why are all nursing dresses also maternity?

[mayaknew]

I'm not pregnant anymore so I don't need a maternity dress.

But I do need a dress I can breastfeed in

[mayaknew]

Some of them really are ugly. No offence to the older lady but I'm only 29 ffs not 55 they are proper mum clothes

[leedy]

"Oh, and why are some of them designed in such a way that it takes me half an hour to get my frickin boob out?!"

I hear you on that - a friend gave me a Gap one that was like the Krypton factor. Hence my love of the Boob brand ones where you literally just lift a flap and voila! Boobs! They're by far the easiest nursing tops/dresses to use that I tried.

[leedy]

"Honestly any dress where the top can be pulled down or to the side is a nursing dress."

REALLY depends on your boobs! I have very widely-spaced sort of pointing outward breasts (not as weird as that sounds!) and in order to BF in a dress by just pulling the top down/the side I practically need to take half of it off to expose the nipple enough for a feed (I once ended up virtually stripped to the waist on the Circle Line after convincing myself that "I can totally feed in this dress" with a very fractious baby and having to unbutton the thing nearly to the navel to get at the relevant bit). I've seen women do the neat "just pop a boob over the neckline/undo a few buttons" thing and it really doesn't work for me - I've tried!

[mintbiscuit]

And why are so many nursing tops so bloody ugly?!! I've had a baby, not lost my sense of fashion!

Oh, and why are some of them designed in such a way that it takes me half an hour to get my frickin boob out?!

( Deep breath You can tell nursing tops are a really sore point for me!)

[KatharinaRosalie]

Because they're generally horrible overpriced and people only buy them if they can get a bit more wear out of them.
Honestly any dress where the top can be pulled down or to the side is a nursing dress.

[leedy]

Boob Design (stop sniggering at the back) have some great nursing dresses as well - a lot of them are ostensibly suitable for maternity as well but I think that just means they're stretchy as the ones I had didn't look maternity-ish on. They're really easy to feed in too.
www.boobdesign.com/shop/i-am-looking-for/dresses-maternity-nursing

I also liked some stuff from Peaks of London, though they're spendy.
peaksoflondon.com/products

[mayaknew]

Thanks. It's actually a dress for DDs christening I'm looking for someone don't mind paying a wee bit more for. I'll have a wee look thanks

[Pootles2010]

Ooh thanks ceevee - perfect dresses for a wedding!

[ceeveebee]

They're not all maternity - try milkandmummy (pricy) or h and m (cheaper)!

[Pootles2010]

Yes! I wondered this. Last time my tummy went immediately, so I def only want a nursing, not maternity. Wierd!