to buy maternity wear in shops?

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They sell plus size in New Look online - and it's very well priced and decent quality. You need to discriminate obviously!

I think they sell Maternity in New Look - I think you have to look for it - but it is there!

I think you need to ask HQ before advertising, Cheriemamma

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My DD has had a job to buy anything halfway decent - H&M came up trumps otherwise everything we saw was quite old fashioned and even I (at nearly 52) wouldn't wear what was being sold. She also used ASOS online as well.

Presumably the baby expected in the OP is now almost a toddler!

I would recommend ebay if she isnt adverse to secondhand ! There are loads of really nice maternity things on there - my daughter did that so had a larger choice of clothes than buying a few at full price new

I barely ever buy anything new, neither do my children !

Not unreasonable at all.
Gap do maternity lounging about things I think - so a big Gap might do maternity? They certainly sell babies and kids stuff.
You would think that big chain stores like H of Fraser, JL, M and S, Debenhams etc would find some space, given the B boom.
Here is a suggestion - if only on-line available, do a big batch of Click and Collect. Then take them into the changing rooms and try them on. If no good, return them immediately. Usually you can do this the day before and stuff will be in store next day. Money will go off cards of course, for a short period.

My dear Auntie Joan made me a variety of huge smocks when I was pregnant, and then put zips in the front after the birth for breast feeding. Very attractive, hmmm!

As you can gather, I didn't pop back to my normal size in a week - it took three months before I could fit back into my jeans! #excusetostuffmyface

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When I had my children we lived in a new house on a new estate at a time when people married, bought house then had children (statement of fact, not value judgement). Babies arrived so regularly in our close we used to refer to the 'Baby of the Month Club'

We also, quite accidentally and informally ended up with a common wardrobe of maternity clothes because everybody would pass things on or lend clothes. My first pregnancy was in the summer and I bought a selection of summer maternity clothes. Once DS appeared and, no longer working, I got to know my neighbours. I lent my clothes to the later summer pregnant. I had a winter pregnancy second time around and didn't buy a single item of maternity wear, it was all borrowed or given.

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Well spotted j08

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Might be an idea to delete the profile as well.

I bought a black corduroy pinafore that I lived in, but most of my clothes had been given to me by a neighbour who wasn't going to have any more children. We just used to pass things round the village in those days. I can't imagine being pregnant now [seriously I CAN'T imagine being pregnant now] and having to look like I'd stepped out of a fashion magazine. That 3 girl group were the ones that made it cool to be pregnant [one of them married Liam Gallagher].

Most of my daughter's maternity clothes were bought on ebay. Most of them were only worn for two of three months so it hardly seemed worth buying new.

I remember making a lot of my maternity clothes - some of them were then recycled into clothes for my daughter. I did have a wonderful maternity dress from Biba, but it hardly got worn as I never went anywhere smart enough to wear it.

Perhaps they had all sold out. According to the lunch time news Britian is in the middle of a baby boom, the highest birth figures since 1972, with more families having three children.

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Our branch of New Look have some lovely maternity clothes.

Thanks everyone for your ideas! There is some hope, it seems and I'll pass them on to DD and explore the internet for our nearest stores. It does seem strange though that maternity wear is generally on line these days.

I bought a lovely floaty top from Matalan a few weeks ago, only to discover when I got home that it was from the maternity range. Their plus size and mums-to-be sections are next to each other, and I suppose could be interchangeable! I still like the top and have cut out the label in case it should stick out and be seen!