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Dress for breastfeeding former woman of style? :-)

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RubyrooUK · 11/07/2013 22:18

I'm going to a relative's wedding in two weeks. My DS2 will be 18 weeks old and breastfeeding.

I need a dress which allows me to breastfeed. But I hate wrap-style dresses. Normally I only wear shift dresses.

I am normally pretty slim but currently my boobs are huge - around a 32F. The rest of me is reasonably close to its pre-baby form but the boobs make me very top heavy and I can't fit in anything I already own.

I don't like anything clingy. I have a very short body so anything with an elasticated waist makes me look like 100% boobs. I would normally shop at Zara, H&M, Reiss, The Kooples etc.

This is the type of thing l like in a bolder colour:

www.zara.com/uk/en/woman/dresses/draped-dress-c436550p1230036.html

Or this:

m.asos.com/mt/www.asos.com/BASH/BASH-Panelled-60s-Mini-Dress-in-Printed-Cotton/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=2789760&cid=13596&sh=0&pge=1&pgesize=50&sort=-1&clr=Tileul

I don't love either of those exactly but that should give you an idea.

I tried this on because it had a zip front but didn't like the pattern:

www.oliverbonas.com/m/sale/sale_clothing/atlantic_stripe_tunic_dress_by_poem_multi.htm


Any ideas for a dress I can breastfeed in that is still relatively stylish and meets my frankly mental needs?

Thank you if you survived this OP.

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RubyrooUK · 11/07/2013 22:19

To clarify, I am the former woman of style. I am breastfeeding my baby.

I am not someone breastfeeding a formerly stylish woman.

Blush

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WeAreSix · 11/07/2013 22:35

What's your budget?

Babes with babies a bit pricey but very good service.

Milk Chic is a brilliant website with links to loads of dresses either designed, or can be easily used, for breastfeeding.

Enjoy the wedding :)

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RubyrooUK · 11/07/2013 23:04

Ah thanks. Will check out those links. Budget is a couple of hundred quid but ideally not as much as that, since one day my boobs will not need their own postcode....I hope.

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