Clothes for breast feeding

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Can anyone point me in the direction of places to look for clothes while breastfeeding. There is so much choice for maternity but very little just for feeding. There are some maternity/nursing clothes but the few dressss I have just look a bit weird with no bump. Any suggestions would be great thanks.

I just wore vest tops underneath normal tops/shirts. One goes up, one goes down, you’re basically covered. Much easier.

Yep, vest top and loose jumper or cardi or button front shirt is good. I’ve got a couple of dungaree/pinafore dresses that unclip at the front - great with a long sleeved top underneath as you can pull it up without exposing bare belly. I’d definitely go for non-nursing things with reasonable access - nursing clothes are, in my experience, either very expensive or weird/unflattering.

There's a Facebook group called 'Can I Breastfeed in it?' that I find really useful, they also have a buy and sell page.

Yeah I did (and still do) a lot of one up one down; I found Seraphine and Mummy and Milk did some good nursing wear. Vertbaudet too if I recall correctly.

This website has a weekly roundup of the best nursing clothes from various sources!

I’ve got a seraphine dress and it looks gorgeous on, but was £40 for a jersey maxi dress with ordinary overlooked seams, so quite pricey I thought, given the quality of the construction.

In colder weather its a bit easier as you are probably going to be in layers anyway, as PP have said - vest top with a loose jumper works well. I have a few jersey mini skirts from primark that cover my tummy so have been wearing black opaque tights and ankle boots, vest top and nice, loose jumper. Feels smart and all stuff you might have in your wardrobe anyway. If you can avoid buying special nursing stuff (other than nursing bras, which do generally make life easier) you'll save a ton of money, and ton of time as there isn't a great variety of stuff out there so chances of finding something to your taste are slim. In my experience anyway!

Also, it is worth adding that being able to wear your existing wardrobe at a time when your body feels taken over by BFing and has changed post-pregnancy you might be grateful to feel like you are still 'you' and I found after DC1 buying special nursing clothes had the opposite effect.

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I got a lovely dress from red herring (Debenhams) which was really good, so might be worth a gander in there?

Friends have ones like the ones on Mama feel good.They have a layer you lift.

It depends on you and your boob size and whether you care. I've quite small boobs and found I preferred to pull a vest top down on one side. There is literally nothing to see on me . And I didn't like to lift up as I felt I had to hold the fabric up away from babies face.

I usually wore a light waterfall ( classic mum) cardigan so I had lots of fabric to cover anything I wanted. I had one that was thin in jersey from new look in a massive size and some warm artificial ones just from Tesco in the winter.

I did have a jersey maternity dress with the breast feeding slits think it was as from Mamalicious, for a family event a couple of weeks after my baby was born. But after that it was too loose really as has room for the bump.

I did one up one down, and also went for wrap dresses and tops (plus scarf if I wanted extra cover whilst feeding). Anything with buttons - shirts, shirt dresses etc also works well. In summer months, I also bought a couple of cheap camisole double layer tops and snipped feeding slits in the bottom layer. There aren’t that many non-maternity nursing options but I had a jumper from a Swedish brand called Boob Design that I quite liked.

Just realised I didn't actually post the website 😂🙄🤦‍♀️ www.cibii.co.uk