Maternity clothes

Vertbaudet are, I understand, very stylish and unfussy, if a little expensive. Otherwise, Next is a choice. (Someone with me who knows about this!)

My daughters wore larger sizes rather than bought specifically maternity wear Mishap they looked fine in them..

Mishap try GapOnlne.
I think their maternity range isn't available in the stores. But I got my DD a nice top there last year. She only does plain and unfussy.

Seraphine.com has a good selection of maternity wear Mishap

Lots of thanks.

When I saw this I thought it must be you Mishap

Heavens - I have quite enough on my plate without being pregnant!!! I am a uterus-free-zone!

Most Mums-to-be nowadays just wear a slightly larger size of 'normal' clothes. Thankfully the day of maternity clothing is pretty much over....unless you need a posh frock or business suit.

Just ordered couple of lovely tops for DIL from JoJoMamanBebe. They have some really nice maternity wear.

Both Vertbaudet and JoJoMamanBebe have great maternity clothes. Unfortunately, Vertbaudet do pester you with 'offers' and unwanted mail afterwards.

DDIL bought maternity clothes from Debenhams, and said they were really good value too.

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Have you looked at Jojo Maman Bebe, not sure about the maternity wear but the baby clothes are great.

Mishap not sure how far you are away, but they have a (not very large) outlet store at Newport and a shop in Monmouth.

Oh, just realised this is an old thread, oh dear.

I did wonder why you wanted a nice warm jumper with summer approaching!

Funnily enough my DD and I were discussing the 'larger size vs maternity clothes' issue today. She said, and I totally agree, that she cannot understand why people buy larger sizes instead of properly designed maternity wear.
She hasn't gained any weight anywhere apart from her bump, which is now rather large as she is nearly 8 months. At this advanced stage of pregnancy, 'larger' clothes would need to be at least two whole sizes larger than normal to accommodate her bump - and then they would be far too big across the shoulders and around the bust! When it comes to dresses and skirts, the bump would raise the hemline considerably at the front, giving an uneven appearance.
What is the point in buying clothes that are so much larger than you would normally wear? Post pregnancy they would be just as redundant as maternity clothes, so surely it's more sensible to buy things that actually fit properly and are comfortable to wear. Plus, it is far easier to sell used maternity clothes online than regular fitting clothes.

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There are numerous online maternity shops, which can solve your need. First and the foremost thing you have to keep in mind is that, first you do survey and from where you find your requirement, you can send your order.

One of my two ex DILs was one of those lucky people who hardly ''showed'' at all during both her pregnancies.This was maybe due to her build which is tall and angular.
She only got a hint of a bump during the last two months and bought about three elastic waisted skirts in a size bigger.They were not expensive and were easily discarded afterwards.
Thank goodness we no longer have those smocks and tent like dresses we wore.

Smocks were really pretty. And proper maternity dresses. Much better than the show-off-the-bulging-belly stuff they wear these days.

Years ago I was sewing a maternity smock at work in my lunch break [they were fashionable to wear with loon pants]. My boss saw what I was doing and we joked about me'being pregnant'. Next thing I knew I'd been moved to a desk job [I was a filing clerk and on my feet most of the day]. So embarrassing to have to explain that I thought HE was joking about it. [back filing the next day] .