Maternity clothes in store

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Hi, does anyone know of any actual shops that you can go into and try maternity clothes on, or generally just browse? If you know of anywhere in Yorkshire then that would be even better! I went to Leeds yesterday and nowhere seems to actually stock clothes in store anymore.
Thank you

Do you have Mammas and Pappas locally? Think they tend to stock maternity clothes.

Almost impossible to find in an actual shop, so frustrating. I dont live near you but where I am I found a H&M kids (completely separate to the actual H&M in the same shopping centre) and they had a decent maternity section. Only one I found in the whole pregnancy.

I will have to check where there is a mamas and papas. Thank you.

I just can't believe that literally no high street shops stock any now. With my older children I could go to H&M, New Look and even Asda and buy Maternity clothes. This time there's nothing! So frustrating!

you’ll need ‘bigger’ versions of high st shops like Primark and H&M. They will have their maternity sections. I find that the small high st stores don’t have the space

if you know sizing, ASOS is pretty good. I also used boohoo and PLT for maternity clothing as it’s cheap and you don’t end up wearing it for long. Also returns are pretty easy. But if you don’t like online shopping then understandable

I live in Leeds and haven’t found anywhere that sells maternity clothes! Mamas and Papas definitely don’t. H&M used to but I went in a few days ago and they said they’re no longer stocking it.

There actually used to be a Seraphine in the Victoria quarter but that has closed now too.

If you can find a JoJo Maman Bebe anywhere, they sometimes have a small maternity clothes section at the back of the stores.

I’ve shared your frustration this pregnancy- it’s been much harder to find anything compared with 3 yrs ago, even in London. It’s just forced me online- and once online I might as well use Vinted given how briefly the clothes will be used for. It has been really annoying!

It's awful. I wouldn't even waste time looking in the shops as you'll have to go online. I tend to shop maternity from places which it is easy form me to return to as I have a store nearby. Next had some good maternity items in their sale a few weeks ago (there still may be some left).
The only things I can buy in store are underwear. I find Asda/Asa living both carry maternity underwear. They'll be on the bottom shelf with the normal underwear but at least it is something.

To add my maternity clothes are from boohoo, PLT, occasionally ASOS and vinted. I wouldn’t usually shop in boohoo or PLT as the quality is poor but their styles are actually fashionable (I find Jojo maman bebe/next etc quite frumpy) and as you’ll only be wearing it for a few months I don’t think it matters.

The trend these days seems to be to just size up but I find then the clothes don’t fit in properly everywhere else, perhaps that just happens on your first pregnancy when your bump isn’t that big for a while!

It’s terrible. The only physical shop with maternity clothes near me was H&M and it was all just black leggings, some jeans and t-shirts, not ideal for being 8 months pregnant in the height of summer!
You’ll be better off online. Someone above mentioned George, which I’ve found pretty good for clothes (online, not in Asda). Some fully cotton, pretty summer dresses etc. Otherwise I’ve found if you choose the right high waisted/flowy style dresses you might be able to get away with non-maternity dresses just sized up a bit.

At least I'm not the only one struggling! I don't understand why shops don't stock it. There's always going to be pregnant people wanting clothes!! Thank you for all your comments. I'll have a look at Next and JoJo online. But it sounds like I'm probably best heading to vinted and hope I pick the right sizes!