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This is My | Bond with Your Baby with an Amazing 4D Scan

Imagine if you could meet your baby tomorrow…

We know the feeling – however much you may love being pregnant, it can be hard not to find yourself wishing the time away because you simply can’t wait to see your baby’s face!

Well what if you didn’t have to wait? … Enter ‘This is My’ – the independent baby scanning ultrasound centre offering peace of mind and an amazing first look at your beautiful baby.

 

Opt for a 4D scan & go 1 step further than a regular ultrasound screening. Anytime from 16 weeks (though ideally between 24 and 32 weeks), you can get an incredible look at your little one in full 4D. You are free to invite as many guests (within reason) as you like – so you can share the experience not only with your partner, but with older children, grandparents, godparents and whoever else you like! You’ll also come away with some amazing images and video clips to share with friends and to treasure forever.

 

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This is My have dedicated screening centres in Manchester, Hull, Halifax, Liverpool and Coventry, as well as in London Mayfair – just a short walk from our Marylebone maternity boutique, and Leeds City Centre – not far from our Leeds maternity store. You could even pop in to see us after your appointment and treat yourself to some stylish new maternity clothes or nursing essentials.

 

Whether or not you choose a 4D scan, be sure to make the most of this special time – it goes by before you know it!

 

 

Arianna Huffington: How to juggle motherhood and career

Seraphine Founder Cecile Reinaud shares her experience of meeting Arianna Huffington, the media mogul behind The Huffington Post, and the lessons learnt from this fascinating role model.

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As a mother and entrepreneur I am always on the lookout for strong female role models who inspire me to strive and juggle motherhood with my career goals. This week I have had the privilege to meet one of America’s most influential personalities, the founder of The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington. She came to present her new book at the business forum Business O Feminin and I want to share with you her inspiring life journey and the advice she offers on how to succeed and achieve a sustainable work life balance; the subject of her new book.

 

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In her book “Thrive; The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Happier Life”, Arianna talks through her own struggles to have it all and balance family life with work. She reflects on the manic way she lived her life in the past, and challenges of raising her two daughters. She denounces our culture of over-work, which often leaves us no time to nurture our bodies and minds. She also urges us to disconnect from our screens and the incessant flow of information and social media news! Arianna’s book is full of fascinating research and inspiring philosophical quotes that draw on ancient wisdom, and in the end it recommends four essential qualities for a happier life: wellbeing, a capacity to wonder, wisdom and giving.

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Meeting Arianna was incredibly inspiring, and the passion and positive energy she exudes is simply mesmerising. I can’t recommend reading her book highly enough! As mothers, the challenge of juggling all our objectives and being a good and loving parent is a daily labour of love. With Arianna’s advice, you’ll find a great road map to feeling more serene and content with your life.

 

 

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Baby names – Guess which celeb baby name means “pig” in Punjabi?

Choosing baby names for your little ones is one of the first decisions you’ll make for your children – and it’s a big one! They will live with the names you choose now for the rest of their lives. It will be the first word they learn to spell, and the first way that they will begin to shape their own identities… so it’s worth putting a bit of time and effort into finding the right one!

Here at Seraphine our maternity dresses are our babies and each one has it’s own special name – meet Jolene, Tessa and Blossom for example – so we understand a little of what you go through.

 

Girl Names

Choosing baby girl names can seem daunting at first, but can also be a lot of fun – there are just so many options! Will you be thinking about nature names like Willow, Lily or Ruby?  What about literary names inspired by your favourite fictional heroines – who wouldn’t be proud to be named after the incurably curious Alice, of Wonderland fame or after Jane Austen’s devilishly witty leading lady Lizzy Bennet?

 

Boy Names

When choosing boy names you’ll tend to be on more stable territory, but there are still plenty of options to consider. Will you go for one of the strong traditional baby names like James, Thomas or William, or will you be thinking about more unique boy names – maybe a cultural name that reflects his heritage, or something more unusual…

 

Unusual Baby Names

Baby names

 

When it comes to unusual baby names, celebrity parents have it down to a fine art. Some of our favourite celebrity mums are fantastic sources of inspiration: Thandie Newton named her son Booker Jombe, Kate Winslet named hers Bear Blaze, Gwen Stefani’s youngest is called Apollo Bowie Flynn and we love Beyonce’s choice for Blue Ivy & can’t wait to see what she names her twins!

