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What's in your maternity wardrobe? Have I missed anything important out of mine?

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GuestCat · 23/04/2015 13:28

And if you've been pregnant over summer before, what were your essential clothes?

My baby's due in September...I've got a small bump now and my clothes were getting tight, so I ordered my maternity wardrobe online... wanted to get everything early to get maximum use out of them. However, now all arrived I feel like it's not enough clothes to see me through, and I'm wondering if I've missed anything?
From maternity range I've got:

1 maxi-dress (pink)
2 short dresses (1 turquoise, 1 navy)
1 pair linen trousers (navy)
1 pair jeans (still far too big but assuming I'll grow into them)
1 vest (red)
1 tshirt (navy)
1 long-sleeve top (black)
2 cardigans (1 beige, 1 peach)
7 bras
2 pairs PJs

I also have a few loose-fit dresses and baggy tops that are not maternity but should fit for a while, but I hate anything tight or that stretches across my bump, so most of my normal clothes are now banished to a suitcase until autumn! Haven't bothered with maternity knickers... will I need them? Also I'm still wearing normal leggings, I'm guessing they'll last most of pregnancy if I wear them under bump?

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Heels99 · 23/04/2015 13:31

I had another couple of pairs of jeans and another few vest style tops for the summer as3 tops aren't many. I had Swimming costume and work clothes. I just bought as I went along and needed things rather than buy a whole new wardrobe. I didn't have very much as I only wore it for 6 months of pg and that was that!

Heels99 · 23/04/2015 13:32

I didn't do leggings as I am short so they look bad enough without being pg!

Sid77 · 23/04/2015 13:38

I was pregnant twice in the summer - and I was absolutely boiling each time. I lived in floaty skirts; the kind with a wide elastic (but not tight) band at the top and long vests. The skirts weren't maternity so I wear them sill now. If you're anything like me you will sweat like a demented thing and so will probably want loads of cotton vest tops. Wear then with a cardy when chilly. You don't need maternity knickers, just buy bigger ones if you need to.

HazleNutt · 23/04/2015 13:58

the less the better, I was boiling! So maybe a few more short dresses, light tops and shorts? Most stuff doesn't have to be maternity, just stretchy enough and/or in bigger size - cheaper this way.

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