Jan
2012
Lack of Maternity Wear in Canada
Let me start off by saying Canadians have crappy crappy maternity stores. We have very few stores that offer maternity lines and it makes it that much harder for us to look good. Sure there are a lot of online stores who offer great lines, but majority of the time they either don’t ship to Canada or if they do they charge astronomical prices and that’s excluding and additional duties and fees. Let’s just say that it makes it that much harder to shop.
I’m sure many will say… ya, but there’s Gap Maternity, Pea in a Pod, Destination Maternity and even Target. Well …. we don’t have any of that here. Only Motherhood Maternity made it’s way across the border and very little options from Old Navy too. The stores that we do have is Thyme Maternity, Mexx Maternity (with very little choice), Du-Date Maternity and H&M maternity. Everything else is non-existant (unless I am clueless of what’s out there, but I’ve search endlessly with very little or no results.) What drives me bananas is that because of the lack of options, I fell like all pregnant woman look the same because we clearly shop at all the same stores. (Most popular : Thyme Maternity) The fact that there aren’t many options allows the stores to boost their prices and have very little sales. Definitely not good for my budget and my plan to be debt-free.
Not having style while pregnant is not good especially with hormones going wild. So what do Canadians Momma’s do? Where do they go? Or do you know of any stores that ship to Canada for cheap?
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Katie
January 13, 2012 at 11:21 (493 days ago)So, I don’t really have experience with this, but have you tried ASOS maternity? I do believe they ship for free worldwide!
Kelly | Glamour This!
January 13, 2012 at 11:31 (493 days ago)Katie, I haven’t purchased from them yet, but my next maternity fashion post is from them
Only site I found that’s online and shipping to Canada for very little. PLus they have sales. Thanks for the heads up though. (I did learn about them maybe 2 months ago, clearly I’m out of the loop with stores like that)
jennifer
January 13, 2012 at 11:26 (493 days ago)Hey Kelly,
A couple stores that I shopped at when I was pregnant. Apso Bibi on st-laurent st and Mamma Mia in the west island. The latter is a bit on the pricey side but well worth it if you need something stylish for a special occasion. Good luck on your pregnancy!
Brooke
January 13, 2012 at 14:15 (493 days ago)Have you thought about looking for “regular” clothes? I wore a lot of yoga pants and empire waist shirts. Also some thrift store jeans/pants in larger sizes with the buttons undone.
kelsey
January 13, 2012 at 18:30 (493 days ago)Oh man, I’m in the US and I feel like we have nothing here either. I struggle so much trying to find something that’s cute and maternity. Even the stores that carry maternity clothes, don’t really have that many of them, so you’re still limited. So, I hear you!
Jacqueline Daw
January 13, 2012 at 22:06 (493 days ago)If you’re ever in Calgary, there is a fantastic store called “Posh Mommy”. Fantastic, stylish clothing, located on Kensington Road. Website is http://www.poshmommy.ca