Read the title of this post and answer me this - Why can't I walk in to a shop and buy an item of maternity wear??
Desperate for work trousers as my bump grows I went to Birkenhead to shop for some.For those of you who are not familiar with Birkenhead, let me tell you where I went:
- New Look
- Next
- M&S
- Dorothy Perkins
- Evans
- TK Maxx
- TJ Hughes
- Primark
- Bon Marche
- Birkenhead Market (stalls)
- River Island
- Asda/George
I was on the brink of tears when not one single outlet sold maternity wear "you have to go online for that"...
WWWHHHYYY????????
I ended up buying a pair of stretchy waist pants from Bon Marche thinking they'd be ok - but their changing rooms are so unbelievably tiny I couldn't bend to take my pants off!!! (By the way, I'm not kidding, the staff told me they are inundated by complaints but there's nothing they can do and it's no wonder they get so many returns as customers simply cannot try on in store!!) I didn't realise that the pleated elastic waistband would, of course, dig into growing bump rather than covering over or sitting under.
When I was expecting Carson, albeit 6 years ago, I bought my entire maternity wardrobe from Birkenhead high streets with no problems whatsoever. What the hell has changed?? Why am I made to feel like the odd one out?
...And surely... as we put on weight, it's harder to determine what clothes size we are. For example, I gathered I'd gone a size up on my top half as my (already large) boobs are suddenly monstrous, so I ordered a size 20/22 jumper instead of a 18/20 on one site but it was swimming on me and down by my knees. Of course, I didn't accommodate for the fact that it will already be larger because it's specifically maternity.
I don't want to buy trousers on line, wait for delivery, try them on, realise they don't fit, send them back to change for another size, await for them to be received and re-processed, wait for delivery..... you get my drift.
As if we need any more stress hey ladies?
Do you have any options for buying maternity wear - in person (!) - where you are? I'd love to hear your recommendations xxx
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