maternity clothes

She wasn’t a fan of any of the contemporary maternity clothes, writing that stores only offered “‘butcher boy’ dresses with an ugly hole cut out in the skirt.”

The fashion retailer was founded in 2002, but perhaps hit its peak when Catherine wore its maternity clothes on several occasions, leading to items quickly selling out.

I was 12 months postpartum and in that awkward extended phase where your maternity clothes no longer fit, your pre-pregnancy clothes don’t fit either, and you really have no idea what body you’re going to be in next week or month.

Rihanna has told the BBC she has enjoyed rewriting the rules for fashion as a mum, saying she "refused to buy maternity clothes".

First Choice offers a host of free services under the direction of a licensed physician, including limited obstetric ultrasounds, pregnancy testing, sexually transmitted disease testing, parent education, and products such as diapers and maternity clothes, but not abortions.