Coming Home Clothing for You

Don't go out and buy a new outfit for coming home in! Don't waste your money! Remember you aren't going to come out at your original pre-pregnancy weight (unless you are very lucky!). I'd advise you to take a couple of possible changes of clothes in just in case. If you have a straight forward birth the chances are you will probably fit back into your maternity clothes no problems and they will probably feel a bit baggy on you. In my experience coming out of hospital with baby no1 , I felt approx 6 months pregnant rather than the 9 when going in. With baby no 2, I had a casesarean. Because it was major abdominal surgery it was a bit ...  Read the complete review

The first thing that I will say is please for gods sake don't get your hopes up for wearing your skinny jeans when you leave the hospital after having your baby. Everyone is different, and will take different lenghts of time to fit back into their own clothes again. It is only in the world of the celebrity that you see them photographed 5 days after giving birth dressed in tight skimpy clothes, looking no different to how they looked before they were pregnant. This is not reality!! They have fitness instructers and are constantly working at their figures. In the real world, pack some loose fitting clothes to wear home from the hospital. I was surprised at how long my ...  Read the complete review

So you've just gone through the most emotional experience of your whole life. Your waters broke all over your maternity jeans in the bread aisle at Tesco, you coped with some of the contractions at home but when they got to every thirty minutes you felt like you couldn't cope any longer and ring the hospital to ask for an emergency C-Section, they say 'No' which makes you angry. Finally after bathing, rocking and all sorts of other methods to control the pain you head into hospital. After an examination you are told that you are only a centimetre dialated and it will be long time before you have your child in your arms. This makes you angrier. You are at the point of ...  Read the complete review

I'm aware that all women are different but I was still really fat when I left. In short, I went home in my maternity clothes. I hadn't put on loads of weight during pregnancy but I was shocked at how little my stomach had gone down. I looked about 5 months pregnant. Ok here's the information you need Tops If you are breast feeding you need a nursing bra. A couple of weeks before you give birth get measured at Mothercare and stick them in your bag. For the top, a nice roomy one as your nipples may be sore and you may want to hide your bump! I just wore one of maternity long sleeve jersey tops. Knickers Old ones that are ...  Read the complete review

After reading the other 3 reviews here i just had to write mine as i found the total opposite. I cannot possibly be the only woman in the world whos bump disapeared at the birth. After the birth of my first daughter i had a quick visit to the hospital, my mother in law packed all the things we took with us and in there she put me one of my husbands tshirts and a pair of my maternity trousers. My stomach just literally disapeared the second our baby was born and although i had gone up in clothe sizes my stomach was almost flat, the weight i had gained was all on my hips and lower back. My mother in law had to go back to her house and fetch ...  Read the complete review