When I was pregnant with my daughter 12 years ago there wasn’t much in the way of fashionable maternity wear, it was pretty much a choice of two high street shops, one of which severely lacking in style or very expensive designer stores. Needless to say I felt like I was wearing a sack half the time.
Fast forward 10 years and I was pregnant with our little monkey and didn’t really want to go down the wearing a sack route again. I was lucky enough to be able to fit into many of my clothes throughout my pregnancy (although that was thanks to a pretty nasty bought of morning sickness/HG that lasted for the first 4 months of my pregnancy causing me to lose a lot of weight, so not sure if that’s lucky or not really!) but i did treat myself to a few fashionable maternity clothes. I love tunics and wrap dresses that showed off my bump and were still flattering after I had the little one which I often wore coupled with maternity leggings underneath once the weather got colder. It’s all very well looking great when you’re pregnant, and while that’s a fantastic boost in confidence, being comortable is far more important.
Good, comortable undies are a must when you’re pregnant, as is something comfortable to sleep in, you don’t want waistbands digging into your bladder and keeping you awake – you’ll be up and down to the loo like a yoyo anyway! I always found over the bump leggings and trousers more comortable than under the bump versions and despite shying away from figure hugging tops and dresses when I’m not pregnant, I loved anything that showed off my growing bump and the waist that my growing bump made look smaller by the day! As for shoes, go for whatever is comfortable, some women find they can barely fit their feet into their normal shoes towards the end of their pregnancy – during my first pregnancy I was in flipflops in January (I’m sure my toes got frostbite!) and ditch the heels if you feel you need to, again comfort here is key, you don’t want aching feet on top of the other odd pregnancy aches and pains you’ll inevitably get as your burgeoning bump takes it’s toll on your back or pelvis.