 

Royal baby names

 

If you are keen for your little ones to have unusual baby names – something that sets them apart from the rest of their class, make sure to run a quick check to see where your pick ranks on the latest baby name popularity polls. It wouldn’t do to find yourself inadvertently in the middle of a name fad!

 

Unusual baby names

 

And of course it’s a good idea to be careful with checking out name meanings too. Tom Cruise & Katy Holmes may well have been thinking of the Persian word for “red rose” when they named their daughter Suri, but they perhaps didn’t realise that it also means “pig” in Punjabi, “pointy nose” in Indian and “pickpocket” in Japanese!

 

Checking Your Baby Names

Once you have a clear idea of the names you’re leaning towards, make sure to say them out loud and write them down with your surname, and check all the ways they could be abbreviated and initialed. For example Lydia Sarah Davis is a lovely sounding name, but LSD are perhaps not the initials you’d want for your little girl!

And as a final check, it’s worth running the full name through Google – just to make sure you’re not accidentally giving your little one the same name as a notorious criminal – you can’t be too careful!

 

In the end, whichever name you choose will soon start to feel right – and you wouldn’t be able to imagine your little one called anything else.

Happy naming mamas!

 

TOP TIPS TO STIMULATE YOUR BABY’S SENSES DURING PREGNANCY

It’s never too early to start bonding with baby! Stimulating your growing baby’s senses in the womb can be a lovely way of beginning to introduce the little one to the world that’s waiting to meet them.

Here are some fun ways to begin to awaken your baby’s senses through pregnancy:

 

Taste/ Smell

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Mix it up and experiment with plenty of flavours and foods during your pregnancy and your baby will be able to taste and smell the differences! The foods you eat affect the flavour of the amniotic fluid, and your baby can taste the difference between sweet and sour.  Some experts even believe that a babies who have been exposed to a variety of flavours in the womb are less likely to grow up to be fussy eaters! Here at Seraphine, we think this is the perfect excuse to go out for dinner and try all sorts of new cuisines – and we have the perfect selection of date night maternity dresses to choose from! For more info, check out this article on your baby’s developing nutritional intelligence in Plum Organics.

 

Touch

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Why not set aside 10 minutes every day to massage your belly with specialised pregnancy products like Mama Mio Tummy Rub Butter or Oil. Taking this time out everyday will help you to relax, stimulate your baby through touch and will even help to prevent stretch marks while you’re at it. We think this is the perfect way to relax and wind down before bedtime – and this week we’re offering 20% off across our entire range of maternity pyjamas and nighties!

 

Light

During the final month of your pregnancy, it can be fun to feel how your baby reacts to strong light stimuli, so why not try shining a torch at your bump? This can even be a good way of keeping baby awake longer in the evenings so that mummy and baby can get a better night’s sleep! Just make sure not to do it too often, and only when your little one is awake and active or else you could disrupt their sleeping patterns.

 

Sound

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Talk to your baby – read stories and play music because they can hear you! Not perfectly it has to be said, but they can respond to rhythmic speech patterns and music. As their mother, babies can distinguish the sound of your voice above all others and find it incredibly soothing to listen to. You can get dad involved in this too, as low frequency sounds travel the best, so why not let him read a story and introduce baby to the sound of his voice. Music is a great thing for you all to enjoy together, and it doesn’t have to be classical music either – any music that relaxes you will relax your baby!

 

For more info on prenatal development and how you can help things along, visit Brillbaby.com.

 

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Seraphine’s top 5 tips for stress-free travel with toddlers and tots

Are you taking the kids away on holiday this Easter? If you are, you may already be worrying about how you are all going to get through the flight! But travelling with little ones needn’t be a stressful experience; with a little careful planning you can make it into a fun way to start a big adventure abroad!

Here are our top 5 tips for simple, stress-free travel with toddlers and tots!

 

1) Plan ahead & take your time

Plan ahead and book everything well in advance to avoid last minute headaches, and aim for a flight at a time when your little ones are either at their most cheerful or when they are likely to sleep – only you can know what will be right for your children. If you have the option, go for allocated seats to make sure that you can all sit together.

