Breastfeeding Tops

Hiya,

I'm on the hunt for a few breast feeding tops and thought you ladies might have some feedback on what's good and what's not.

I'm after something comfy, casual but not too sloppy, can go in the dryer and is reasonably priced. Don't want anything too fancy.

There are heaps on trademe but I worry about shrinking, sizing etc and some of them aren't actually that cheap once you shop around.

I did get one from Egg but wasn't too fussed on the quality for what I paid for it. Not to mention everything seems to stick to it. The pants I bought from them are the same. They were pilled on the thighs (my thighs aren't THAT big) within three wears. Didn't keep the receipt or I would have returned them.

I didnt actually buy any bf tops.

When I went out I tended to wear desses or tops that had a v or as it was summer I had loads of dresses with a boob tube type top with spaghetti straps .. and I could just pop out a boobie (or singlets allow excellent access to a milk machine

Although I was lucky in that Issy was a summer baby .. so I didnt need to wear loads of layers.

I use the Bonds Bump singlets, comfy as for around home, had mine 6months and its still in fair condition, not too expensive about $30, and with mine being white it looks nice under a button up shirt if I'm going out, or under my lacy crochet hippy top. Even cheaper were my "pyjama" BF singlets, I got them from the warehouse on sale for about $7.50 each - Class women. I havn't bought any of the fancy expensive breastfeeding tops as I wasn't sure how long I'd be able to do it for (I swore I was going to give up "tomorrow" everyday from 3weeks through to about 8weeks). Now I'm just happier with a good BF bra and a nice T-shirt.

I noticed on the Womama website they have quite a bit for BF mothers...I have a skirt and whilst it was around the $80 mark, it is fantastic quality!

I did hear a whisper that they will be having a sale on their website in the next week or two...if you can hold out that long!

I saw some breastfeeding singlets in Kmart the other day that I'm pretty sure were $19.95, they were the spaghetti strap type ones

I got some nursing tops from uplusbaby and they were fantastic. I really liked them because they were super comfy and casual so good to wear with just a pair of jeans or trackies, but still nice enough to wear out if you wanted to. I originally bought one from Baby Factory, but after using it all the time decided I wanted another one or two so looked up their website and bought some more. Here's the link:

www.uplusbaby.com

They might be a bit pricey but they've lasted really well (I pretty much lived in them) so value for money.

i have 3 of the nurture BF singlets from Farmers and even now when not breastfeeding i still wear them they are so comfy!!!

I have 2 of the Kmart ones mentioned earlier, and I have worn them in already, so comfy and easy to use (I tested them out as soon as I bought them lol!) the shelf bra has two slits down the side to allow easy access, but they dont gape wide open, the material kind of overlaps over the nipple area... the snaps are easy to undo/ do up, but dont come off on their own, I can do it onehanded

I didnt buy anything for BFing DS, which was prob just as well, considering we never made it past 6 weeks, not for lack of trying, but this time I am determined to get it 'right' and these singlets are awesome! the black one I can wear on its own, the white one not so much as its kind of see through in that you can clearly see the slits in the shelf bra fabric lol.

Oh, they are also v. stretchy, which is the other reason I am finding them so comfy and wearing them a lot already hehe, no issues with them riding up or anything!

To be honest I don't have any BFing tops - I just went out after I had Bethany and bought some tops I liked that fitted slightly looser around my tummy so they'd be easy to lift without showing my skin to the world.

Another thing that worked was putting a belly band on underneath them - so that no one saw any skin at all. Slightly cooler than putting a whole singlet top or second layer on in this weather!

Oh & DH got me a hotmilk BFing nightie for Christmas - best thing ever!!!