There are early blog posts on here where I voice my concerns about ever growing a bump. Well as could probably have been anticipated I now have the opposite problem and am the size of a bus! This makes dressing for work pretty tricky.
I work in PR, mainly with international clients, so not being able to fly means I am not going to many client meetings which means I don't need to be in a suit all the time which is good. However when trying to direct my teams, looking like I just got out of bed the whole time, does damage my credibility somewhat! Finding a happy medium on a budget is proving difficult.
Unlike a lot of mums to be, I live in nappy valley so I'm lucky that some shops do actually have a maternity section. So far I have found mothercare in kew, jojo mamam and gap in richmond but even that is about it! I have therefore resulted mainly to newlook online. They have LOTS of options and seem to be reasonably priced. However, nothing I order seems to fit quite right which is really frustrating! The jeans and work trousers are too big round my waist (if you can call the bit below my bump a waist) and the tops don't seem to account for my boobs to be as big as they are. Surely most pregnant women have a pretty big chest size by now?!?
The whole experience is really putting me off buying clothes online!
With only 9 weeks to go I am reluctant to buy any more so for now I will stick to work dresses with leggings and get my sewing kit out to try and make a few more things fit. Maybe this whole experience is designed to make me a domestic goddess before the baby arrives! I think not! ;)
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