Maternity Wear in the Third Trimester

I am so huge that barely anything in my maternity wardrobe fits. Even if it did, it is for summer weather.  I have three business maternity suits that I am going to start wearing because I don't own much more than that for cold weather.  Today was the first cold day of the season in New York.  I had to wear a brown stretch skirt made of lycra with brown tights underneath.  Soon after reaching my destination (the dentist's office), the top of the tights cut into the crease of my lower belly, the recesses of which I cannot reach. Nor do I really understand that part of my body.  The crease is so severe, it is like a glacial crevice that can store things. Well, the tights got stuck in there and made a sudden sharp painful stab that made me think I was going into labor. I had to quickly excuse myself and readjust things. So the rest of the day I spent with tights pulled up no higher than the middle of the derriere. It was my little secret: I was walking around Manhattan with a hiked up skirt and tights below my underwear.  For a shirt, all I could find in my closet was a lacy blouse size 3x.  It hardly buttoned. And for a coat? I didn't think ahead this pregnancy. My daughter was born in the summertime, so I had had no need for a maternity coat. I realized today walking around in the cold breezy city that an extra large hooded sweatshirt, though amply large enough to fit around my belly, is not going to get me through to December. I need a maternity winter coat. Do they exist? I have never heard of maternity coats, nor have I ever seen them advertised. Now that I think about it, there doesn't seem to be much maternity advertising in general. Even my sister, who knows a lot, has never heard of maternity coats.  I am going to get out my winter coats tomorrow and see how far any of them stretch across and how close or far away they are from buttoning up. I already know that none of them will button up. With the coat on, I will still have to wear sweatshirts to keep the exposed belly warm.  Even if I could find a maternity coat, I shouldn't spend the money on it, as early December is not that far into the cold season.  But what about clothes? I"ll either make due, or not leave the toasty, warm apartment for the whole month of November.  If I do step out, I'll have to wear those business suits.  I wonder if the pants will fit over the big bump and not snap down.  I am wearing everything maternity I own from my first pregnancy. Might as well not break the bank. I need the money for other things like the $2,500 worth of diapers that face me.  Therefore, my maternity wardrobe for the next seven weeks will be summer clothes, business suits, and open coats. If you want multiple children and are working on a budget and don't care about the latest in maternity fashion (is that an oxymoron?), I recommend you time your pregnancies to coincide with each other to repeat the same season maternity wear.  If all the kids are born in the same season, their clothing sizes - if you believe in hand-me downs - will be on track as well.  For example, 0-3 months, summer; 3-6 months, fall/winter; 6-9 months, winter/spring; 12 months, summer.  As you can see, I am a proponent of giving birth in the summer: no need for coats!