Of course with little ones in tow, the most important thing you have to plan for is the timings. Calculate how much time you think you need, and then double it. What with one thing and another; toilet stops, tantrums and general travel-related disasters, if you plan to leave ridiculously early, you ought to get there just in the nick of time!

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2) Be prepared

The old Cub Scout motto ‘Be Prepared’ has never before been so relevant to your life as when you’re getting ready to venture abroad with young children. When packing your hand luggage; include everything you could possibly conceive of needing, and then pack some more. Snacks, wipes, plasters, toys, spare clothes for everyone – just in case – pick up a few spare maternity & nursing t-shirts at Seraphine!

Make sure you have everything covered, and check out this complete hand luggage kit list from Have Baby Will Travel!

 

3) Avoid ear ache

Unfortunately that irritating ear ache during take-off and landing is a fact of flying,  and for little ears it can be particularly painful. So what can we do to help them adjust to the changing air pressure?

For really little ones, the best thing you can do is to feed them during take-off and landing – whether you’re breastfeeding or using bottles, having something to suck will really help. For toddlers, having a drink is a good idea, but you could also give them a sweet to suck or (if you trust them not to swallow) some gum to chew.

If you’re planning on nursing on the plane, our Bamboo Breastfeeding Shawl is a life saver – it will provide a handy modesty cover up for discreet nursing, and will be an invaluable wrap to have with you in case it gets chilly in the cabin!

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4) Keep them entertained

As we all know, hell hath no fury like a bored, tired toddler, so plan ahead to keep the little ones entertained throughout the flight. Of course in an ideal world they’d nap through at least some of the flight, but just in case they don’t feel like playing ball, make sure you have plenty up your sleeve to keep them busy.

For a toddler, it’s a great idea to wrap up a few small presents for them to open through the flight – little things like re-usable stickers and colouring books, hot wheels cars or plastic animals are perfect, and if all else fails, ask one of the flight attendants for a cup of ice and some miscellaneous bits and pieces from the tea and coffee trolley – plastic spoons, wooden stiring sticks, serviettes and mini milks for tea – this could buy you a full half an hour of happy playing! As a general rule of thumb: If whatever is entertaining them is quieter than the sound of the plane’s engines, you’re doing a fantastic job!

Stuck for ideas? Check out these 50 ways to keep your toddler or preschooler busy on a plane by Katie at the Playing with words 365 blog!

 

5) Make Friends

Last but by no means least: Be nice to your seat mates and the cabin crew! It’s a great idea to get the people around you on your side early on – smile, be nice and make friends. You know they didn’t want to sit next to your toddler and they know that you know, but if you make a little effort at the start it can pay off later. If you really want to go all out, you could even put together little goodie bags for the people sitting around you with sweets and earplugs!

 

All images  by Alexi Lubomirski, taken from Vogue Russia May 2012

 

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Get Inspired to keep kids busy with a fun filled Easter!

Spring has sprung, flowers are blooming, bunnies are bouncing and Easter is almost here! If you’re looking for some fun things to do with your little ones over the holidays, we are here to help! We’ve collected ideas and inspiration from around the web to help you come up with Easter-themed activities for you and the littlies to do together.

 

Get Active: Easter Egg Hunt

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Of course it wouldn’t feel like Easter without a good Easter egg hunt! This is a great way to get kids excited, engaged and running around (and if you’re lucky, it may just tire them out a little bit too!)

Get hold of some colourful plastic eggs, and fill them up with little sweets, toys, confetti and glitter. Before you go to bed the night before Easter, hide them around the house or garden, and when the little ones wake up, simply let them loose with a basket and watch them scramble!

If you don’t fancy the plastic egg idea, you could use chocolate ones, or even get the kids involved in creating their own Easter eggs with these great tips from the Kids Activities Blog!

 

Get Crafty: Easter Bonnets

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If your littlies are budding artists, they’ll love creating their own Easter Bonnets! There are so many ways of going about this, and you can make it as simple or as complex and intricate as you like!

You could opt for a fully homemade approach and fashion a hat out of card that the kids can decorate with colourful paper flowers, bunnies and chicks, or you could buy a ready made plain hat from somewhere like Hobby Craft, and get the little ones to choose flowers and ribbons to attach.

