Best and worst pregnancy gear?

Best:
wedge pillow for bump
womama mat bra and matching undies (I have them on now!)
gentle birth, gentle mothering. A book by Sarah Buckley.
Baby on board. A book by dr Howard.
Metalicus!!!! Dresses, tops and skirts! I know it's expensive, but I bought it on sale and still wear all the pieces.
Country road cardigan- it was long and covered lots.
Peppermint tear
Pink kit

worst:
Up the duff. Useless and the birth story is horrendous!
Anything that looks like maternity wear.
Bonds mat bra- what was I thinking?'

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Best:
gentle birth, gentle mothering. A book by Sarah Buckley.

worst:
Up the duff. Useless and the birth story is horrendous!'

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Yep and yep. Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering is fantastic.

Up the Duff is insulting to intelligent women, and the birth story was completely unhelpful. I get that some births are like that, but I didn't see the point in "normalising" it rather than normalising natural vaginal positive birth stories. I also found that she adopts a rather snide tone when mentioning homebirth as an option, and she only presents traditional medical approaches to pregnancy and birth, rather than a balanced, informed approach. Anyone want to buy it off me? It's in great condition!

ohh good thread!

Loved
Pink Bonds Maternity Hoodie
Maternity Jeans - cant remember the brand
K-mart maternity cargo 3/4 shorts - lived in them.. (still do post bub :redface: )
Belly Bands
Book - Birth Skills Juju Sundin
Wedge Pillow for bump
Ripe Maternity Wrap dress (still wear it!)

Hated
Up the duff - I cant see whys it so popular!!
Belly Belts.. urghh so dont work for me
Body Pillow.. too big for me
Loose tops - made me look fat not pregnant
Hot Milk PJs - looked great but not good fit for me

will have to have a think and see what else I can add

Loved:

Pumpkin Patch maternity tees
Target stretchy pants & linen skirt
Diana Ferrari slip on sandals

Disliked:

My bf pillow a gf gave to me. I was too hard & too small to fit around my waist.....I used it to 'prop' up DD when she was older (actually don't know where it is now)
A list of things to take to hospital also given to me by the same gf who gave me the bf pillow. Many things I bought I never used

Loved my pair of sensible shoes that a friend made me buy from the Nanna Shoe Shop. I lived in them all pregnancy even if they were a bit daggy. Worth. Every. Cent. Seriously!

Hated maternity jeans over the belly - yuck!

I have Up the Duff. It wasn't too bad for the early weeks, but once you got to the important stuff it wasn't much help and quite patronizing really! I was flabbergasted at the birth story too!

Yep, Belly Belly definitely comes under The Best heading too!
And loose, non-maternity tops (thanks KMart).
And Trade Secret for cheap maternity clothes that aren't appallingly daggy.

OO my chiro gave me a book, 'Well Adjusted Babies' im loving it!

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gentle birth, gentle mothering. A book by Sarah Buckley.
Baby on board. A book by dr Howard.

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both excellent books!

Also....
The New Pregnancy and Childbirth by Sheila Kitzinger (well anything by her)
Ina May Gaskin's guide to childbirth
Sleeping with your baby- Dr James Mc Kenna (interesting read, all the reasons why co-sleeping is good for your baby)
Sleeping like a baby/100 ways to calm the crying- Pinky McKay

I had my nose in a book all the way through my pregnancy!

I borrowed a book from the library for DH, I forget what it was called but it was written especially for men about all the things to expect post-childbirth and how to support a new mum. Very medicalised look at everything (written by a male OB) but if you knew which bits to skip over and take with a grain of salt it was pretty useful.

My mum got me Your Baby and Chil by Penelope Leach to read while pg...some parts worthwhile but overall I found it not at all in sync with my parenting values and stopped reading once I got to the bit about never letting your baby fall asleep at the breast :shakehead:

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Best:

Metalicus!!!! Dresses, tops and skirts! I know it's expensive, but I bought it on sale and still wear all the pieces.

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how could i forget my metalicus??!!!! this stuff is by far the BEST pregnancy gear and i wore it all even when non-pregnant and it is still holding strong with the second pregnancy. i just love it! easy to layer and looks stylish!!!!