*March & April 2021*

[doggylover]

April is a good month for me. Its far away from any other birthdays. All of the birthdays in our family are in Feb, July and Sept. So April works.

I hadn't even thought of maternity clothes. I am already starting to pop out of my clothes thanks to lockdown .

@uk ladies, where do think is good for maternity clothes shopping?

For proper maternity clothes H&M, Next and ASOS would be the places I’d look first. Depending on what you want/how big the bump gets you can sometimes get a few bits to do well in primark. Last pregnancy I bought some of their super cheap jeggings a size up and got a good few weeks of wear out of them.

Apart from H&M it’s almost all just online, very little in actual shops.

My one piece of advice would be to move to maternity clothes/primark bits as soon as you don’t Fit your clothes anymore. I know lots of people “hack” their clothes to make them fit longer (hair bobble on jeans etc) but I always think you’re growing a human - you may as well just be comfortable and not try and make do!

 

[doggylover]

Oh and I really rate H&M for maternity/nursing bras. If you are planning to breastfeed they also do great maternity vests that I lived in with my older two!

 

[Nixnax]

Ah amazing, thanks for tips. Its a shame they don't do much in shops so you can't try them on. Im a short person at 5'3" but my leg is only 30 inches so regular tend to be too long. Thanks for the primark tip, could make it a lot cheaper if they only fit for a few weeks.

 

[doggylover]

I think Next do some petite maternity bits. But of course Next is much more expensive than other places! If it’s possible, try to get a bit of a “capsule” wardrobe going so you can mix and match but not need too much. By the end you’ll be absolutely sick of all the clothes and desperate to get back in to anything else!! Primark also good for a few things for after birth when nothing from your normal wardrobe quite fits!

 

[alex_22]

I agree H&M do nice things also Asda online have maternity things, I bought my last nursing bras from primark 6years ago they were ridiculously cheap I think about £8 for a pack of 2 and I still wear the 1 I have left now I also got some lovely things from new look last time too

 

[sunnydee]

I think topshop do tall and petite maternity but maybe a bit more expensive than H&M. New look also have some nice bits, the jeans are nice fit too.

 

[doggylover]

Oh I forgot about Asda! I used to have the best maternity jeans from there (I’m too fat for them now ) shall have to have a nosey on there.

 

[sunnydee]

My nausea and food aversion is so much worse this week, I read somewhere that 8 weeks is the peak for nausea, Please tell me it's true!

 

[doggylover]

My nausea and food aversion is so much worse this week, I read somewhere that 8 weeks is the peak for nausea, Please tell me it's true!

It’s true!

No, I dunno about whether it is or not, I suppose it’s totally different each pregnancy. My first two pregnancies my nausea didn’t start until about week 8, and my third it lasted over 20 weeks, week 8 definitely wasn’t the worst!

 

[SCgirl]

I ordered a bunch of maternity clothes yesterday (Sale stuff from old navy, gap, motherhood maternity online) bc my current clothes are getting uncomfortable. Figured in the 1-2 weeks it’ll take them to come, it’ll almost be appropriate

 

[Reiko_ctu]

Hi ladies, unfortunately we won’t be having a surprise April baby after all! AF for me today. I wish you all a H&H 9

 

[alex_22]

Hi ladies, unfortunately we won’t be having a surprise April baby after all! AF for me today. I wish you all a H&H 9

So sorry Reiko

 

[doggylover]

Hi ladies, unfortunately we won’t be having a surprise April baby after all! AF for me today. I wish you all a H&H 9

so sorry to hear this. Wishing you all the best for the future x

 

[xmumofgirlsx]

sorry Reiko

 

[xmumofgirlsx]

urgh, I am feeling soo sick, before I eat, after I eat just urghh

Dreading needing mat clothes again lol I had so much and gave it all away because I DEFO wasnt having any more ‍

I'm due the same week as my oldest with is quite sweet as I'll be starting and finishing there lol my girls are April, May, June, August and December in order .. so I'd ran out of months anyway lol

 

[Nixnax]

@Reiko_ctu im so sorry lovely.

 

[KylasBaby]

So sorry @Reiko_ctu

 

[MrsKatie]

@Reiko_ctu so sorry, thinking of you.

we are home! I’m exhausted so will update more soon!

 

[sunnydee]

@Reiko_ctu so sorry x

 

[alex_22]

Second trimester today hopefully that means I’ll be feeling human again soon!!