I have no clothes to breastfeeding in... Help

[Moulesfrites]

Ds is 9 days old and so far I have survived in pjs and dh's shirts, and a couple of suitable tops, but now I am feeling up to being up and about a bit more and am desparately struggling for clothes.

I feel like what a really need are some vest tops, long and loose fitting to disguise belly, with buttons down the front that I could wear under long cardigans etc. Does anyone know where could find some in an assortment of colours and not too expensive? Tia.

[mum295]

There was a thread about this in "Pregnancy" recently.

Lots of MN'ers advised the OP to get normal/feeding vest tops (Mothercare do feeding vests for £12) and then stick normal clothes, cardigans, etc over the top.

[EldonAve]

Cheap vests from M&S or Primark and pull them down

For proper bf stuff try jojomaman h&m mamaway or babes with babies

[Monkeytoo]

I did the same as Strawberry Sam. As long as I had two layers on, whatever they were I'd pull one up and one down and it creates a little 'window' which keeps you well covered. Much easier than breastfeeding clothes. The only things I couldn't really wear were dresses with tight tops, as I wasn't really going to lift the whole dress up if I couldn't pull the top bit down

[NinkyNonker]

Ditto Strawberry. And wrap dresses with cami under, normal shirts etc. I bought a couple of bf specific tops, but never wore them so sold them when.dd was about 1 mo old. She is now 6 mo and still bf, anywhere and everywhere. High neck dresses in non stretchy fabric are the only no no.

[NinkyNonker]

Oh, and Congrats!

[theresapotatoundermysink]

Congrats on your baby!
I generally wear a normal strappy top either black or wite underneath. Try and wear a loosish top over it. Then you can pull down the vest underneath and pull up your top without exposing anything.
As I got more comfortable with bf in public though it definitely became less of an issue for me.

[5DollarShake]

Another one who finds actual BFing clothes too much faff.

I have vests from all over the place, some better than others. M&S do a range of really stretchy ribbed vests which don't lose their shape.

[virgo1979]

Tea dresses with leggings and a bf vest underneath was good for me, choose a dress that has buttons down the front, then you can open as many buttons as you need to, pull vest up, i would always have a pashmina on as a scarf anyway which i could then drape over my shoulder if need be.

[mum295]

I second virgo on the pashmina/scarf idea. Very useful.