What to Wear to the Office When You Are Pregnant

Nursing Pajamas

Shopping for maternity clothes can be fun as well as challenging and frustrating. Not only do you not want to look fat, but you have to plan on gaining weight. You can try on the imaginary pillow belly in the stores, but it still doesn't give you an idea as to how the rest of your body will change when you are pregnant. Unfortunately, they don't make bottom, hip and chest pillows in the store for trying on clothes, not to mention thighs.

Nursing Pajamas

Even more challenging than finding fun stuff to wear, is shopping for office wear when you are pregnant. You may not be ready to "share the news" with the office yet, so you want to disguise your pregnancy for a while without looking fat. Even once you are showing, you may not want to advertise the fact you are pregnant depending on your work environment. All the same you want to buy clothes that will take you through your pregnancy and look good on you. You also want to look professional in much the same way that you would dress if you were not pregnant, not too cute, not too sexy or too revealing.

The Japanese Weekend Maternity brand offers the best of both worlds. This maternity label, based in San Francisco, offers the best office-casual and professional maternity clothes out there. They are also a reasonable price for designer clothes with superior fit and style. Their D&A (During and After) collection consists of tops and dresses that double for nursing and postpartum wear, are an especially good buy as they can last you over a year.

Here are some good basic styles from Japanese Weekend to get you started or your professional office maternity wardrobe:

Dresses
Japanese Weekend offers an excellent selection of maternity wrap dresses for all seasons, colors and patterns. The wrap style is so easy to wear and adjustable for all stages of your pregnancy. Their jersey fabrics and poly/spandex blends are all wrinkle resistant for a smooth polished look when you are on-the-go. The jersey styles are also great year round fabrics that can give you enough coverage for winter and can be paired with a jacket for added warmth and style. Japanese Weekend usually carries the wrap dress in warmer seasons in a short sleeve variety.

Another flattering style maternity dress is the empire waist. Japanese Weekend always carries this style in both dresses and tops as it always a bestseller. This style works very well for pregnancy as it emphases the smallest part of your body while allowing room for tummy and hips to expand without calling attention them. I recommend choosing a pattern you like in this style as well as a solid. While a pattern is more noticeable if you plan to wear it every week, a solid can be worn over and over and paired jackets or different shoes for a varied look.

Skirts and Pants
Japanese Weekend has a knee length jersey "Office Skirt" as well a flowing jersey "Office Pant" which are both must-haves for your maternity office wardrobe. These timeless basics can be mixed and matched year long and are sure to stretch to fit your changing shape. I recommend buying both in black and also in a coco for the jersey office pant. For an additional basic skirt, I recommend Japanese Weekends Long Black Skirt and their long Lux Jersey Side Slit Skirt in coco which are both wrinkle resistant and perfect for the office anytime of the year.

Maternity Tops
Japanese Weekend's Cross Over Top is part of the D&A collection and is flattering for pregnancy and postpartum as well as offering discreet nursing access. This style has been so successful that the cross over top is available in a wide variety of colors and patterns. New this year Japanese Weekend has come out with a Front Cross Over Dress in the same style as the top which is also for both maternity and nursing wear.

Another great style Japanese Weekend top is the D&A Sash Maternity and Nursing Top. This top is also a big crowd pleaser and is available in at least 5 colors. This style features an empire waist adjustable side tie, 3/4 sleeves and a flattering square neck. The Sash Maternity Top is so versatile, you can pair it with a jersey skirt, office pants or jeans. This top is a great postpartum choice as well since is disguises your recovering belly while offering discreet nursing access. The 3/4 sleeves also work well anytime of the year.

So if you are looking for a wide selection of maternity office wear that you can mix and match, choose a few good prints and solids from the Japanese Weekend collection and you will have a wardrobe that can take you through maternity and beyond.

What to Wear to the Office When You Are Pregnant
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