pregnancy moneysaving

jellyhead

it works for those first few months when you're not big enough for maternity clothes though, it's a good idea :-) one of the catalogues (jojo?) sells a set of expanders, they're just buttons with a triangle of material so you can wear your normal trousers for a few months. i used a hairband on my jeans for a while too.

i've bought my maternity clothes from ebay mostly. i did get one pair of jeans from mothercare, then realised they were much cheaper on ebay. i bought stuff from dorothy perkins, next, etc. off ebay too but it was never the correct size. at least my mothercare sells maternity so i could try them and make sure they were the correct size. i bought 3 or 4 pairs of jeans/trousers from ebay so i don't really mind if they fall apart. my tops are from ebay too, apart from one my sis got in a sale when she was working in another town. it's a good job my maternity clothes were cheap because i'm ruining them, i am so clumsy i spill food and ice lollies on everything so everything is stained now and can't be resold!

s@sha

jellyhead wrote:

it's a good job my maternity clothes were cheap because i'm ruining them, i am so clumsy i spill food and ice lollies on everything so everything is stained now and can't be resold!

Lol, I'm the same, everything that falls off my plate, fork or spoon lands on the bump now! I never realised how messy I am until I developed this huge landing area under my boobs. Never mind the baby, I@M the one who needs the bibs!

kal25

Hi just thought I might revive this link as didn't want to start a new one. Boots have Tomme Tippee 2-in-1 (microwave/coldwater) sterilisers for £9.99 at the moment, they normally are £19.99. So grab a bargain, as also includes 3 bottles, tongs and brush.

katskorner

I bought lots of maternity wear from eBay for my last pregnancy but managed fine in normal clothes till I was 6 mths gone so i didn't wear too much of the maternity gear. I got nursing bras rather than maternity bras as they have a longer life and luckily I didn't get much bigger anyway - only one size.

I bought lots of baby clothes from car boot sales as the new born stuff is practically brand new anyway and a fraction of the price. So my little one had far too many clothes at between 20p and £1 and item!!

I kept all my maternity wear for another pregnancy but now I am finding a problem. I am smaller than I was before my last pregnancy but I am growing faster with this bump. So basically this means that my maternity wear is too big but normal clothes are not comfortable! I don't want to buy any more because it is frustrating that this lot doesn't fit but if I do give in then I will go for eBay again. I will just sell the stuff that is too big for me!!

As for the bras, I kept those too but to be honest, they aren't going to last for this one too as I am smaller so they aren't supportive enough being too big. So I am on a nursing bra hunt now (why am I not getting an expanding chest? huh - typical and not fair!!). For the pregnancy I have bought 2 bras from matalan - cotton non-underwire and to be honest they are pretty nice for the £3.50 i paid for them!