Recommendations for maternity work wear

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Hello - Can anyone recommend some brands for maternity clothes that are NOT the supermarkets or brands that just sell leggins? I need clothes I can wear in a professional office setting and find it impossible to find anything other than Seraphine. Please don't say HM, next, new look, shine, vinted, ASDA et al - I know they exist, but imo they only sell stuff that is plainly utterly inappropriate for a professional setting. Many thanks!

I managed to get professional workwear from Next, H&M and New Look! Admittedly
not a lot, but enough to rotate each week for the short time you need them

I like Isabella Oliver

Isabella Oliver - good quality, the things I bought with my first have seen me through three pregnancies.

Isabella Oliver are the only ones I've seen, but they expensive for something you'll only wear for 3-4 months. O have a few smock dresses 3 sizes too big that look ok. Honestly, everyone looks like shit when pregnant, and most maternity clothes are at best boring so don't worry about it. An oversized blazer covers the worst of it. Your colleagues and clients will give you a pass.

Don't forget shoes. You need good supportive flat shoes that can cope with swelling and won't knacker your hips. More ugly grandma clothes ;)

Btw, H&M do do professional looking maternity wear, but it's of the black trousers & shirt variety. They change their range so vinted can be better than their website.

Seraphine are the best, I buy on eBay though for a fraction of the price.

Newlook do maternity clothes. If i remember rightly I ended up with a couple of pairs of trousers.
Tops, I'd wear a maternity vest top and one of my standard shirts over the top. A regular blazer would do the same thing.

Nobody wants to be spending £££ on maternity clothes, because really you only need them for about 12 weeks.

I'd also be tempted to look on the second hand market.

Seraphine or Isabella Oliver via Vinted would be my suggestion. Otherwise sticking to your usual brands and sizing up / finding styles that fit a bump - that bit is harder but is possible if you have the time to search around!

I've got some whistles dresses which still fit me through my last pregnancy even though they aren't maternity

Toast shirts - really good and oversized. I wore over Frugi stretchy pencil skirts.

Beyond nine - but pricey
Assuming your baby is due soonish? If summer then I just wore normal sized midi skirts but pulled up over bump or loose fitting dresses

Thanks all