This is a guest post from Darcie Hewitt-Dudding on behalf of Milkbug.
Long gone are the days
where mums are seen as frumpy, cake-baking, jam-making, apron-wearing
kid wranglers. It’s actually quite cool to be a mum, with pregnant
celebrities looking as amazing on the catwalk as their non-pregnant
counterparts. Young women like Lily
Cooper (nee Allen) and Peaches Geldof are breaking the
mumsy stereotype in the media, making being a mum supercool. Along
with the latest news that Kate Middleton is pregnant, there’s
nothing more in vogue than joyfully bringing life into the world and
looking and feeling good whilst you do it.
New Mum Pressure
In the media, there is
always a furore when a woman has her baby, particularly when they
‘struggle to lose baby weight’ or start their workout the day
after giving birth and are stick thin a week later. There is also the
question of whether you go back to work or not, with media
‘supermums’ somehow juggling several children and their
high-flying career. Are you exhausted just reading that? Me too.
Though we know it’s an impossible ideal, it still puts a pressure
on regular mums like you and I, making us feel under even more
pressure to be a good mum as well as looking like a model and keeping
a hold of our careers.
Looking Amazing
without all the Hard Work
No regular actual mum
has time or energy to exercise and look after a newborn, and
apparently neither does Gwen Stefani who has recently said she has
given up working out in favour of spending time with her children, so
there’s really no need to feel bad about your wobbly belly! The key
to looking good is the cut of your clothes. Milkbug is a cute little
clothing company that caters for nursing mums. Combining
functionality with fashion, they have filled the gap in the market
for young mums who want to be comfortable, practical and stylish and
want the confidence to breastfeed wherever they may need to. They
offer a range of different pieces, from Milkbug
tops, to dresses and nightwear, all designed with
nursing in mind. Their clothes are designed in a range of different
styles for nursing access, from oversized armholes and layers, to
empire line and princess line access, so there is never any
unnecessary flesh exposed and you can breastfeed in comfort. Most of
these pieces are suitable for use from pregnancy right through to
post-partum. This way you don’t need to have rock-hard abs the day
after you’ve birth, you can just create the illusion with
beautifully cut clothes, and feel confident and radiant just as you
are.
Images courtesy of Milkbug.
