So I cannot be FAT & PREGNANT according to maternity gestapos everywhere!

[billysitch]

It seems size 20 and short is not at all fashionable in the realms of maternity clothing, I am thinking of Millets next.

I have tried
Mothercare, Mamma & Pappa, H&M, M&S, Next. . .

Does anyone have any ideas of shops who may be able to stock clothes in my size for maternity?

[louii]

Dorothy Perkins has a size 20 in maternity.

[NotQuiteCockney]

Um ... fat people, particularly fat women, don't have sex.

[JamesAndTheGiantBanana]

simplybe.com do maternity clothes, there's lots on ebay too. Have you tried new look? Not sure what size their maternity range goes up to. Tbh I lived in smock type/stretchy tops, and only needed different trousers at the end (I just wore stretchy tracksuit bottoms for the last month or so)

[lauraloola]

Dorothy Perkins I think go up to larger sizes and I believe they do different lengths.

If not, have you tried Ebay?

[plantsitter]

And if we got pregnant we would certainly never leave the house, negating the need for clothes.

[louii]

Actually Dp do most things up to a size 22.
www.dorothyperkins.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag =&catalogId=20552&storeId=12552&categoryId=111569&parentcategoryrn=111560&productId=882795&langId= -1

[louii]

sorry
www.dorothyperkins.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId= 20552&storeId=12552&categoryId=111569&parentcategoryrn=111560&productId=882795&langId=-1

[Rosa]

M&S do different length trousers online. Simply Be trousers are naff I found but I ordered a few tops a bit bigger in size and they have done me - but I am tall and the tops were pretty long.Good luck its a nightmare - when you do find something buy double !

[ANTagony]

H&M used to do generous size 20 maternity stuff - I got mine from there. Also Asda for cheap basics like jeans and baggy tops.

[funkypumkin]

I'm a size 20 and got stuff from mothercare and also non-maternity stuff from Evans, you're right it is a nightmare. Still haven't lost much weight and am still a size 20, ho hum!

[NotQuiteCockney]

Do fat people generally leave the house?

(I was a size 18 when I got pregnant with DS1. And working in the City. Could I find any dressy pregnancy clothes? Could I buggery ... but then I had a hard time finding nice dressy clothes when not pregnant, what with the whole 'fat people have no money' rule.)

[zippitippitoes]

fat people are supposed to shop at markets on airfields i think

but possibly not fat and preganant people

[CandleQueen]

New Look mat jean in 18 are generous.
Next are only good for tops if your boobs aren't huge. Their mat trousers work on the assumption you are growing a baby not only in your belly but on each arse cheek too.
I bought long vests in Evans and wore with cardis.
I am short, fat, huge norks, but skinny from thighs down - I look like a jacket potato on cocktail sticks. Not a good look even when not PG!

[billysitch]

Before I start my EQUAL RIGHTS FOR FAT AND UGLY WOMEN CAMPAIN I would like to thank you all for making my day!

Thanks for the advice, marvellous!

Not quite cockney & plantsitter I know I know I should hide myself away under a blanket and not leave the house, I should be ashamed!



Love you all

[dan39]

lol at these comments!! Love the description of Next trousers, candlequeen - tho I think I should confess that I AM, in fact, growing a baby in my arse!!

EBay easy as you can just type in size.

[joyfuleyes]

I get non maternity stuff from the H&M plus size range. I'm an 18/20 & it goes up to 26? I think, stretchy stuff sees me to the end of the pregnancy.

[CharCharBaGOOOOOOORE]

lol@ 'I look like a jacket potato on cocktail sticks'

[CandleQueen]

Thank you, thank you

[morine]

Try bump4joy.co.uk, it is specially for plus size clothes, and it is also advertised on Mumsnet classified.

[brettgirl2]

You also aren't allowed to be TALL and pregnant, which is the prob that I have.

People have mentioned H&M - I would definitely recommend that bigger ladies give it a wide berth. The clothes are very small in terms of sizes, I had to go up 2 sizes from my pre-pregnancy one!