that's misogyny. the fact that you felt compelled to add "no offense guys" shows that you knew your statement was offensive. the further fact that you feel you were just "telling like it is" indicates your belittlement of women is pretty ingrained. i would like to see the day come where we as women and as nurses could have discussions like this without denigrating or belittling women. sadly, it's not here yet.

i thought this thread was really great, reading about different ways to get my scrubs to fit my awkward body was interesting to me. you really don't need to attack the original poster. the post is about scrubs, no woman hating. i'm sure you could stir up a great thought-provoking debate under its own thread though-oknurse2be might even participate, if you ask nicely.

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it's easy to thread 1- 1.5" elastic through the channel where the drawstring is. if the drawstring is stitched into the center back seam, you can just open that up and the sew it back together when you're done.

if you want to be really fancy you can make a whole new drawstring that's 6" old drawstring > length of elastic that's comfortable when stretched to fit > 6" old drawstring. then when you tie the drawstring in front all you've done is activate the elastic, it looks the same, and you're comfortable. use a really big safety pin to thread it through and make sure the elastic isn't twisted before you sew it all up. or just do the elastic and you can sew a drawstring bow on the front. :D

not to hijack this thread again.. but i have been using the loseit app for my iphone for 12 weeks and have lost 23 pounds, right on target for my 2 pounds a week plan, allowing for a week traveling and gorging myself on restaurants and designer martinis. all my pants are too big now. :D

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LOL I love how my pants become longer when I lose weight. Though I hate when they get shorter because I gain.

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it's easy to thread 1- 1.5" elastic through the channel where the drawstring is. if the drawstring is stitched into the center back seam, you can just open that up and the sew it back together when you're done.

if you want to be really fancy you can make a whole new drawstring that's 6" old drawstring > length of elastic that's comfortable when stretched to fit > 6" old drawstring. then when you tie the drawstring in front all you've done is activate the elastic, it looks the same, and you're comfortable. use a really big safety pin to thread it through and make sure the elastic isn't twisted before you sew it all up. or just do the elastic and you can sew a drawstring bow on the front. :D

not to hijack this thread again.. but i have been using the loseit app for my iphone for 12 weeks and have lost 23 pounds, right on target for my 2 pounds a week plan, allowing for a week traveling and gorging myself on restaurants and designer martinis. all my pants are too big now. :D

​i love the fancy new drawstring idea! i'm going right upstairs now to start measuring my scrubs for new drawstrings!

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i thought this thread was really great, reading about different ways to get my scrubs to fit my awkward body was interesting to me. you really don't need to attack the original poster. the post is about scrubs, no woman hating. i'm sure you could stir up a great thought-provoking debate under its own thread though-oknurse2be might even participate, if you ask nicely.

​not attacking, educating.

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​not attacking, educating.

while i can appreciate someone that would try to educate me on something, the way you came across felt like an attack. i am all for learning new things, like new words, so i found the word "misogyny" interesting to learn. however, i did not appreciate having my statements picked apart and assumptions made about me as a person based on those statements. especially since they had no bearing whatsoever on the original intention behind this thread. i have been here on an a while, and i have always had great respect for your input on threads. i have to admit i was surprised that someone i have respect for, would respond to my statement the way you did.

i don't want this whole thing to take away from the thread, which has produced so many interesting and fantastic ideas on how to improve scrub fit!! thank you everyone for contributing your ideas and suggestions!!

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I've done the elastic drawstring extension thing before. If your sneaky you can do it in a way where you don't have to rethread it. Means there will be less elastic in there (about 1/3) but no fiddling threading

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You might try having a seamstress or even do it yourself, but sew some elastic in the waist band. The elastic should be sewn with gaps that stretch when you pull the draw string

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