 

Get Cooking: Easter Nests

The kids will love getting involved in the kitchen – especially if there’s a sweet treat to be had at the end of it! This simple recipe for chocolate Easter nests from Kitchenmonsters.co.uk is incredibly easy to make and great fun to get stuck into together.

 

Get Outside: Easter Gardening

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Easter is the ideal time to get outside and get a bit of gardening done ready for the summer, and the kids can help out too! They’ll love to help you dig holes for putting new plants in – even if they just end up making mud pies!

We love these miniature fairy gardens on The Magic Onions blog – they’re a great idea if you have limited outside space, and we think that creating one of these with the kids could be a really great bank holiday weekend project!

And if you don’t quite fancy the idea of getting down and dirty in the mud yourself, why not take a daytrip to a local park or garden. If you live in London, The Royal Horticultural Society garden at Wisley, (just outside West London) is running a full programme of Easter events for all ages including a Lindt gold bunny Easter hunt!

 

Get Stylish: Seraphine Sale

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After all of this buzzing Easter activity, you’ll deserve a well earned rest and a treat, so put your feet up and browse the Seraphine mid-season sale! For a limited time only, we’re offering up to 30% off across essential spring and summer styles at the height of their season – so shop now and discover our range of beautiful maternity dresses, must have tops and much more for your spring wardrobe.

 

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WIN Easter Goodies from Award-Winning Chocolatier Paul A Young!

With Easter just around the corner, we here at Seraphine find ourselves spending an increasing amount of time dreaming about CHOCOLATE! With life’s little indulgences somewhat restricted throughout pregnancy – champagne, sushi and even lattes are suddenly off the table – chocolate remains gloriously safe to eat.

To celebrate chocolate as the trusted pregnancy-safe treat that it is (and since it’s nearly Easter) we are giving away 5 of our stylish Yes To Chocolate Tees along with a delicious selection of chocolate bunnies and chicks!

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When it comes to chocolate bunnies – or chocolate anything for that matter – no one does it better than award-winning London chocolatier Paul A Young.

 

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Based between his three London stores in Soho, Islington and Bank, Paul and his team spend their days developing creative flavour combinations and experimental, often experiential, artisan chocolates – and we can’t get enough!

 

If this video doesn’t spark a craving we don’t know what will…

Happy Easter Mamas, and best of luck!

 

 

Fabulous Easter Crafts, Fashion & Food for Mummy & Baby

Enjoying the long Easter weekend? We have some great outfit ideas for you and your little one…

We’ve even scoured Pinterest to find some of the best Easter crafts, recipes and ideas for you and the kids to try at home.

 

Easter Crafts & Outfits For Mum

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When choosing your outfit for a spring get together, you can’t go wrong with a stylish new maternity dress or a chic embellished blouse.

 

 

Whether you’re planning lunch with family, a fun day out or a full-blown Easter party, such a happy occasion calls for something special!

 

Easter Home Decor Ideas

Easter decor ideas

Giving your home a little seasonal revamp couldn’t be easier – nothing says spring like fresh flowers and Easter eggs.

Why not try creating some gorgeous floral displays in unexpected places like a vintage watering can as a table centrepiece or even an old pair of wellies in the porch.

 

Easter Baking

Easter baking ideas

It wouldn’t be Easter without a batch of freshly baked hot cross buns! Richly spiced dough tumbled through with plump juicy currents & plenty of zest, these buns are perfect for toasting, buttering & enjoying with a steaming pot of tea.

We love this recipe from Honest Mum

 

Easter Crafts & Outfits For Baby

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In beautiful pastel shades and featuring the iconic Princess Diana pastel tartan, The Diana Collection of beautiful baby clothes offers pretty baby dresses, rompers, adorable knitted cardigans and accessories for your little loves.

 

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12% of the price of all of our designer baby clothes will be donated to the Diana Award – a foundation set up to continue Princess Diana’s charitable legacy.

 

Easter Crafts for Kids

Easter activities for toddlers

Looking for fun Easter craft ideas for the little ones to get stuck into? Older kids will love making Easter bonnets or setting up an Easter egg hunt for the little ones.

We love these cute footprint bunnies and carrots from Arien at the One Krieger Chick blog – a great activity to do with little ones of any age!

 

Easter Baking with Kids

Easter baking with toddlers

If you’re entertaining toddlers or even older kids home from school, then getting stuck into some fun in the kitchen can be a great activity.

