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Fitting Into Your Pre-pregnancy Clothes

This is one of the first things on many women’s minds after giving birth. One thing to remember is everyone is different and don’t compare yourself to celebrities who usually have expert chefs and trainers. I know it isn’t what you want to hear but be patient and remember it is in your control.

If you gained a normal 25-35 pounds and are willing to eat healthy and exercise regularly you can count on fitting back into your pre-pregnancy clothes within 6 months. After giving birth you’ll lose between 8-15 pounds depending on the size of your baby. Keep in mind that your hips will spread and you may feel wider but it doesn’t mean you have more weight on you.

Usually, you will lose half of the weight you gained during pregnancy within the first six weeks following. A good rule of thumb is 2 pounds a week after that. However, the last 5 pounds is what usually gets us. Try not to weigh yourself, it can take a while to start losing weight and you don’t want to get discouraged.

Eating healthy and cutting back on your portion size is essential to your weight loss and overall energy level. Eat several small meals throughout the day. I know this is hard since you probably stretched your stomach during pregnancy. Keep in mind that after a week or so your stomach will shrink. Try serving yourself on a salad plate to help moderate how much you’re consuming. Never miss a meal. Eat breakfast, lunch and dinner and have several healthy snacks in between. This keeps your metabolism high, allowing you to burn more body fat throughout the day.

Don’t forget your water. Be sure to drink your 8 cups. Proper hydration helps your muscles and metabolism work at their best and drinking plenty of water also helps you feel full. An added bonus is beautifully hydrated skin.

Exercise is crucial; it not only helps with your weight loss but also gives you energy, relieves stress and gives you self confidence. It would be best if you could start a routine. Get up before the baby or exercise while he is taking a nap or gone down for the night. Whatever you prefer try to pick something you can stick to. Once you start doing it, it will become habit. Think of exercising as your time. You deserve it.

If it’s too hard to find time, try to incorporate exercise into playing with your baby or even take him for a walk. Every little bit helps.

Remember its hard work but isn’t your baby worth it?

Bravado Essential Nursing Tank Top – Features and Fitting

Leigh, fitter at www.fromheretomaternity.co.uk, describes the unique features of the Bravado Essential Nursing Tank Top

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Vanessa’s gown fitting in June.

Maternity Clothing – Fitting Into Your Wardrobe After Pregnancy!

I give all my weight loss credit to breastfeeding my son. The pounds seemed to melt off and were gone by the time my son was three months. Finally, my maternity clothes were packed in boxes and the search for nursing clothing versatile nursing clothing began. This was exciting for me until the pounds continued to fall off. Believe me when I say that I was happy to be back to my before pregnancy weight. I was not so happy when the scale slowly went below my weight before college. It is now hard to fit into my vast wardrobe that I once loved because everything fit just perfect. Now I find myself wearing belts with all my jeans and pants. Most of my cute tops now look like potato sacks on me.

With all my frustrations at bay, I understand that this is not the typical outcome of after pregnancy weight. How do we (both those of us who need to gain weight and those of us who still want to shed a few) work to get into our favorite skinny jeans and make them look fabulous? I considered buying a new pair of fabulous fitting jeans but, quickly realize that it would be a hard task considering the fact that my backside is barely there.

The apparel industry is a very unique industry where women can find the perfect solution to any body challenge! What is this solution? I must say that I was extremely excited when I found the solution to my ever changing and never constant body shape. Surplice neckline! This may be a term that some of you have never heard of so I will give you the definition that women can count on. A surplice neckline has two pieces of fabric that cross over each other diagonally also known as a v-neck! This fabulous neckline works for any shape and size chest and shoulder. Still wondering what we are going to do for bottoms? The designer Annee Matthew got it right when she paired the surplice neckline with the most amazing rayon spandex fabric. If you have not guessed it yet we are talking about a dress. Yes, a dress! Solve your hip, butt, thigh, chest and all other areas that are driving you crazy every time you look in the mirror.

