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Found a solution! After looking over the various holster that were suggested especially the flashbang. I have found a way to carry my .45. I am hoping to get a real flashbang holster (the don't list one for a flock 36, but I wrote them asking if they make customs) , but in the meantime I have modified a IWB holster and my weapon is now centered on my body (not going to cause back pain) and entirely invisible in even my tightest maternity shirt. It would take a TSA level pat down to get anywhere near finding it. The draw would be faster with a real flashbang, but for now it is better than nothing. So now we can save up and get another Glock 36 or a .357 J frame! It is even super comfortable! I literally fell asleep on the couch last night holding my 2 year old in my lap while still armed! That may not be the best thing to do saftey wise--but it showed how comfortable the carry was!

Shoulder holsters and I don't get along. I looked ridiculous even trying it on at the recent gun show. But thanks for the suggestion . The weight of the Glock is what has turned out to be the most trouble--not that it is heavy, but I suppose with picking up toddlers, diaper bags, and carrying a new one on the inside my back has decided that anything that is on pulling one side and not the other for a long period of time is not going to do.

I am really considering several of the .380's and that flash bang is quite the amazing thing. It will take me a month or so to obtain said pistol. So stay tuned!

Thanks so much again guys--some of these look like they might be out of our price range. I think we will be in the $200 to $300 range for the gun. I would LOVE to spend more, but if I waited to do that it could easily be another several months of waiting to get it. A $275 weapon that works and in a holster on my body is alot more useful in a "God forbid" situation than $275 waiting for another $200 to join it in a bank account. I know some will disagree, but we are talking about a BUG, and a BUG for a temporary situation and then those situations where carrying my primary weapon is not an option.

Even at $200 I think we will still have to wait at least a month. This month is a "chicken gravy biscuit dinner with canned peas" sort of a month so it will have to wait until at least my husband gets his umpiring check in and probably to be safe until Chris gets paid again.

We got our Glock used--not more than 50 rounds put through it I would say. And we got it for $420 as opposed to over $570 for a new one. I am all in favor of used guns, but I also love going garage sale hopping too--so I am a thrifty type.

Funny how different guns fit different people.

The grip size on the 36 is actually what drew me to it. My hands are small--the palm is actually the right size but my fingers are pretty short. So the 26 kept dancing around in my hand as I could not close my grip on it and I had a hard time reaching the trigger. I do love the 36 very much and if anyone is thinking of getting one--if you can find it BUY IT! When I am not preggers and back to my regular clothing (and my back is no longer carrying a baby internally) I will be back carrying it as much as possible. Just thinking about bugs and how they might help me at this time.

B3XD wrote:Since it is for the next 20 weeks, I suggest you look at something in a neck carry holster in either vertical or horizontal. http://www.stellarrigs.com/gun_neckchain_rigs.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

They make them for the LCP and P3AT's and the .32's

It gives you on-body coverage and although anemic is enough for close quarter protection. After delivery it would make a nice BUG. You might even be able to get the 32 used.

IF not you might look at a braholster. I actually knew someone who made a kydex one suspended from her bra.

Holy COW! I so want one of those!!! Would never ever (except when I can't carry legally) have to be without some sort of a weapon. Thank you so much for that link! On the bra-holster--well I am a Texas gal and as they say "they grow everything bigger in TX so I was thinking of getting a pocket holster and just putting the little weapon where it would fit.

Thanks yall for all the suggestions.

I do love cornered cat--not much there on being pregnant and shooting though.

I would love to keep carrying the Glock 36, but considering the pain I was in yesterday and my inability to take the meds needed to calm my back down if it does go into spasms it is probably not wise (20 weeks pregnant). I will see if my husband will go shoot some for me to check things out (but again I can't train with it until next year--no shooting after 12-13 weeks). All I can train with right now is air soft weapons and sling shots .

So it is a difficult situation--can't carry the one I have trained with, can't train with a different weapon, but really don't want to be without a weapon because I am increasingly pregnant an increasingly unable to defend myself. What to do...what to do.

Ok so in our house we have a Glock 36. A nice shiny Glock 36. We would love more weapons, but right now that is all we have. Both my husband and I have our CHL. We have been working it like this. If we go out as a family he carries the glock I carry the pocket knife and the pepper spray. When just I go out or when I am at home the Glock stays with me (can't run as fast as he can with 3 kids being pregnant). However of late I have had tons of trouble getting the glock to conceal on body (strange pregnant curves that change all the time), and it is too hot for a serious cover garment. I keep trying different things--I can't carry in a purse because that would not be safe with preschoolers around.

What is even worse is that all the various methods I have tried--belly band, IWB with the largest pair of jeans I have, a fanny pack holster (looked terrible anyway) are now causing back pain--not oww I am sore kind of pain-- but time to take to your bed sort of back pain (old back injury that gets real angry when I am out of balance). So this is what I am faced with right now. I prefer carrying a .45, I prefer shooting a .45, but the weight of the .45 is going to make me leave it at home. We won't be able to buy another handgun for at least a month or so, even a little inexpensive one (budget constraints and two $1,000 house and care repairs in the past two months have bled us dry.) So for the next month I am back to my back up of a pepper spray and a pocket knife (better than nothing).

Looking to the future, I looked at a gun store and felt several different weapons in a few calibers--mostly looking at the weight and size of the weapon. I think I am stuck with a .380--I won't go below that and it seemed that I could definitely find a place to carry those things no matter how round I got and they don't look heavy. Do yall have any recommendations on weapons, encouragement, or advise on my situation.