This is an interesting one considering I now run an online maternity clothes store! And be warned...this blog has lots of questions!
I am really trying to rack my brains as to what maternity clothes I did buy when I fell pregnant nearly 13 years and 9 months ago to this day, and I've come to the conclusion that I didn't buy anything apart from a nursing bra! To be honest, I'm not really sure I looked in any particular shop for maternity clothes! I was a poor lowly student you know!
Baggy t shirts and a pair of oversized denim dungarees is all I remember wearing, apart from a rather dull looking nursing bra that I probably didn't wash with a brand leading soap powder! Is that sad? I'm desperately trying to find pictures of me when I was pregnant, to see just how I looked but somehow they seem to have disappeared. I'll track them down and get a couple scanned [it was before the digital age!] to upload on a future blog.
When I was researching other maternity clothes websites in the days before Global Maternity, one topic of conversation stood out. A vast majority of the online maternity clothes retailers were established because the owners couldn't find suitable maternity clothes when they were pregnant. I'm not sure if this is true in all cases, but judging by my distinct lack of interest in maternity clothes back then and the fact that my daughter is nearly 13 I couldn't really use that as a reason for opening Global Maternity.
Another question that gets asked frequently is 'what are the key pieces of maternity clothing I should be buying'? And 'how many maternity clothes should I buy'? I know that this will differ because thankfully we are all individuals with different tastes, budgets, social and working lives etc, but what do you all think?
For example, have you bought or did you buy maternity swimwear, maternity underwear, maternity lingerie, maternity pyjamas or nightshirts? Is any of this really necessary?
How many and what maternity clothes have you bought?
What types of maternity clothes do you think are a waste of money and even if you had large dollops of money you just wouldn't entertain?
Questions, questions, questions...I'm like a child who keeps on asking 'why'!!!
But seriously, I would love to hear what you have to say and it will help me in terms of what Global Maternity offers in the long term.
Noppies was established in 1991 and are a leading player in the maternity clothes and baby clothing market.
