Best maternity tights, leggings and bras?

[SophieStripe]

Sorry, I know this has been asked a billion times before... I'm almost 31 weeks and accepting I need to stop squeezing into my normal tights/leggings/bras!
So where are the best places? Should I be buying bras for nursing now? Boobs haven't grown a huge amount still but guessing they will do - what size do I buy if they are to be used after baby is born?

Just had some jeggins delivered from GAP and they're so soft and lovely. 40% off absolutely everything online today too!

My boobs didn't actually change must last time. I think you're meant to go wireless bras but I'm now 20 weeks with my 2nd and I just can't bring myself to wear hideous bras just yet!

H&M is basic, not too expensive, avalible online and has environmentally friendly ‘conscious’ maternity stuff too. Better quality than Topshop and cheaper than specialist maternity brands.

I went up 2 bra sizes for a while and then down to just one size above normal but it varies. I’d get a couple of cheap bras on the larger side of what fits for now so you have something ready. I found the bras which unclip to show a hole cut out of a normal bra- like a peep hole bra- have much better support than ones which unclip to nothing underneath. Sleep bras are nice to have too as you might be leaking at night for the first few months. Oh and washable breastpads.

Good luck

Dorothy Perkins do great maternity leggings (their maternity stuff in general is fab, it’s 90% of what I wore when I was pregnant!)

I favoured the M&S maternity leggings for both pregnancies. Slightly worryingly I am still wearing them 8 weeks PP .... 🙈

Thanks!
@rachelfrost where do you buy the peephole bras from?
Yes I am still wearing underwire bras too but they are starting to dig in not so it's time to change!
I just looked online at M&S, they only have 2 pairs of maternity tights?!

I got my peephole bras (!) from John Lewis own label. It was a few years ago so dunno if they do them now. I kept them for subsequent babies and they did last. They’re also a bit more modest when you end up giving baby an emergency boob in the supermarket.

I've found that the best tights are from H&M.

I have also bought from Asda and a selection from Asos.

The H&M tights are more comfortable, seem to last better, don't seem to move around (or down) and they have thicker versions.
The quality of the Asda and especially the Asos-tights (and some were expensive enough) was really poor.

The best and most bargainous black tights were Asda! Really impressed -H&M for flesh colour but not quite as comfortable for me!
Dorothy Perkins maternity leggings are good nice quality - better than new look!

I love my h&m maternity leggings. I have been living in those. Next longline vest tops not maternity and i rotate 2 maternity tops and some of my looser stretchy pre pregnancy tops.

Im 27+4. Must admit my boobs have been sore this week might need to spash out on a bra. Trying not to buy too much.