Dress for wedding when breastfeeding?

[moobaloo]

Hello stylish ladies!

I am going to a wedding in August (where my dp is best man) and am taking my baby who will be around 2.5 months old and breastfeeding.

What can I wear? I will probably take him off to a quiet place to feed him anyway but I still feel I need something suitable for easy access, as it were. What are people's experiences of bfing at a wedding? (Small wedding, 50 people)

The wedding is very vintage tea party themed and I'm taking my 50s Silver Cross as it's both conveniently huge for him to nap in and will look lovely (bride wants it for the decor!) It's an afternoon wedding with afternoon tea and cakes.

I'm 5'10 and size 10/12. I don't want anything too tight in case I'm lumpy post pregnancy but I haven't put on too much weight so fingers crossed I will be in shape by then.

Oh and I'm 22

Any advice?

Thanks so much!

I have been to two weddings whilst breastfeeding and found that a dress in a fairly stretchy fabric with a deep v is good. It's nice not to be trapped into have separates, but that means a boob can come out the V-neck for feeding. You obviously flash a fair bit of flesh, but a pashmina or similar can be draped across you for modesty. It was nice not to feel I had to go off to another room or anything because I wans't having to actually undress.

Thanks, I was thinking a scarf might be really useful!

I really like this... Thoughts?

www.tiffanyrose.com/maternity/clothing/ANAP/Anastasia-Maternity-Gown-Long-Poppy.html

I wore a JoJo Maman Bébé one to a wedding two weeks ago - it was a maxi dress with Breton stripes (so not obviously 'dressy') but I got lots of compliments! I wore it with a 20s Gatsby headers so quite vintage-y. I fed DS in a sling so no-one noticed (he's 17mo and I know there'd have been raised eyebrows and tuts!).

Moobaloo, the Tiffany Rose dress is beautiful! Think it fits the bill nicely. Watching with interest as I'm currently bf-ing my 2 wk old, have a wedding in June, just an evening do, hoping to have DD taking expressed milk from a bottle by then so my DM can babysit but if not will take her and bf there.

Good luck with your pregnancy! x

Yes, that kind of thing exactly .

The Tiffinay Rose dress is lovely. Pricy but very nice. I'd not call it vintage though.

I was at a wedding last week. I wore this Srraphine dress. It was still a bit awkward to bf in, but we managed :)

Or is it better shorter?

www.tiffanyrose.com/maternity/clothing/ALESPS/Alessandra-Maternity-Dress-Short-Poppy.html

I know it's not that vintagey as such, but I think it's going to be quite a ditsy floral bunting pretty china etc wedding and that a floral pattern might fit quite nicely?

It's really pretty. I never understood the whole 'wear a wrap dress for bfing' thing. You just get your entire boob out of the neck?

Not sure I'd be comfortable doing that at someone's wedding.

I have a couple of weddings this year and am planning on wear raring trousers and some sort of short-sleeved shell-type top with a nice vest underneath so that I can lift the top up and pull the vest down.

Toby I guess part of the appeal of wrap dresses for feeding is that they're generally always made from stretchy material so at least easy to pull down? But yes you end up with quite a bit of exposure! Not a scarf, or possibly a strategically placed napkin, won't cover ;)

Well, you kind of are, but a deep v meant I didn't need to buy a 'nursing' dress, and I could wear it to other weddings, etc. Plus I've never felt particularly 'covered' by that weird flappy circle of fabric you are left with when you open a nursing dress. Would rather have a big scarf.

Horses for courses I guess.

I got a wrap top from mamas and papas and the crossover and tie under the chest feel really odd on me and I don't feel I look 'right' in that style.

I like the above two and think they'll be stretchy enough? Will have a big scarf to cover up and will go off to a quiet corner to feed in.

I know they're technically maternity dresses and I could get something high street or similar for less but I'm struggling to find anything with a good stretchy v neck. Lots of styles v unsuitable without getting half naked!

I think I'll order one of the Tiffany rose ones one I've had baby and see, but long or short??

Tbf, the Seraphine dress I wore last weekend had no flappy circle of fabric. I can't even picture how that works! But it's the only nursing dress I've ever seen/worn, so I don't have a lot of experience. And it's going on ebay because I never plan on wearing it again!

I just don't think the scarf thing would have worked for us because DD won't feed with her head covered.

OP -- get the long one :)

Something with buttons down the front for easy access like this dress?

www.sainsburys-live-well-for-less.co.uk/tu-clothing/products/women/lemon-print-dress/

I don't know if its dressy enough for a wedding though, maybe with the right accessories?

Much prefer the long one - makes more of a statement.

Enjoy the wedding OP, and your baby! x

I didn't like getting my whole boob out to bf (they are pretty big at the best of times, let alone when bfing!)

We went to quite a few weddings with small babies in tow - I went for really smart trousers and a nice top instead. Meant I could feed them pretty much anywhere (in church, at the table, in the bar etc) without feeling like I was flashing everyone.

The only other thing I would say is that I bought some maternity clothes thinking I'd get wear out of them after the baby was born - logically makes sense doesn't it - but once they were born I'd have rather cut my own arm off once the first couple of weeks of needing to still wear mat stuff was over.