I ended up buying a RIPE tankini, i went to a maternity shop who i was told, stocked the ILANT range that i saw online and liked. Not an ILANT suit in sight, but i was told RIPE make very similar swimmers, but not in the groovy prints i had seen on the ILANT website. This particular tankini is for those of us who don't want to show the stomach. (Yes i'm a shy mum to be). The tank has a shelf bra and i find it enough support for me (DD).

Anyway, the tankini has a sort of skirt bottom to the tank top bit, so as you get more and more pregnant, the skirt bottom bit sits higher on your body (first at thigh level, later at pubic bone level). The matching bikini pant has a v across your stomach. I tried it all on with a maternity pillow under it to get an idea of what it would look like in a few months time.

I got the bathers cos the physio at the hosp where i am having my baby, put me into a weekly hydrotherapy class to help my back and i just couldn't wear my normal swimmers in public anymore).

Anyway, i am putting this here in case anyone finds it useful, cos i looked for ages, and am really happy with these swimmers.

For SA mums to be, this shop is Maternity Matters, Grenfell street, city (near Hindmarsh Square).