Maternity Clothes

Yesterday I went shopping for the first time of maternity clothes.  I'm amazed how literally within a moment, your entire life changes and you are expected to learn SO much SO quickly!!!!  Right away you have to figure out what you can eat and what you can't, what you can do and what's forbidden, what's normal to feel and what's not, how in the world to dress for your rapidly changing shape, and of course that whole newborn thing, but at least we've got a little time on that :)

Anywho, so we went shopping and I bought one pair of jeans which I tried to wear today and they look ridiculous! They won't even stay up!!!  I've ordered another sweater or two that I'm banking will fit when I'm farther down the line, but here's my question, what in the world do you wear in this awkward stage????

Dresses?  Well yes, this could work, but I live in the frozen tundra, so you add tights...which then don't work.  Regular ones cut into your waist and maternity ones fall down.

Pants?  There are belly bands, and those are what I'm 100% relying on at this point, but even those move around and shift and really don't hold your pants up but just hide the fact you can't button them...in other words you can't go about your day without pulling, tugging and shifting to keep it comfortable.

Skirts?  See above

So what I ask do you wear now?  And if everyone else suffers from this problem, why in the world hasn't SOMEONE taken this up as a biz opportunity?

Uffdah.  Anyway, I'm struggling getting dressed in the morning and even more so tonight as I need to pack for a business trip and none of my pants fit.  I'm open to suggestions!