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Short maternity clothes?

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knackered76 · 15/12/2010 16:39

Where oh where can I get these from? I'm 5'2 and struggling to get clothes to fit. A friend has lent me some of her old ones but the trousers are all far too long and I don't want to alter them as they aren't mine. Any suggestions would be great, I'm rapidly running out of space in my clothes!

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lilly13 · 15/12/2010 16:42

USA

knackered76 · 15/12/2010 17:02

Damn it, don't live anywhere near there :)

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LeeseJamandAlly · 15/12/2010 17:14

I'm under 5ft so feel your pain! Next do short lengths in the directory so might help. Other thing I did was get cheap stuff from H&M and shorten it.

msbossy · 15/12/2010 19:47

Mamas & papas and next do short maternity jeans. I have a petite dress from mother care from last time around... They might still do petite? I also have a dress from Seraphine which happens to be short - looking at their site they have a few styles that might be suitable.

HighFibreDiet · 15/12/2010 20:25

Have you tried Freecycle/Freegle? I put a request on there when pg with ds2 and ended up with loads more than I would have bought for myself. There was a woman just as short as me who was desperate to get rid of stuff but didn't want to give it to someone taller who wouldn't use it.

I also bought some maternity jeans from Next but it was so hot that summer I didn't get much wear out of them.

stegasaurus · 15/12/2010 22:07

I have exactly the same problem. Next told me they don't sell petite maternity jeans. I got some last week in Dorothy Perkins. They don't advertise the fact that they do them in short lengths but some of the labels have a S after 10 or 12 or whatever size. The others have R for regular length. I just happened to notice that as I was browsing. I am quite upset sometimes about not being able to find any nice clothes that fit me. It was bad enough before I was pregnant. A few places (Mothercare, Red Herring in Debenhams) claim to do short maternity clothes but recently have been sold out in the shops and online for nearly every size.

poppypoppet123 · 15/12/2010 22:18

Hi i am 5'2 also and i had loads of problems getting jeans in the end i just got some and turned them up myself that was 8 years ago and i still have them after all that hard work went into them.

melwood · 15/12/2010 22:45

I have some fantastic maternity jeans which are from Next and are petite so no need to shorten, I'm also 5ft2. Strongly advise you to look on there xx

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