Breastfeeding-friendly dress help, please!

[TobyLerone]

I'm going to a wedding at the end of April.

DD2 will be 3 1/2 months old and we're BFing.

I won't know anyone there except the bride and groom (the groom is DH's best friend since school and DH is best man).

So I need something to wear.

I want sleeves.
Not fussy on the length of the dress. Apparently I have decent legs, so I suppose if I have to play to my strengths it would be them. But I'm always cold, so I'll want to wear tights.
I'm a squishy size 14. DD is 8 weeks now and I'm hoping to be a bit less squishy in a month or so, when I'll be shopping for the outfit.
I'm pale with red hair.

Go nuts :o

Not entirely sure why my stupid phone thinks that 'friendly' is 2 words...

Hmm, it's a tricky one isn't it.

I wear dresses lots and 3rd baby due in April.

Daytime dresses are easier I think.

Weddings, much trickier.

I've basically lived in the MN BFing staple of vest top under long-sleeved top since DD was born. I don't think that's going to cut it!

www.phase-eight.co.uk/fcp/categorylist/dresseswithsleeves/all?resetFilters=true

anything on there?

I love some of those (the heart print one, and the teal Shania one, for example), but how does one BF in a dress?

If you go for a jersey wrap style you could wear a vest top underneath and the material should be stretchy enough to pull to the side.

I went to a couple of weddings while breastfeeding - this site was quite good

Google breastfeeding dresses, quite a few come up.

any others with a lower neck line?
or have it altered to include a lower neck line/buttons?

I have a wedding in August and will have the same problem.

Isabella Oliver is your friend! There are some specific breastfeeding dresses, unlike lots of the other ones that are maternity/feeding and made me look still pregnant at 3.5 months

Or otherwise shirtwaisters or tea dresses can look nice and still be bfing friendly.

And spanx - not usually a huge fan, but in the first few months they are great!

Oh, I'll totally be wearing Spanx!

My DSis wore THIS to her DD's christening the other week. It was gorgeous on. She wore it with (my!) nude suede courts and clutch.

She has since worn it with a cardi, brown boots and a slouchy bag for a laid back girly lunch too so plenty of use to be had.

That's lovely, Wooly. No sleeves, though :(

I like this, though. There are some lovely things on there -- thanks for pointing me towards it.

I'll look at Isabella Oliver, too. I hate the ones marketed as 'maternity AND breastfeeding dresses'. Like we haven't worn enough maternity clothes!

I've got some 'feed me mummy' vests which are good for breastfeeding in a normal but low cut or buttoned dress - they have a slit across the middle so you don't have to pull the whole vest up.

Sorry, can't link as on phone, but if you google them the website should come up!

I only wear dresses with sleeves too.
Babes with Babies and Seraphine are good websites too.

Thanks, all :)

Check out babeswithbabies.com - some lovely bf friendly dresses. I have their magic maxi and its great for special occasions.

Oooh, I love a maxi, despite only being 5'4" and feeling the weight of the MN Maxi Hate whenever I wear one :o

The plungy Issa dress is bf friendly.

I'm 5'5 and I love a maxi. I've worn (a very nice Day Birger et Mikkelsen) one to a wedding before. So there

That Issa one is gorgeous. Only goes up to a 12 though :(

Hmm. That might just be what the outnet has left. Issa do go to 16 in their online store... not cheap at full price though! (And obviously also some princess connotations)

Emerald?

Oops, forget that, it's not the plungy one.

That green is so beautiful. £300 is pushing it a bit for a dress I'm only going to wear once :(

The green is gorgeous but not very BF friendly.

I am just back from town and Monsoon had a lovely 'Paityn' maxi dress in navy but sleeveless again.

I just bought this bargain for work lunches You could easily layer a vest for feeding.