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Model Mommy
A Guide to Breastfeeding in Style
By Frances Pflaumer
Melissa, a 34-year-old executive from Manhattan, once asked me how a woman who had always paid a lot of attention to her image could attend to the nursing needs of her baby without losing her sense of style and personality in the process. That question stuck in my mind then, like one of those bubble gums you used to find at school underneath your student desk.
Back then, nursing in public meant either running to the next available bathroom you could find and hiding with your baby until she was finished nursing and you could finally breathe or wearing one of those out-of-style, oversized T-shirts that do nothing but make you cry out of pity for yourself.
Nowadays, styles have changed, and the addition of wonderful man-made fibers, such as Lycra® or Spandex®, has become a tremendous help for stylish breastfeeding moms. Those days when moms resented nursing in public because they could never look "normal" are over. Moms don't need to suffer any longer. Now they can look stylish and feel comfortable while addressing their babies' nursing needs.
There are five basic pieces that go a long way in any breastfeeding mom's wardrobe:
- A black linen nursing dress. This is a great classic dress no woman can live without. Black is always fashionable, and linen – or better yet, stretch linen – can add shape, comfort and "breathe-ability" to satisfy the stylish woman as well as the mom in you. We all know how much we need clothes that breathe with us, especially during those first few months when our mommy hormones are at their peak. The elasticity and comfort of stretch linen can make any mommy feel sexy.
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