I could not believe it when I found the Giselle Dress from designer Annee Matthew that can be found at FashionForMommy.com. When I received it in the mail I immediately tried it on and in my amazement I found myself looking into the mirror at a garment that finally got it right! Even though I was not at my ideal weight I finally looked pulled together. No more potato sack or saggy pants. To add the frosting on the cake I love wearing this dress with leggings or tights on the snowy cold days. It is fascinating how great a woman can feel when she is wearing a comfy garment that makes her look good too! The best part is that no one can tell that the fabric has spandex in it. The sprinkles on the cake are that this purchase will not only fit me now but, will also grow (or shrink) with me as I reach my desired weight.

Fitting your Maternity Swimwear

There are a lot of clothing basics that you can cheat on for maternity clothes – steal a few of your husband’s sweaters or sweatshirts, wear a BellaBand to get a little more mileage out of pre-pregnancy tops that don’t fully cover your belly or to squeeze into those pre-pregnancy jeans that need to be worn unbuttoned. But one item you need for sure if you are going near a pool or beach is a maternity swimsuit. No matter how stretchy your regular pre-pregnancy swimsuit may have been, there is no way you can comfortably squeeze yourself into it once you are expecting! Nor, would we recommend this sort of body constriction for you and your baby’s health!

Fortunately there are a lot of great maternity swimwear styles to choose from today. Whether you are looking for a lot of room in the belly, more room in the bust or a little extra coverage over the hips or bottom, there is a style for you. Here are a few recommendations:

For the serious swimmer the Prego Maternity Empire Tank is a sleek black one piece with plenty of bust support and needed stretch in the belly. This suit is designed to comfortably hug your shape so you can glide through the water and swim as many laps as you like without having to fight your suit in the process!

If you are just looking to take a mommy and me swim class with a toddler while expecting or participate in a mom’s aqua- aerobics class or simply prefer the one piece look, the Prego Maternity Texture Heart is a great all purpose suit and a great buy too at $39! This suit is very stretchy and has a shelf bra. The straps criss-cross in the back to form the shape of a heart.

If you like a little extra coverage about the hips and bottom and need a little extra room in the bust, then the Prego Maternity Halter Baby Doll and the Prego Maternity Solid Plus Baby Doll will flatter your shape. Both of these suits cover the belly and hips and bottom with a Baby Doll dress style and have separate bottoms that fit to cover the belly. Both of these styles come with a padded bra that is extra supportive with wide adjustable halter or tank straps.

If you are looking for a cute halter top swimsuit that gives more bust support and not too much cleavage, then the Prego Maternity Swimwear Sweetheart is a good choice. This suit has a cinched bra with cups and adjustable tie halter straps. The bottoms fit under the belly. This style is available in solid Black, Brown and pattern.

If you need a little extra room in the hips then the Prego Maternity Tie Halter or Tie Tankini has adjustable side ties on the bikini bottom in both the halter and tank styles and fun patterns to choose from.

If you need a little extra room in the bust, the Prego Maternity Ring-Kini is a tank style 2 piece with slightly bigger cups with adjustable straps. This style suit comes in Aqua and Pink and chocolate brown under the belly bottoms.

The Prego Maternity Solid Strapless Mini is great for poolside lounging and light swimming. This suit comes with a removable around the neck strap for extra support if preferred. This mini style covers the hips and has a padded bra.

Finally for the bikini minded, the Prego Maternity bikini has a padded bra in an oval cinch design and adjustable halter straps. This maternity bikini is designed for the maternity shape and will fit you comfortably throughout your pregnancy with lots of stretch.

So don’t let pregnancy keep you out of the water, find the suit that best fits and flatters your shape and have fun!

How to Get Best Fitting Maternity Jeans

Congratuations if you’ve just found out that you’re pregnant!

You know when you need to start purchasing maternity clothes when you start bursting out of your favourite jeans and they gradually starting falling down your hips!

This is the point where you can either experiment with the various belly fasteners that are currently on the market to try and get more mileage out of your pre-pregnancy jeans, or bite the bullet and make your first maternity investment into pure comfort! Buy a good pair of maternity jeans.

Bootleg, skinny leg, straight leg, wide leg ….. with elasticated waist pull on or non elasticated waist? Which one should I choose?

