Um.

[rivka]

I bought a dress yesterday for ladysprite's wedding.

Um.

At Motherhood Maternity.

I think it's very pretty, but, um, it's a maternity dress. The kind they sell for pregnant women. There was a pillow in the dressing room, with a velcro strap so you could see how your clothes would look a few months down the line.

Uh.

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[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

I don't remember seeing this last night (and I was up at midnight, so I would have, I would think).

However.

It is indeed a pretty dress.

[wiredferret.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's a weird sensation.

Although I am frequently surprised by how reasonable their prices are for that kind of thing. And happily, it's not your mother's maternity mumu.

Today I am wearing a really nice knit two-piece outfit with a square neckline that I just love. And it's comfy like pjs.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

It didn't show up on my Friends list.

The other way to buy pregnancy clothes is to look in shops selling clothes for immigrants from India and Pakistan, because those dresses and saris can be worn up to the moment of giving birth while continuing to look good.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

That's very cute, and would probably look nice on me, too, as I've got quite the belly. ;)

I didn't see this last night but went to bed at 11. I don't know what could have happened -- you didn't actually set it 'private'? (Even so, if you were logged in, you should have been able to see it on friends' pages.)

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

And the pants for salwar kameez close with drawstrings. (That said, the tops are slightly fitted, so a 4-month top might not fit an 8-month belly.)

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Did you know that Carter's has a line of Very Hungry Caterpillar baby clothes? They're impossibly cute.

You're tall enough that it doesn't make sense for me to beg you for hand-me-down maternity clothes goodness, aren't you? Alas.

[kightp.livejournal.com]

I love it. I'd love it if I didn't know it was a maternity dress. Hell, I'd buy one in the same style - it looks as if it would work great with my (ahem) "figure." Do they sell 'em in purple?

[rivka.livejournal.com]

They just sell them in one color, which they call "berry" and I guess I would call "wine." I bet it would look great on you. One thing the picture doesn't make clear is that this dress has cleavage that you wouldn't believe. I actually have to adjust it carefully so that none of my bra shows at the bottom of the V.

[bibliotrope.livejournal.com]

Very Hungry Caterpillar baby clothes?

Do they have wormholes in them? :-)

[wcg.livejournal.com]

It is indeed a beautiful dress. You look ravishing in it.

[thatwordgrrl.livejournal.com]

I think it is quite fetching.

Not turquoise. Not ruffly. Not able to double as a pup tent.

It's *all* good! :>

[tammylc.livejournal.com]

And speaking of which, I haven't forgotten. Hand-me downs will be winging their way to you pretty soon.

[minnaleigh.livejournal.com]

I think it's very pretty, but, um, it's a maternity dress. The kind they sell for pregnant women.

Oops. Didn't you get the memo? It said, "Dear Rivka, You are pregnant."

I'm working this week with a woman who is 37 weeks along. Every time I maneuver around her belly (~ every 2.4 minutes) I think about you being that huge and looking that gorgeous in a few months.

[elynne.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm... *thinks the chick who never ever wears dresses* but I never ever wear dresses! *wail* :]

Which is by way of saying that's a sublimely nice dress, that is.

Shocking!

[trinker.livejournal.com]

Who could imagine? A gorgeous maternity dress for...well, you know the rest. What a far cry from the sort of sailor smock horror they used to try to foist.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

No rush! I can still fit into my jeans. :-)

Let me know how much I should send you for shipping, and to where.

[edschweppe.livejournal.com]

Would it be too declasse to yell "GIF! GIF! GIF!"?

Or do I just have to take the word of folks like wcg that you're even more gorgeous than ever wearing that dress?

[okoshun.livejournal.com]

I didn't see it last night, but I saw it when I loaded my friends page this evening, snuck in between 2 posts that I'd read the night before.

[bibliotrope.livejournal.com]

I don't remember seeing it last night either, but here it is in my Friends posts tonight -- way down the list, of course.

And it is a *very* pretty dress!

[porcinea.livejournal.com]

It's cute!

Motherwear is your friend. Or will be. (Motherhood makes a shirt that dropped my boob out in public last week. I'm never wearing it again.)

There's a gazillion maternity designer boutiques here; DC must be packed with 'em, too.

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's quite lovely.

[baratron.livejournal.com]

I'm very amused by the shop being called Motherhood Maternity. Is that for people who don't know what the name Maternity means? ;) I'm sure what you actually mean is that you bought it from the Maternity clothing section of a shop called Motherhood, but I like my interpretation better :)

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Actually, your first interpretation seems to be correct. The full name of the store really is "Motherhood Maternity," although they apparently also have a small division that is "Motherhood Nursingwear."

I think they've put the word "Motherhood" in the name because that word makes pregnant women weepy and sentimental, which then opens our pocketbooks wide.

When people who know I'm pregnant greet me with "Hey, mommy!", there's a moment when I can't even speak, I'm so bowled over. My eyes fill with tears. I am completely under the thrall of pregnancy hormones. The word "motherhood" gets me the same way.

(I can't imagine what my childfree friends must be thinking of me right now! You're very patient to even be reading these posts.)

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

Oooohhhh. Nice dress.:)

And I completely missed this announcement, so, congratulations! I wish you a comfortable and easy pregnancy and a serene delivery.

I would wish you a comfortable delivery, but birth & comfortable aren't all that compatable...:)

Gessi