Summer Style (I jest, It's Comfort) During Pregnancy

Pregnancy can be really hard going, lets not beat around the bush. Couple pregnancy with a sunny Summer, and you can safely say that you feel like you're going to explode. I was heavily pregnant last summer, and I'm not the most slender of people, so I was feeling pretty big, and uncomfortable. Finding suitable Summer clothes that didn't resemble a tent was really difficult; Ultimately I wanted needed to be comfortable, but perhaps maintain some sort of style (I'm not certain that people would call me stylish, but you get where I'm at). If you're pregnant, and lucky enough to be blessed with a slender figure, and are a walking, talking clothes horse, I salute you. If not, stick around (stick around anyway, you might enjoy the read).

So, personally speaking, I found the best way to do the comfy meets style thing, was team simple, basic items with a pretty scarf (a scarf in summer, I hear you say, but it is Scotland we are talking about) or some statement Jewellery. The shops were full of amazing accessories last year, and I see that things are much the same this year. My favourite places to find beautiful jewellery last year were Topshop, and New Look, with Accessorize being my favourite place to find a scarf. They have all come up with great items again this year, and there are more than a few pieces of Topshop jewellery on my shopping list. The. White Company  do some lovely scarves, they are all fairly neutral, and very light. They would go with most outfits and because they are light, they would make the perfect Summer accessory. The full on 'I'm melting' sweats are bad enough in pregnancy, never mind in the height of Summer, so everything needs to be light. If you feel a scarf isn't a great idea in Summer, think again, a scarf makes a great brow mop!

Mint green and gold necklace - Accessorize (still in stock). Gold and silver necklace - Topshop. Pale pink rope statement necklace - Newlook. Blue long chain necklace - Accessorize (still in stock) Scarf- Accessorize (still in stock).

 

As for the clothes, this is the boring bit in all honesty. I mainly bought jeggings, and leggings (the stretch and softness is oh so comfy) from Newlook, and Next, and got some plain vest tops, and t-shirts from ASOS, and Newlook (they were all longline tops, rest easy, I don't do the whole leggings as trousers thing). I opted for mostly block colours (ok, it was mostly black and white), and as already mentioned, I brightened them up with accessories. Any notions that I had years ago, about floating around in swishy dresses, had totally gone out of the window. Like I said, comfort was my priority. That said, I found a couple of great summer dresses in ASOS, they were made from a light, stretch material, that felt loose, and cool, but clung enough to not take on a tent like look. They don't stock the ones I had, but have some that are very similar, and are equally as nice.

Footwear was fine at the start of the summer, as I wore sandals or flip-flops, but as puffy feet took over, the sandals were ditched, and it was flip flops all the way for me. To be honest, there are so many lovely flip-flops available, you don't really have to sacrifice style (too much).

If you are pregnant, and you're going about with a bump that is like my post pizza bloat, then you may well spend the Summer in amazing clothing, and teeter about in beautiful heels, so none of the above will really matter to you. However, if the contents of my Intro sound a bit more familiar, then I hope you have gotten a little something out of this. Either way, I hope you enjoyed the read.

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Thanks, Kirsty x

Disclaimer - All items mentioned in this post were bought by me. This is not a sponsered post.