About eight years ago I bought my first nursing bra. I had no idea what I was doing. Don?t get me wrong, I knew shopping (very well) and loved lingerie. But, all of the lovely things in my drawers didn?t prepare me for this purchase. First of all, all of those bras were for MY breasts, not for THESE foreign, ever changing and growing things I now was lugging (proudly) around.....
Rule #1 for nursing moms: you need a good nursing bra!
I can't overstate this. You'll thank yourself later, when your boobs are still perky and reside roughly in the same spot they were pre-baby. A crappy, poor-quality nursing bra isn't going to work. Support the girls!....
As in, my girls. As in, my boobs. Got your attention? Okay, this really isn?t as an exciting of a post as you would hope, but I did want to share a recent find that is making me very happy....
I bought my first nursing bra in a frenzy on my last visit to the breastfeeding clinic. (Thank God those days are over!) It was a Bravado Designs Original, and while functional, it certainly didn?t do me any favours in the style department....
I have been thinking a lot lately about what kind of mom I am. We do that, don?t we? us moms. We define ourselves, group and judge, choose. Choices tend to go along with other choices ? if we have a midwife and we breastfeed then should we co-sleep? If we give the seven-year-old organic food and limit TV...
To keep up with the needs of moms who breastfeed, nursing bra designers are making nursing bras that are functional, flattering and even pretty. Alison Kramer, for example, started Nummies...
