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Visited Mamas and Papas baby and pregnant lady things website. Purchased pairs of reduced-price maternity tights as part of my endless quest to acquire same that do not fall down. Noticed there was reduced-price babywear. Found a couple of nice things, including small fuzzy jacket (brown), small knit hoodie (brown and white striped), and small
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But! There is hope.
With bathing suits, there is, I discovered after trying on many maternity suits of horror, no need at all to buy specialised stuff. Find something cheap ith a seam or band under the bust, and buy one a couple of sizes up from your usual size. Bathers are easily stretchy enough to go over even a very pregnant belly. I went swimming in a size 14 normal pair of bathers that cost A$30 two days before I gave birth.
As for baby clothes, I realise I am in Australia and therefore not in a position to give you practical suggestions, but I eventually tracked down plenty of non-pastel gender neutral stuff. I got some adorable but stuff from Sozo including these tragically discontinued Koi fish and turtle sets. And I saw all in one suits in lots of bright colours (red, purple, navy, deep green, orange) this very day in Big W (discount chain store). They exist. It just took me a while to find them.
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I finally managed to find an incredibly plain black Speedo maternity suit that cost pretty much the same as a regular one, so was spared the foofy maternity suit horror, but yeah, I can see that a larger regular one could work as well.
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