Why not whip up a batch of no-bake shredded wheat chocolate nest cakes, or help the kids to ice some Easter bunny biscuits like these ones from Amber on the crazy little projects blog.

 

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Happy Easter mamas!

 

 

Get inspired to throw a beautiful baby shower

If you’re planning your baby shower and are after a little inspiration, then you’ve come to the right place! We’ve collected some fantastic blog posts and Pinterest boards from around the web to give you a few ideas to get you started. And we also have some beautiful maternity dresses in pink, blue and every colour in between!

 

To Decorate

Once you’ve decided on a theme or colour scheme, your baby shower décor is where you can really get creative! You’ll want to dress your table and decorate the rest of the party space to match, tying it all into your theme – and there is so much more to it these days that pink for a girl or blue for a boy. You could go for balloons, flowers, bunting, a combination of the three, or something completely different! The world really is your oyster.

Check out our Baby Shower Pinterest Board for some fabulous ideas and inspiration.

 

To Do

Just because you’re pregnant, doesn’t mean that you have to keep your feet up and twiddle your thumbs at your baby shower. It’s a great idea to have plenty of activities and games lined up to keep you and your guests busy! We love the idea of getting guests to create something together that you can keep and display in baby’s room – maybe an artwork, a book of advice (for new parents or for baby), or even a patchwork quilt (you can get a crafty friend or family member to stitch it together afterwards)!

We love these great tips and ideas from Oregon Mommy Blogger Lauren Hartmann at Babble.com.

To Eat

You’re eating for two right now (and of course your guests need to eat too), so your baby shower food should be an important part of your planning, but it can also be a really fun part! Buffet style finger food is a great option, and if you have the time, you can get really creative with how you present it! We love the idea of finger sandwiches and a fruit salad buffet.

But of course it doesn’t all have to be so virtuously healthy – we’ve found a delicious Pinterest board entirely dedicated to baby shower cupcakes! YUM!

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To Drink

Your baby shower is all about you and your little one, so we recommend making it a booze-free zone. But this doesn’t mean that you all have to stick to diet coke! How about coming up with some fruity mocktails – make them really colourful and decorate with real fruit and those teeny umbrellas and your guest’s won’t even notice that they’re alcohol free! Or you could try this recipe from wholefoods blogger The Scrumptious Pumpkin and make up a big punch bowl full of delicious peach mango white iced tea.

 

To Give

Baby shower favours are a lovely way to say thank you to your guests for coming, and to give them a little keep sake of the day to take away with them. You could buy your favours, or with a little inspiration it’s easy to create something simple, stylish and homemade. We love popcorn based favours playing on the phrase ‘ready to pop’, or what about giving out little pots of nail varnish – pink for a girl, blue for a boy, or different colours for each guest if it’s going to be a surprise!

In need of a little more inspiration? Here’s a Pinterest board all about it!

 

To Wear

And last but not by any means least, you’ll want to find the perfect maternity dress to wear to your baby shower! Check out our latest spring maternity styles in the ‘New In’ section of our website. We think it’s a really cute idea for your maternity dress to match your baby – pink for a girl and blue for a boy, or if you’re keeping it as a surprise, you could dress in a gender neutral colour or pattern to keep them guessing! Here at Seraphine Maternity we have a gorgeous collection of maternity dresses in a beautiful array of colours and patterns, and they’re all designed to flatter your changing curves to help you to feel fabulous on your special day!

 

Pink for a girl

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Black & Pink Maternity & Nursing Wrap Dress

Fuchsia Knot Front Maternity Dress

Cherry Blossom Silk Chiffon Maternity Dress

 

Blue for a boy

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Royal Blue Bodycon  Maternity Dress

Baby Blue Polka Dot Maternity Dress

Cornflower Blue Multiway Maternity Dress

 

Gender Neutral for a surprise!

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Green Knot Front Maternity Dress

Polka Dot Mock Wrap Maternity Dress

Dove Grey Multiway Maternity Dress

 

That’s all for now, but keep checking in with us on Pinterest for fresh inspiration on all aspects of pregnancy style and watch the video below to see LuxLyfe blogger Sharzad Kiadeh wearing our baby blue polka dot maternity wrap dress to her baby shower!

