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CookiePuss
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Nursing or BTDT moms...should I invest in nursing clothes?
I'm 2 weeks in to exclusively bfing(YAY for me!!!!) and have a couple of tops. I have only nursed at home but will be venturing out more as ds gets older. Have you found the nursing clothes to be more helpful when nursing out and about?
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KPtoys
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Re: Nursing or BTDT moms...should I invest in nursing clothes?
  good for you
I personally didn't want to spend the money on nursing attire. I wear normal clothes and either pull the vneck down or lift it up and use a blanket
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| Posted 4/30/08 11:51 AM |
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DancinBarefoot
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Re: Nursing or BTDT moms...should I invest in nursing clothes?
The only investment I made past a nursing bra was a nursing tank top from Target. I go out all the time and don't wear button down shirts b/c it exposes more skin. (if I pull shirt up baby covers my stomach and shirt covers top of breast, whereas unbutton shirt exposes breast and baby doesn't cover the entire thing). I almost never use a blanket or coverup to hide baby.
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| Posted 4/30/08 12:04 PM |
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Dragonfly75
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Re: Nursing or BTDT moms...should I invest in nursing clothes?
You can get some cheap nursing tops at Motherhood. I thought it was worth it because it made breastfeeding in public so much easier. Glad breastfeeding is going well for you!
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| Posted 4/30/08 12:11 PM |
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Eireann
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Re: Nursing or BTDT moms...should I invest in nursing clothes?
I never did. I always wore a tank underneath my shirts. Like a PP said, you can lift up the shirt and pull down the tank and basically nothing is exposed.
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| Posted 4/30/08 12:12 PM |
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babymakes3
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Re: Nursing or BTDT moms...should I invest in nursing clothes?
Posted by DancinBarefoot
The only investment I made past a nursing bra was a nursing tank top from Target. I go out all the time and don't wear button down shirts b/c it exposes more skin. (if I pull shirt up baby covers my stomach and shirt covers top of breast, whereas unbutton shirt exposes breast and baby doesn't cover the entire thing). I almost never use a blanket or coverup to hide baby.
That's exactly what I did too.
I bought regular shirts but made sure they were nursing friendly.
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| Posted 4/30/08 12:19 PM |
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leighla
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Re: Nursing or BTDT moms...should I invest in nursing clothes?
Posted by babymakes3
Posted by DancinBarefoot
The only investment I made past a nursing bra was a nursing tank top from Target. I go out all the time and don't wear button down shirts b/c it exposes more skin. (if I pull shirt up baby covers my stomach and shirt covers top of breast, whereas unbutton shirt exposes breast and baby doesn't cover the entire thing). I almost never use a blanket or coverup to hide baby.
That's exactly what I did too.
I bought regular shirts but made sure they were nursing friendly.
Same here.
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| Posted 4/30/08 12:26 PM |
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Laura1976
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Re: Nursing or BTDT moms...should I invest in nursing clothes?
i bought a bunch of nursing camisoles and would wear sweat shirts or button downs on top of them.
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| Posted 4/30/08 12:58 PM |
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Juliet
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Re: Nursing or BTDT moms...should I invest in nursing clothes?
Congrats on your success. I hope you continue to do well.
As far as nursing clothes, I bought a pair of pajamas and a nursing cami/tank but other than that, regular knit shirts worked well.
I also found a few surplice (cross over style) shirts work like nursing tops in that you can pull one side down.
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| Posted 4/30/08 1:27 PM |
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ziamaria
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Re: Nursing or BTDT moms...should I invest in nursing clothes?
i only have nursing bras and nursing tanks. if i am going somewhere i know it will be hard to manuever, i wear a tank w/a zip up jacket or cardigan over it - otherwise regular clothes work well.
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| Posted 4/30/08 1:47 PM |
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Janice
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Re: Nursing or BTDT moms...should I invest in nursing clothes?
only nursing bras and tanks....I would rather someone sees my boob then the stretched marked big belly I was rocking...
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DUCKS2001
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Re: Nursing or BTDT moms...should I invest in nursing clothes?
i got a few tshirts but ended up using my hooter hider.. i didnt want to spend $$ on nursing clothes
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| Posted 4/30/08 1:52 PM |
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chelle
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Re: Nursing or BTDT moms...should I invest in nursing clothes?
I live in my nursing tanks. I'll even wear them when I'm going out w/o DD
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| Posted 4/30/08 1:52 PM |
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Shelly
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Re: Nursing or BTDT moms...should I invest in nursing clothes?
I bought a thing or two, but never wore them. I lived in those tank tops from old navy or Express that have the shelf bra. Anytime I needed to feed DD, I just pulled it down.
I did get some nursing bras for the winter which were great.
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| Posted 4/30/08 2:00 PM |
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patti08
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Re: Nursing or BTDT moms...should I invest in nursing clothes?
I have 4 long sleeve shirts, 2 nice sweaters, 4 short sleeve shirts, 4 tank tops and 2 dresses. They all have nursing openings and allow me to nurse very discretely which I have done in tons of places, parks, restaurants, parties. No one ever realizes I'm nursing. I have 5 nursing bras and 3 sleep bras. I'm considering a nursing bathing suit too.
I planned from the beginning to EBF until at least a year. We are now at 8 months and I am still planning on continuing to BF until at least a year and hopefully 18 months. If I hadn't planned to do it for this long I wouldn't have made the investment. I plan to EBF and go for the same amount of time when we have a second child too.
The sites I have bought from are:
Expressiva
Motherwear
I like the spring/summer weather clothes from Motherwear better. The clothes from both sites hold up well in the wash.
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Lillykat
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Re: Nursing or BTDT moms...should I invest in nursing clothes?
I have a few nursing tanks from target which are fabulous - I wear them under a tee shirt or sweater - which makes it easy to BF and be mostly covered up.
 
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NewlyMrs
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Re: Nursing or BTDT moms...should I invest in nursing clothes?
Posted by leighla
Posted by babymakes3
Posted by DancinBarefoot
The only investment I made past a nursing bra was a nursing tank top from Target. I go out all the time and don't wear button down shirts b/c it exposes more skin. (if I pull shirt up baby covers my stomach and shirt covers top of breast, whereas unbutton shirt exposes breast and baby doesn't cover the entire thing). I almost never use a blanket or coverup to hide baby.
That's exactly what I did too.
I bought regular shirts but made sure they were nursing friendly.
Same here.
same here
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