Family Corner : Maternity Wear

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Since I've never been pregnant myself, as I mentioned in this first post - which touched on the subject of maternity wear - my experience and knowledge is limited to what I've read and heard. From what I can make out however, dressing yourself when heavily pregnant is no mean task, especially in Malta - apparently here, the choice is really really limited.

I think when you're pregnant, although comfort is of the utmost importance, looking and feeling good, can help you deal with your body changes a bit better. Every pregnancy is different, whilst some women battle water retention and high growth early within the term, others experience very little changes such that they actually get annoyed that as they put it 'they might look fat, not pregnant'. 

None the less, whilst the point at which it happens might differ, every pregnant women tends to grow to a size that requires maternity clothes. In Malta, two of my favourite shops that stock maternity wear are Kiabi and Debenhams - the former has a range of perfect essentials that are really designed with comfort in mind, the latter have such cute and pretty things, it's not the first time I've picked up something for myself without realising.

One of the best wardrobe decisions you can make throughout this period, is to stick to a capsule wardrobe. There's no point in investing in too many pieces that you will only wear for a short period of time. Try and buy a small number of things that can be mixed and matched to create different outfits. 

An ideal capsule wardrobe might consist of a pair of black trousers that look somewhat smart a couple of smart tops that have good stretching properties, a nice pair of jeans and some nice cardigans , especially the waterfall kind.

It might also be a good idea to include one nice black dress (or dark blue if you hate wearing black to occasions), some different coloured polo necks if it's winter time and possibly a couple of jackets. If it's winter you might need a coat too. It might be the case that your own coats and jackets carry you well into nearly the end of your pregnancy so it does depend at what point in the year your term will end.

If you're a fashion / clothes lover I also strongly suggest buying a few 'trendy' pieces to keep you happy - something like this adorable skater dress that's actually on sale  or this vintage inspired dress at modcloth

And for some style inspiration from the online world flick through the slideshow below

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Family Corner : BUN in the oven ?

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I always ask my friends / family / pets what they like and don't like in my blog, what they want less or more of and as much as possible I try to honour all requests. However, there is one request I've continually been promising to honour but yet never delivering on and that is tips regarding maternity fashion.

You see the problem is that I base most of what I write using myself as the proverbial guinea pig - my own experiences, my likes and dislikes bla bla bla..now whilst I'm all for putting myself in other people's shoes - I can't begin to imagine what it must be like to be pregnant. Every month when the female blues hit me, I become a wreck - fashion? clothes? what are they? I usually crawl out of bed, grab the comfiest thing I own and simply look like a white-faced wreck for the rest of the day. 

9 months of feeling bloated and hormonal? I think I'd be the most unfashionable pregnant person ever.

But the requests continue to come and I've decided to possibly ease my way into this, I might write a whole load of rubbish or suggest the most uncomfortable of outfits but hey I'm trying so give the girl a break? And of course feedback and suggestions are always helpful :)

Sooo...no prizes for guessing that this week's edition of the family corner is about maternity wear - here comes the other reason for my collaboration on this section of the blog with KIABI malta. A LOT of people I know tell me that Kiabi has extremely comfortable maternity wear, somehow they seem to find it comfier than other brands, in my ignorance I've tried to understand why - don't all brands use the same patterns, is there like some new scientific breakthrough ?

The response mainly seem to be centered around the fact that all the seams of their trousers/tights/leggings fit properly right under the stomach and the part that sits on the stomach is really soft and stretchy, apparently they also tend to stay put not move around and fall etc. 

Another very popular item which is really for after pregnancy is these breast feeding bras that are really easy to unclasp and reclasp.

And now for an outfit idea - this is my favourite item in the maternity section - I was thinking of buying it for me tbh but then I felt a bit *ahem* fraudulent and silly. I would wear this with leggings or black jeans and chunky black boots, on a cold day I might add a chunky black / white scarf. This is a sleeveless poncho so underneath you'd probably want to wear something like a long sleeved black top or a turtle neck - hows that for stylish comfiness ?

And for more photos click through the slideshow below :)



Soo how did I do ? Shall I continue with this ? More Family Corner posts right here

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