To think maternity clothes are utter shit?

[BrianButterfield]

I'm 25 weeks pregnant with DC2 so I have enough clothes to see me through, but today I was at a big shopping centre so thought I'd see what was out there and maybe get something a bit trendy from Topshop or similar.

Well fuck me, maternity clothes are such a load of crap. Topshop had: oversized check shirts, baggy t-shirts, stretch bodycon dresses and loose jumpers. Newsflash - you don't NEED maternity versions of any of those clothes! I have baggy t-shirts and jumpers in a size or two up that are fine. Everywhere does jeans, but once you've bought the jeans that's it.

I would like a nice, fitted dress for work that's under £40 (the ones in M&P were £45 and simply horrifically ugly), or something in an actual colour (in H&M I pointed out to DH that the entire maternity section was sludge a coloured).

I don't want suggestions for where to look as I was only trying to shop for fun, you know, like normal people get to do, and I don't need anything else. It's just that it was all so very dire.

There's loads here all under 40

This dress was on a mannequin, and I swear, it's literally a sack.

I like this one

YANBU

I'm 21 weeks with DC2 and never even bought maternity clothes last time round!

I don't like the feel of the giant bump part round the bump anyway I just wear long t-shirts/jumpers and buy leggings a size bigger than normal. I keep the waistband under the bump.

Last time I got some maternity leggings and the way the waistband sat around the bump made me look like a big egg in an egg cup

Yes yes, but you obv went to the wrong shop! Look at the ones in JoJoMaman above!

The maternity leggings were my only maternity purchase. I'm a bit skint though I hate the thought of buying special stuff for a few months wear. At least with a dress I can still wear it again sometime.

They're just empire-line dresses though - I have two or three non-maternity ones in my wardrobe that fit fine, so I don't see why they churn out maternity versions of them all the time.

New l

Stupid phone. New Look have nice maternity clothes for under £20.

Newlook maternity clothes are ok, they have a huge online section just ordered a few bits myself. A bit plain but lots of jeans to chose from.

You need ASOS Maternity

I am wearing all my non-maternity empire line dresses, baggy tshirts and jumpers (I am 27 weeks) and they are fine, I can't see the point in buying maternity gear that hopefully I won't need for too long...My friend at work has given me jeans and work trousers, bless her heart.

Some of the maternity wear pedlars take the piss with their prices.

Try here.

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I bought all my maternity clothes from Matalan. Nice stuff, but cheap.

YABU there is nice stuff, you just need to look online. Isabella Oliver, Next, ASOS were all good options when I was pregnant.