30 Days of Hind Hart | Maternity 101 | Day 25

Y’all need to bear with me for a few minutes while I go on a brief rant. As I said yesterday, this post makes me very excited and inspired and there are a few reasons why. First of all, when I found out I was pregnant I obviously knew my body was going to change but what I didn’t know was how many people were going to have an opinion about it. People either secretly hate on you because you are “small” and you shouldn’t be upset about gaining a little bit of weight OR people hate on you because you blow up like a balloon and make judgements that you “let yourself go”. This part of why I am excited is slightly irrelevant to my post but relates back to the whole “people having an opinion about your pregnancy”. Although those opinions do drive me insane, what bothers me more is when I try to make the best of myself by dressing up, wearing makeup and doing my hair and someone says “You won’t be doing that much longer!” or I’ll be wearing a dress and I get “Why are you all dressed up?  you’re pregnant.”. Excuse me but who was the person that got into every woman’s head and told them when you get pregnant and have kids, your life goes to sh**and you are no longer allowed to look nice anymore. This is seriously the vibe I get from so many people and not just women. This leads me to the second reason I am excited about this post. The first time I went maternity shopping I had a melt down in the middle of the mall, I absolutely HATED looking at all of the new trends that I simply couldn’t buy because already my body was changing at a rapid pace. (side note: I know I have a small bump but I carry very low and I haven’t fit into my regular jeans since I was 8 weeks pregnant!) Instead, I had to wander around stores like H&M to find the smallest of small maternity section that had maybe two styles of jeans, two dresses and maybe ten different tops. In that moment I realized, it’s no wonder women feel they need to “let themselves go”. Not only when pregnant but even if we put weight on, it becomes SO hard to find clothes that not only fit but ones that we love! I had this very brief emotional thought that I want to change this, and provide other pregnant women with clothes that they actually like. Frig, it’s bad enough we need to replace our whole wardrobe but when we need to replace it with things we don’t even like… That’s not fair! So my brief thought was quickly dismissed when I realized I probably won’t just design a maternity line and be able to sell it across the world over the next few months. I did however, come up with the idea for this blog post and it would be a very quick and easy way for me to show some other moms what I’ve been wearing and what really works for me (even though it’s still a learning curve).

I brought my very small maternity wardrobe out to my moms and we threw together some quick outfits that were comfy as well as cute! After we finished I was browsing through the images and I have to say, I really felt great about myself and what we accomplished. I finished this post feeling like I wanted to do more, which then lead me to a more reasonable idea which was to continue to make posts like this so I can share with everyone my struggles and how I am overcoming them. I know I won’t have the time to look like this every day after I have a baby, but if you see me in public I’m pretty confident I will be carrying myself with respect and doing my best to just be me! I’ve ALWAYS loved fashion and playing dress up was pretty much my favourite thing to do as a little girl. Why should that have to change when I have my own child? Especially if I have a little girl. I will want her to see that her mother cares and has respect for her self as a woman. If I give into what everyone is telling me, then I will lose a big part of who I am as a woman. So for all of you women out there who are experiencing what I am, pregnant or not I encourage you to try your hardest to be yourself. And maybe you don’t know the first thing about fashion or being stylish but you really want to because you just feel “Blah”. I hope that what I’ve shared today will encourage you to step outside your comfort zone a little and I hope that you will continue to read and watch for more posts like this!

I’ve combined a mix of each season although most of it is winter since I will only be pregnant during the winter. My tips are some what scattered but I tried my best. I’m hoping that even looking at these outfits will give you some inspiration!