Bloom Maternity

With a little searching I found Bloom Maternity in Westmount Montreal. It's a small maternity clothing boutique that has a little of everything.

I loved my experience shopping there because the owner who buys all the styles they stock was on hand to help me find just what I needed. It felt like I had a personally shopper - for free (well almost ;))!

So I finally found a dress to wear for our first wedding of the season. I loved that the owner had "faux belly foam inserts" on hand so I could see if the dress would accommodate my belly as it grows in the coming months. She buys items that you can wear before, after, as well as throughout the whole pregnancy.

They had this style in black which is very similar to the one I ended up purchasing. It's by Jacky Luxury which is not even a maternity brand so I will be able to keep this little black dress to wear post baby too.

Bloom Maternity offers many known and lesser known high end brands and I was surprised to pay less than I would normally for a "non-maternity" dress. Great experience overall! I would definitely recommend this store for momma's to be! A gift certificate from this shop for Montreal pregnant mom's is a great gift idea!

You can check out their Facebook page to see some of the styles they are currently carrying! Happy shopping!

I Love my Blanqi

I really had to share about how much I absolutely love this product, the Blanqi.  Best maternity purchase I have made so far.



Via Queen Mother Maternity


Amazing support and body styler, and most important, comfort!   My work requires me to sit all day in front of a computer and I was starting to feel shortness of breath because of the weight and when I would walk, I almost felt as though I was ready to deliver.  The Blanqi spreads the weight around and give me the support I need and really helps me get through my day.  Wish I had known about this my first pregnancy!

PS: the customer service at Queen Mother Maternity (where I purchased the Blanqi) was phenomenal, despite my crazy little guy running around and playing with the mannequins. 

A dress for a wedding...

Finding a dress for a wedding...Sounds simple right? Spring is upon us and there are millions of beautiful dresses just waiting for an excuse to be bought and worn! With a May wedding coming up I have the perfect excuse to run out and splurge on one! Trouble is I'll be nearing the end of my second trimester by then...how do you plan for that? It's hard to tell how big I'll be but I don't want to wait until the last minute to try and find something!

As Yolanda S. has previously posted last week, finding on trend & quality maternity pieces at an affordable price is not so easy! Luckily in Montreal we have H&M and some of their stores do carry a maternity line. It's not a big collection and the good items go quickly so you need to go often. Unfortunately they don't really carry special occasion pieces.

I've been looking online and I'm starting to consider regular sized dresses in more forgiving shapes (and maybe a size up from my usual if necessary?).

I found these dresses at BCBG. They would need some serious neck and/or wrist jewelry to dress them up (as well as a great pair of heels) but one of these might just do the trick:

Dress via BCBG

Dress via BCBG

Dress via BCBG

Dress via BCBG

Dress via BCBG

Dress via BCBG

Dress via BCBG

Dress via BCBG

Dress via BCBG

I also found these at All Saints:

Dress via All Saints

Dress via All Saints

I love shopping online for all kinds of items (household/decor items, gifts, books, shoes or other accessories) but I find clothing the hardest as all brands have different sizing scales. Add to that my growing belly and this becomes quite a gamble....If anyone knows of a store that sells special occasion maternity dresses in Montreal I'd love to hear about it. In the meantime my online search continues!

Update to Old Navy Post

I was corrected today by a friend that in fact Old Navy in Canada does have a maternity line in some of its stores.  So if you are looking for maternity wear, call up your nearest Old Navy to find out if they carry the line.  Apparently the Bayshore location in Ottawa does.

Why didn't anyone tell me about Old Navy's Maternity Line?

With spring just around the corner, last week I felt I needed a fresh change in wardrobe.  All the colours of this season's Spring fashion were making me feel like a girl in a candy store.  Plus I have made it this far in my pregnancy without needing much maternity wear, but now that I am in my third trimester, I need more options that actually fit....So last week I spent hours shopping online desperately for inexpensive and trendy items to finish off my third trimester.  My search wasn't too successful, especially for work clothing but somehow today, I figured out that Old Navy has a maternity line.  I guess I never knew about it because unfortunately it is only available in the U.S.

Other than the fabulous comfortable clothing, what really stood out to me is their "Hospital Bag Checklist" category.  I think it is a wonderful category if you are thinking of buying a gift for a special pregnant lady and her family, your daughter, sister, grand-daughter, niece, best friend...If it was me, I would so very much appreciate it...one less thing to worry about!

This is what I would like in my bag...

For me

Via Old Navy

Via Old Navy

Via Old Navy

Via Old Navy

Via Old Navy

For daddy

Via Old Navy

Via Old Navy

Via Old Navy

For baby

Via Old Navy

Via Old Navy

Via Old Navy

Via Old Navy

Check...check....check!