Chic Maternity Style

Hi All...

Firstly... Happy New Year!! I hope you all had a wonderful festive season and your 2013 is off to a cracking start. It has certainly been a hot start to the year. I hope you've all managed to stay cool and out of bushfire danger.

Secondly... my apologies for my absence. I have had to take a break from ALPOTW due to severe morning sickness. We are having another baby in June and for whatever reason I have been horribly sick this time around. I am finally starting to feel my normal self again (as much as you can when you're pregnant!!!) and was just looking around the web at maternity style. I have found The Hatch Collection (via A Cup Of Jo) and think their clothes look gorgeous. I think I will buy myself a little something as a pick me up. Their pieces work for before, during and after baby which makes it even better.

I have found with this pregnancy a lot of the clothes I had for the first are not quite right as I was working full time so it was a work wardrobe. I don't want to buy too much or spend too much but still want to look my best if I can. So far I have been able to get by with bigger no maternity dresses and thank goodness for my maternity casual pants as I have been in them since 11 weeks - boy have I popped quickly!!

I love this caftan dress - it's on sale too - added bonus!!

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I love the tank too - cool and casual = easy to wear!

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I adore this but know I could never pull it off...

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I love this and am definitely getting one for the wardrobe as it will be perfect... I love a good hoodie and this way I still stand a chance of looking chic whilst being really comfy! Don't you love a good Win-Win?

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There are heaps of other great items so head over to their website and check them out. I really love that their pieces work for before, during and after pregnancy. They look chic and easy to wear... perfect for the awkward and sometimes depressing fashion moments pregnancy can present.

Over the next little while I'll probably be posting more pregnancy related posts like this one and some on getting ready for baby posts... I hope you enjoy them. If you're pregnant too... Congrats!!

Jx

Happy Friday & Heavily pregnant...One year ago...

Happy Friday all...have you all had a good week?

I hope you have a nice weekend planned. We have a first birthday party for a little friend of H's to attend...other than that it's a quiet weekend for us...Yay!!

Here are some links from around the web I thought you might like...

Blue collection from IKEA...

Juicy Couture's Summer Sale...

Summer office outfit inspiration...by This is glamorous...

In Memorium: Nora Ephron...

I'm loving this glass double hurricane candle holder...

This book by Claudia Strasser from The Paris Apartment is on my wishlist...

Douglas Hannant Resort 2013...so so pretty

I love these gallery collections by Little Brown Pen...it's just so hard to choose a colour...

Oh Yeah, Gerard Butler!...

A gorgeous letter to a 3yr old daughter on her Birthday from her Mama...

On a separate note...

I can't believe H is 1 at the end of next week!!! We are going to have a one year old in the house...no longer a baby...we will have a toddler!!

I am so completely amazed at how much happens in a year...

I was cleaning out some photos on my iPhone yesterday and came across these...I realised they were taken a year ago... a week before my life changed FOREVER...

I forgot how big my tummy got and how amazing we are (women) that we can grow a baby inside of us and then give birth to them...big ouch!!

P.S..Yes that is a knitting needle on my lap...part of my nesting phase had me knitting blankets for my little bundle of joy!!

Have a wonderful weekend all.

Jx