Buying maternity clothes

I've come to the point where my bump won't allow me to wear my jeans anymore. They fit all right when I'm standing up but all I have to do is sit and eek! - it digs into me.

So last weekend, we went shopping along Kemang for mummy clothes. I told Top Monkey that I wanted to be as yummy a mummy for as long as I could be and he was trying to tell me that I had to accept that if I were going to be as big as a whale, I couldn't possibly be 100% fashionable. Boo-hoo. Can't I at least try to aim for 80% fashionable?

The maternity shops along Kemang had a very small selection and I was left wondering what pregnant women in Jakarta wore. Hmm... very curious. I left without any purchases but kept in mind where the shops were, just in case I would need them one day.

The next day, we hopped along to Senayan City, the big glitzy mall downtown. It was a Sunday and the mall was crowded with families on a day out. There was a Debenham's there, so we just popped in out of curiousity.
Much to my delight, two labels there carried a maternity line - Red Herring and Dorothy Perkins. Although the selection was again rather limited, at least they had nice flattering bottoms and tops for a mum-to-be. See, I'd tried explaining to Top Monkey that if I'm going to be all big and wobbly, I'd like to at least feel like an attractive big and wobbly person. :)))
They had very pretty nursing bras in their lingerie section too! I thought they looked lovely, can't wait for the time when I can buy them. No sense buying them now when I'm only 15 weeks along!

So now I know where to go to shop for my yummy mummy stuff, I'll probably just buy a pair of jeans or two for now. We're headed for Canada in June and I'll have a look-see there, I'm sure I'll have a lot more to choose from in Vancouver!