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Hello! Mag editor Rosie Nixon’s video guide to maternity jeans

Finding the perfect pair of maternity jeans is one of the most important steps to take towards creating your perfect maternity wardrobe – once you have a great pair of jeans, it’s easy to  build up different looks, styling them up or down and accessorising them to suit any occasion!

Editor of Hello! Magazine, Rosie Nixon is a glamorous mum-to-be, who is expecting her first baby in March, and she is a big fan of our Seraphine maternity jeans. Rosie has blogged for us before, and her video guide to maternity dresses was a big hit. This time around, she’s sharing her favourite pairs of Seraphine jeans, and how she likes to style them for different settings.

Watch the video to see which jeans Rosie loves, and how to style them up or down, then see below to shop her favourite styles!

 

Grey Luxe Maternity Skinny Jeans
Steel Blue Long Line Popper Nursing Top
Black Secret Support Vest
Graphite Grey Sheer Pintuck Maternity Blouse
Indigo Slim Fit Skinny Maternity Jeans
Black Front Tie Maternity Blazer
Black Maternity Skinny Jeans
Cobalt Blue Slim Leg Maternity Jeans

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Hello! Magazine Editor Rosie Nixon’s video guide to maternity style

Editor of Hello! Magazine, Rosie Nixon is one of the most glamorous women in fashion media, and with previous credits at Grazia, Glamour and Red magazines to her name, it’s safe to say that she really knows her stuff when it comes to fashion and lifestyle!

 

Rosie is expecting her first baby early this year, and has been a fan of Seraphine throughout her pregnancy! She has blogged for us before, and even wore our Navy Shoulder Lace Maternity Shift Dress to a glamorous industry award ceremony back in December. Just recently she took the time out to visit us at our London studio, where she let us in on her favourite Seraphine maternity dresses, and shared some shining pearls of styling wisdom.

 

Watch the video to see which Seraphine maternity dresses Rosie loves, and how she would style them for a transitional day to evening look, then see below to shop her styles.

 

So what are you waiting for? To shop Rosie’s Seraphine favourites .

Navy Shoulder Lace Maternity Shift Dress
Black Shift Maternity Dress
Blue Lace Print Scarf
Embellished Empire Belt
Black Cropped Peplum Jacket
White Cropped Peplum Jacket
Black Sequin Maternity Cardigan
Royal Blue Front Knot Maternity Dress
Fitted Empire Line Maternity Cocktail Dress
Luxury Black Lace Maternity Occasion Dress

 

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Breastfeeding: Seraphine’s Top Five Tips for Preparing to Nurse

The first months at home bonding with your newborn baby are incredibly special, and choosing to breastfeed can be a truly rewarding experience. We’ve put together a list of our top breastfeeding tips to help you prepare to nurse your little one.

 

1) Put together a breastfeeding kit

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At some point during your third trimester, it’s a great idea to put together a breastfeeding kit complete with everything you might need while you and your little one are latched.

Make sure you have a refillable water bottle and plenty of snacks to keep you going. A chic breastfeeding cover is perfect for nursing on-the-go. Pack muslins and baby nail clippers for the little one, nursing pads and nipple cream for afterwards, and something to keep you occupied – a smartphone or iPad loaded up with something to binge watch is ideal.

 

2. Prepare a Capsule Nursing Clothes Closet

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It’s a great idea to start preparing your nursing clothes during your third trimester – that way you’ll be ready to go once your baby is born! A good collection of comfy nursing bras in soft natural fabrics is an absolute must, while stylish nursing tops, jumpers and nursing dresses will make your life easier through those all-important first months.

 

3. Try Different Breastfeeding Positions

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It takes time and a little experimentation to figure out the most comfortable breastfeeding position for you and your baby. That being said, it can help to vary your routine. Each position puts pressure on a different part of your nipple, so changing it up regularly can help to prevent sore nipples and clogged ducts.

 

4. Skin to Skin Contact

If possible, spending time with your newborn skin to skin immediately after birth is the ideal way to begin your breastfeeding journey. Newborns are alert after birth, and should naturally seek out the breast on their own.

 

 5) Kick back and relax

Slip into something comfortable, put on some soothing music and settle into enjoying this special time bonding with your baby. We know that it isn’t always a smooth ride at the beginning, but the more relaxed you feel, the easier your milk will flow.

 

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