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Postpartum is puberty‘s cousin. Both involve high doses of hormones, manic emotions, and awkward body fluctuations.
Amidst the sleep deprivation and oxytocin throes, remember this truth: you are a mother, and unequivocally a queen. Every scar on your body is an imprint of the life you have born. Wear each mark as a badge of honor.
Your pre-pregnancy trousers will not magically latch as you exit the hospital, but if you're lucky your baby will. And that tiny body should be your focus. Postpartum like pregnancy is a process, and one that can be relished, if given fair opportunity and appropriate costume.
Amidst the sleep deprivation and oxytocin throes, remember this truth: you are a mother, and unequivocally a queen. Every scar on your body is an imprint of the life you have born. Wear each mark as a badge of honor.
Your pre-pregnancy trousers will not magically latch as you exit the hospital, but if you're lucky your baby will. And that tiny body should be your focus. Postpartum like pregnancy is a process, and one that can be relished, if given fair opportunity and appropriate costume.
THE FIRST 40 DAYS
Immediately after giving birth, I declare that all mothers have the the right to a 40 day spa like retreat with their newly born. Yet even during your span of sanctuary, you have to get dressed in clean clothes, everyday. A floral chemise and lightweight robe, yoga leggings paired with a cozy hoodie, select your lounge-wear with care. Well wishers are going to visit and you want to look presentable.
BEYOND 40 DAYS
Tops(how to nurse in normal clothes)- The beauty of a button-down lies in its adaptability. Expose the serving saucers and enshroud the rest. It need not buttondown to hip, a handful of buttons on a henley is plenty.
- A criss-cross wrap top not only leaves your core under the covers, it will also allow you to unveil a single teet at a time. Or opt for a draped cowlneck, the extra fabric cloaks you and your sweet suckling's business.
- A knit's neckline may scoop, dive, or lunge but make sure it stretches to accomodate milk appointments. And you may desire to pair it with a nursing tank. Open neck jersey knits are especially graceful when ruched or ruffled as they cloak retreating remains of pregnancy.
- Because a swing jacket is cut fuller and wider than your core, your center instantly looks smaller and flatter by comparison. A fintgertip-length hoodie cut straight or banded below the bust (at the empire) rather than along the hipline avoids the puffy snowman homage in favor of a long, lean silhouette.
Skirts & Dresses:
- Skirts are guileless creatures on the whole. An A-Line cut will simultaneously pardon and offer sequestered sanctuary to a soft center, an inflated thigh, a swollen bottom. Elastic waistbands are of particular use as they will unquestionably follow the expansion and contraction of your own figure.
- Wrap dresses offer similar loyalties. As you abandon inches they can be tightened across your frame; they also outfit you as a gracious and efficient milkmaid.
- Babies are clumsy creatures and sleep deprived mothers are equally messy, wash and wear is thus a requirement to avoid dry cleaning dependencies. Jersey dresses with veils of ruching, ruffles, and other embellishments will offer a vague yet vivacious outline.
Pants:
- When given a soft, delicious center, the waistband of denim should corset in the widest width with a mid-rise. If the waistband is too low, muffin tops results. Too high and you'll resemble a kangaroo.
- Drawstring trousers allow you to adjust sizes sans tailor.
Unders:
- Rather than repeat an entire lecture on nursing bras and their accouterments, I defer you to the following posts:
Accessories
- A lightweight scarf can be tied to camouflage bust and belly simultaneously.
- A wide stretchy belt worn at your widest borders can corset in the remains of birth. Just don't cinch it in too tight.
- Just because you've had a baby, doesn't mean you are one. Select a diaper bag with plenty of organization and sophistication.
Don't be shy to add your experience in the comments. What's your favorite postpartum indulgence?
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ReplyDeleteThanks for this post. My baby is 5 weeks old now and I am hating everything I own and my mirrors lately. Here's hoping I can implement these ideas and some new pieces into my wardrobe!
ReplyDeleteThis post came at the perfect time! My bundle of joy is two weeks old and I think I've had more emotional break downs caused by nothing to wear than hormones. I love the cozy robes and yoga pants..they're super cute! I found that my favorite outfit these days (when I DO get dressed) is a light cotton dress that has three buttons down the front. It's light and breezy for these hot Arizona days, but easy to breastfeed in. I throw a belt with it and I feel and look pretty cute. I got it at a thrift store, otherwise I would have bought it in every color!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! Wish I knew all this three years ago. :) Pinning so I can remember.
ReplyDeleteLove your comment about the diaper bags. haha. There are some pretty bad ones out there!
ReplyDeleteLove this post. I wish I would have had your advice 7 months ago :) Next time I will be a stylin' post partum mummy!
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