Maternity jeans have come a long way and now with so many styles around, its often hard to know which style to choose, so lets look at the fundamental basic styles around.

Staying Up

The most important factor when purchasing maternity jeans has to be the ability for them to stay up. I guess, like most maternity clothes, this depends on your shape, or your baby’s shape aka: the bump.

I’ve tried on a whole heap of different maternity jeans and, in my opinion, maternity jeans with the wide jersey fabric stitched onto the maternity jean waistband is the best style to ensure stay-up ability. If you think about it, it makes sense because the jersey fabric pulls up (and sometimes over) the bump, giving something for the maternity jeans to hold on to.

Of course, there are maternity jeans available that only have a small elasticated waistband and these would ensure comfort, ease of pulling on and will stay up pretty good but the waistband will sit just on the bump at mid point of your belly.

If you really hate the look of the ‘pouch’ style look with the jersey panel that pulls up over your belly, then opt for the ‘under belly’ style which look just like non pregnancy jeans and have an internal elasticated system which you can pull in tight for a more snug fit, or release when your belly expands to give more room. The good thing about these maternity jeans, is that they don’t look like maternity jeans at all, and you would be more inclined to wear them again after the birth of your baby, whilst slimming back down to your normal size. The waistband usually sits just under the belly as hipsters and this depends on your size and shape of your maternity bump as to whether they stay up!

Maternity wear is now stylish as well as functional and gone are the days of the wide flowing tent-like garments that try to hide the growing bump. Now days, we welcome the use of elasticated, stretchy fabrics like spandex, elastane and lycra that ensure the fabric can grow with your bump and accentuate your new curves and growing bump. Gorgeous maternity blouses, maternity dresses and maternity tops are all available in beautiful modern prints and styles that will look fantastic paired with a great fitting maternity jean.

The most flattering of all maternity jean styles has to be the bootleg cut. This style really helps to balance the silhouette of weight at the mid point of your belly, with the wider cut at the ankle and gives a really streamlined look that in turn, makes you look slimmer. These days, a whole host of colours are available, the most popular being dark indigo, washed blue and jet black.

If you are lucky enough to carry off this season’s hottest maternity jean style, then try the skinny leg maternity jean. Popular colours include dark indigo, vintage blue, jet black and washed blue.

Straight Leg maternity jeans are a good alternative to the skinny leg maternity jean as they balance out the leg from the thinnest to the widest point, creating a more streamlined, flattering look to the body. Popular colours this season include dark indigo, jet black, vintage blue, washed blue and white.

Maternity jeans, hands down are a pregnant gals godsend when it comes to good maternity wardrobe investment. There are lots of different price points out there, but of course, this depends on your own personal budget. Don’t forget, you will get a lot of mileage out of your maternity jeans for there is a good chance that you will be wearing your maternity jeans well after the birth of your baby until your body shape has returned to normal.

Sweet Lilly Maternity is Australia’s premier shop at home maternity, nursing and baby store that has the world’s top brands in stylish maternity wear. We have a fantastic collection of maternity jeans with lots of choice of colour, style and price point.

At Sweet Lilly Maternity, you will find the famous Body Love Maternity Jean designed by Natalie Wakeling (top Australian plus size model) for Embody Denim. Cha Cha, Celebrity, Vela and Electra White maternity jeans by Mama Black New York – dubbed the hottest maternity jeans on the planet, shipped from New York and available in Australia exclusively in Australia at Sweet Lilly Maternity. We are the exclusive stockist of the new budget consicous designer jean for cool maternity streetwear. Imported from LA, Tala Jeans are available in a bootleg or Wide leg style with gorgeous elaborate back pocket embroidery at only $97 a pair!

Sweet Lilly Maternity also has a great selection of maternity jeans from Soon Melbourne and YIM maternity jeans in the Skinny, Straight Leg and Bootleg styles, available in a wide choice of colours.

Whatever your preference in style and colour, Sweet Lilly Maternity has one of the largest collection of maternity jeans around. Whatever your style and budget, we have the maternity jean for you!