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HOT MUMMAS I Maternity & Nursing Lingerie

OK, so first I apologise for not having blogged for a little while...but I have a good excuse.

Poppy Hope Jones arrived last Monday 22nd February...6 weeks early, but perfect nonetheless. She's currently in special care in our local hospital but is doing well and so hopefully it won't be too long before we get our little bundle home.

Introducing Poppy

When I was pregnant I avoided underwired bras as they're not really recommended and so started wearing non-wired and ordered some maternity/nursing bras from eBay. Moral of the story, don't buy cheap bras from China- although they looked pretty, the support they offered was crap and they lost their shape within a few hours. Thankfully the seller was really good and refunded me...but that left me seriously short of bras, and with my days spent juggling being with the littlest one at the hospital, and then home for the bigger one, I really didn't have time to go into town to search for uninspiring bras.

Lovely Amoralia goodies

Thank goodness Amoralia came to my rescue and very kindly sent me a selection of bras. I had to guess at my size as my milk hadn't really come in at this point but having arrived they fit like a glove (a glove for my boobs!).

My favourite is the One & Only Nursing Bra £29.00. It is seriously comfy so is ideal for sleeping in, but offers the right amount of support, ensuring those bad boys stay in place as do the breast pads... nobody likes waking up to sheets that smell of stale breastmilk. It's made of really soft and stretchy fabric so I can put it on without even undoing it if I feel super lazy.

One & Only Nursing Bra in pewter £29.00

It's fair to say that we feel totally unsexy after having a baby... we're leaking from all ends, have a jelly belly, some dodgy line that looks like a drunk person's been let loose with an eyeliner on our bellies (that could be just me) and generally we're a hormonal mess.

It's a wonder what some pretty nursing lingerie can do and after having a nice soak in the bath and trying on my new undies, I seriously felt much better... I think the soft lighting in the bedroom probably helped somewhat too.

Amoralia lingerie is available online at amoralia.com

This post is sponsored by Amoralia who very kindly gifted me with some underwear in my hour of need.

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SEXY MUMMAS I Maternity Bra Hell

It's got to that point where my boobs seemed to have developed a mind of their own and suddenly my usual bras no longer fit. Ella asked "why do you have black boobs?" the other day. Before you imagine black and blue bruised boobs, I'll explain that she meant my nipples. She then proceeded to examine her own...

I tried a cup size larger in Primark which seemed to work for a couple of weeks but I decided the best thing would be to get properly measured. Good old M&S I thought, they'll sort me out. WRONG!

Off I headed to my local store in Northampton. I was asked if I had an appointment and the lady then started checking an iPad for available appointments (I'll point out it was 4.30pm and there were 2 of them chatting and unpacking boxes in the changing rooms at the time). She agreed to measure me, but oddly measured me with my bra on? I say measured, she passed a tape measure around my chest, told me I should get a 34 and then just took a guess at cup size without measuring. She tried to tell me I needed an E cup which I knew was rubbish.

I regularly wear M&S bras and find they do some really pretty ones and they're generally a good fit, but 20 minutes later of trying on bras with my 7 year old assistant and I decided on 2 that seemed ok. I wore one the following day and soon found it went loose and didn't do anything for me...I pretty much looked like Mrs Doubtfire. Suffice to say, they're getting returned.

Thankfully Cake Maternity came up trumps! If you haven't heard of them then they're a fab online store (but also sell in some stores like Seraphine) which was set up by a fellow mumma who also felt the pain of trying to find decent maternity and nursing underwear.

I opted for the Maple Mousse range which is nude with little polka dots, and ordered this in a 32D and pleased to say it's a great fit. Considering it's non wired it gives good support and a nice shape. It can also be used for nursing as it has hidden nursing clips.

Maple Mousse range

It can be hard to feel sexy when you're pregnant, but these guys have some lovely bits so have a look! They'd make great gifts too (hint hint Dads). Cake Maternity also do some lovely nursing bras and sleepwear which is perfect when you feel like a milking machine and need something a bit more flattering!