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  • Maternity outfit help :)

    So, I have my shower coming up next weekend, and I will be doing maternity pictures in a few weeks. All through this pregnancy, I've basically been wearing maternity T's and Old Navy maternity pants or skirts. I have two cute dresses, but they are 100% summer - which we are totally not in anymore

    I'd like to get one outfit or dress (preferably a dress) to wear for both the shower and maternity pictures. I'd like it to be reasonably priced, since I'm not sure when else I'd really be wearing it - postpartum Thanksgiving, perhaps??? Maternity wear via consignment here is super slim pickins - even in the Chicago burbs, it's either super outdated or just the basics.

    I'd also, if possible, like the dress/outfit to go with these beauties:



    Any suggestions as to where I could go to look? I went online to Motherhood and LOFT, but didn't find anything that wowed me...
    Jen
    Wife of a PGY-4 orthopod, momma to 2 DDs, caretaker of a retired race-dog, Hawkeye!



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    Could you wear one of the dresses you have with leggings and a sweater? If you plan to nurse, you won't be wearing dresses post partum (no easy access to the girls).
    Wife and #1 Fan of Attending Adult & Geriatric Psychiatrist.

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    • #3
      My cousin just got a few cute outfits from a maternity store at the Aurora outlets. I know my cousin also gets a lot of her maternity wear from ebay.

      Have you looked at Old Navy's maternity?
      Loving wife of neurosurgeon

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      • #4
        Oooh just found this by googling:

        http://www.emommie.com/maternity-clo...n-dresses.html
        Loving wife of neurosurgeon

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        • #5
          Originally posted by MrsK View Post
          Could you wear one of the dresses you have with leggings and a sweater? If you plan to nurse, you won't be wearing dresses post partum (no easy access to the girls).
          Didn't think about the nursing aspect postpartum. The summer dresses I have are summery not only in style but in print.
          Jen
          Wife of a PGY-4 orthopod, momma to 2 DDs, caretaker of a retired race-dog, Hawkeye!


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          • #6
            Originally posted by MarissaNicole View Post
            Oohh this looks promising I'll have to investigate more when I'm not on my phone!
            Jen
            Wife of a PGY-4 orthopod, momma to 2 DDs, caretaker of a retired race-dog, Hawkeye!


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            • #7
              Fourth trimester dressing is an evolution. I've always found it depressing because nothing seems to fit right. The first couple months or so post partum, I wear yoga pants, leggings, nursing tanks, and t-shirts or sweaters, maybe a loose machine-washable blouse or tunic if I have to dress up. After about 2 months, I add in cargo pants and elastic waist skirts. Now, at 3 months, I'm wearing jeans again, dress pants, nursing tanks, looser blouses, knit tops, cardigans, and jackets.
              Wife and #1 Fan of Attending Adult & Geriatric Psychiatrist.

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              • #8
                That looks like a great site! I'm going to check it out, too - thanks!
                Laurie
                My team: DH (anesthesiologist), DS (9), DD (8)

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                • #9
                  Do you know anyone the same size that you could borrow from. ??anyone here?? When I had my kids, we mailed maternity clothes all over the country!!! Again, and again, and again.
                  Luanne
                  wife, mother, nurse practitioner

                  "You have not converted a man because you have silenced him." (John, Viscount Morely, On Compromise, 1874)

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                  • #10
                    What about something like this?
                    http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do...scid=827334002

                    There's an extra 30% off sale right now (I believe it's GAP30). This sweater dress can easily be dressed up or down and I think with leggings/tights will go with the boots. I would generally suggest getting a sweater dress. You can even get a non-maternity one, just go a size up. They stretch pretty well and usually regain shape after dry cleaning.

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                    • #11
                      I've seen that one in the store. It might be worth it for that price, but t was kind of awkward. Kind of like a nightgown.
                      Married to a newly minted Pediatric Rad, momma to a sweet girl and a bunch of (mostly) cute boy monsters.



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