If you are breast feeding, then a good bra is vital. Firstly, you will have huge breasts that need a lot of support, secondly you will need acccess to them at little notice, ideally without having to expose your flesh too much to everyone else. Furthermore, said access may be required when you are trying to hold a baby in one hand, which makes it all a bit complicated. Emma Jane maternity bras are the type offered by Contessa, which is how I encountered them. The first downside to flag up is that they have a size limit, the biggest you can get being about a size 40, although the cups certainly go as far as a G! if you have an enormous bump, you may not be able ...  Read the complete review

When pregnant with my 2nd child, I stumbled across Emma Jane nursingy bras by accident. I wanted some nursing bras that were practical, yet feminine. Not something that looked like it involved industrial scaffolding. I found an Emma Jane maternity bra on ebay, for a very reasonable £3.99, new. When it arrived, I was amazed at how nice it was. The one I bought was a drop cup, which used a large hook and eye fastening on the shoulder. It fastened with the traditional hooks at the back. The straps were quite narrow (in a size 34c) and it looked for all intents and purposes, like a regular bra. The bra was white and made of beautifully ...  Read the complete review

It took me a while to find a feeding bra that was comfortable. Believe me when i say i tried and tested a range of bras - Boots, mothercare the local mother and baby shop. I found that either the fastening was a bit tricky and you needed both hands to unhook and hook up the cup which can be bothersome. Some made me feel suffocated and other bras seemed to provide little or no support after they'd been washed a few times. But i finally found two companies which do amazinginly comfortable feeding bras - Bravado and Emma Jane. Both are on the expensve side but i think well worth it. They do a range of designs with various techniques of unhooking the cup - zips, ...  Read the complete review

When I was expecting my daughter I decided to get some breastfeeding bras and quite liked the idea of the zip, it seemed safer somehow than the traditional flip down ones. These bras were slightly prettier and lacier than many plain cotton bras (and it's nice to have something pretty to wear when you are feeling so unsexy with a new baby. On the plus side the zips did stay closed and not start to fall down when you were wearing them and this was a good, supportive bra - which comes in a good range of sizes especially good if you have a small back and large breasts. However when I tried to do the zip up one handed I found that I caught my skin in ...  Read the complete review