Hi ya girls. Just wondering if anyone out there is also feeling too proud to wear maternity clothes?
Im not saying there's anything wrong with them but some of the shirts and trousers that are in those stores, really are horrible.
Im still going to dorothy perkins buying the petite range, well, Im TRYING to fit into them for as long as possible.
My family keep telling me to wear baggy tops so that my bump doesnt look as big, but why should I? aslong as you're belly isnt totally hanging over your jeans and is covered completely, who cares how tight the shirt is.

Is it just me whos feeling far too proud to walk into a maternity store and buy myself (what I call) a tent, to cover my tummy?

no i loved maternity clothes and proudly showing off my bump, i loved going to the till and people asking oooh when are you due? do u no wot it is?! fair enuff some arent stylish but then u dont buy those, you buy teh ones you like!

I loved Dorothy Perkins for my maternity clothes, but i know what you mean some of the styles can be a bit blurgh!!

I suppose because smock tops and legging are in at the minute you could get away with them

I guess it all depends on what you usually wear

Im the same as Yvanne, be pregnant and proud!x

I am pregnant and proud- I just dont see why I should wear maternity clothes!!! Dorothy perkins maternity section is ok, but the trouble is, Im only 5ft and everything I saw in the maternity section was like, a size 20 with a 34 leg. So im kinda screwed-

You can get some really lovely maternity clothes & some proper rank lines but thats how it is for normal clothes too ...

I bought some gorg maternity jeans a couple of weeks ago I can't wait to wear them.

i loved my..

*does my bump look big in this* teeshirt

I really wish it was that simple for me.
Being just 5ft, my leg is only 28inch and even that is sometimes too long. And due to having a bump that is low rather than high, my jeans are sitting on my hips below my tummy, so everything just looks far too big for me.
Its either jeans that are too tight and cause me pain, and also irritate baby, or jeans that that make me look like something from a punk band.
Do you know of any specific stores that are all over the UK, that happen to do petite maternity clothing? That almost sounds contradicting doesnt it? hehe.

I have seen a few women at the hospital wearing tops that say things like 'Im pregnant', or 'pregnant and proud'- where do you get those tops from? I have never seen them before.

I had no choice - I couldn't fit in my normal clothes from about 8 weeks!

But, I loved the maternity range at H & M. So practical, light, fashionable, comfortable, and I loved them! You look pregnant when you wear maternity clothes, personally I don't like to see women struggling to still wear normal clothes with a bump. It's personal choice, but to me it doesn'l look right.