Annie have you tried to buy maternity clothing lately? Even our local Wal-Mart does not even have much of a selection. Once I was in Jo-Ann Fabrics looking at sewing patters when a pregnant woman and her mom were looking at patters. The mom to be was griping out loud about how she could not find maternity clothing anywhere. Then she could not find any sewing patterns for them! I looked myself, and only Burda had any. The other companies McCalls, Simplicity, and Butterick all had tabs for Maternity but no patterns! Only one in uniforms and that was a scrubs with a panel for pregnant woman.
What has happened to all the “Mommy and Me” type stores? There are none in my area!
Planned Parenthood?
What can be done if no patterns or outlets are available, perhaps take a large mans shirt and decorate or redesign. There is also the "large womens dept", wear the over size clothes.
It is just my opinion that modesty is rare these days, and I long for it's renewal.
The new Princess style of blouses are everywhere, and they do look like maternity clothing to me. I see older women wearing these, I think to hide a large middle section. haha.
I would never wear such and hate the look. I wore so many maternity cloths in the past and after 9 months of looking like that, I couldn't wait until I shed them.
Good luck