Cake Lingerie - MyBust™ – Personalise Your Fit

The always gorgeous Cake Lingerie have released their new collection and Belly Beyond is the very first in the country to get it.  This season Cake have added the revolutionary MyBust™which recognises that different size breasts have different needs when it comes to support, comfort and fit.


MyBust™ – Personalise Your Fit
Women are not all the same size, hence they have different needs and wants especially in nursing bras. By understanding that no two sizes are the same and that one bra style cannot cater for all the different shapes and sizes, us real women have, we have been able to create a technology that customises each bra to that particular size.

This revolutionary technology is called ‘MyBust™’. It is specifically designed so that each bra caters for that particular size. Different construction and styling has been applied to customise each bra as a ‘B’ cup women would not have the same needs and wants as a ‘G’ cup women.

Plunge bras have been specially engineered for B-D cups to provide more lift and give that desirable shape with the foam padding and plunged neckline. The balcony bras for DD-G cups are constructed to give optimal support and comfort with higher centre front wider straps and feeding clips.

Still keeping with our beautiful designs and functionality of 6 hook and eye band clasps with easy cotton lined drop cups, our MyBust™ technology further allows women to have an ideal bra customised to their needs.

Check out the gorgeous Velvet Delight or Turkish Delight here and choose your best fit!

Tummy Tie - expand your wardrobe

Well would ye look at that. Some clever cookie actually made a better hair tie. A few blog posts back I recommended using a hair tie to cope with an expanding belly but after trying the Tummy Tie I'm a convert.


Unlike the hairtie, the TummyTie won't stretch out of shape and it sits flat. You get 3 in a pack so it's worth the investment given you won't need to buy any maternity clothing!

Don't stress! Top 5 things not to worry about in Pregnancy

I was talking with a friend recently, who is about to be a first-time Mum, and she is very nervous after a long road to get this far. I think it's pretty universal to feel a bit scared of the unknown and with lots of things to worry about, here's a list of the Top 5 things not to stress about during pregnancy.

1. I don't feel (or look) pregnant! Not feeling sick enough? Don't panic, lots of women experience little or no morning sickness and for a while your baby bump might be well hidden or simply look like you've had a big meal! (greaaaat). Unless they are your Midwife or OB, ignore people if they say "oh, you aren't very big" - they mostly do not have a clue, and shouldn't be making comments like that anyway!
   
   
2. What if there is something wrong with baby? I remember asking the same question to Heidi the week before my daughter was born. Her answer was a revelation to me, not only about pregnancy but one I have learnt to apply to lots of areas of life. When I asked her, "but what if there's something wrong?", she replied "we'll deal with that when it happens." This is such good advice. Be informed, eat well and look after yourself as best you can but don't worry about things that haven't happened yet.
   
   
3. How will I cope after the baby is born? I don't think it matters if it's baby number one or baby number five, there will always be a pang of worry about how everything is going to go once baby is here and immediately after and a lot will depend on your birth and recovery. If you are worried, make a post birth support plan - talk to your family and friends about being on call during those early days to help you out. Organise someone to take your other children out for a few hours so you have quiet time (or even better a nap!) with baby. Just knowing that you have a good support network set up can be a great relief.
   
   If you are worried about breastfeeding then definitely be pro-active. If you have a friend who is breast feeding ask if you can see how they latch their baby. Find out the phone numbers of your local La Lache League leader and put it somewhere safe so that they are handy when you need them. If you need help, ASK. LC's are often available free at the hospital or birthing centreand LLL is a fantastic organisation of women who can help! See our breastfeeding tips for new Mums here
   
   
4. I'm freaking out about the birth. It's hard not to worry when you don't know what to expect, so take time to educate yourself of the stages of labour and the birthing process. Be selective about what you read (and hear) and by that I mean focus on the postive and don't get bogged down by the horror stories. Sure they exist, but they really are in the minority. Deciding what sort of birth you would like to have is a good step because then you can plan towards that and surround yourself with like minded people. Whether you are a "bring me the drugs!", a go-with-the-flow type or determined to have a natural birth having the end goal in your head will naturally lead you there. And of course, be flexible - it might not go as you've imagined!
   
   
5. Will I ever get my body back? No, it won't ever be the same. But that doesn't have to be a bad thing. Your body has just created life and it's likely it will go on to nuture life for some years so it won't ever be the same as what it was pre-baby. Your boobs will completely change (again, this can be a good thing!) and unless you are planning surgery you are likely to have baby tummy of some description. Lots of women lose weight whilst breastfeeding and being active and eating as well as you can is the best thing you can do. And I think it has a lot to do parenting maturing you as a person.  Lot's of mums have a better body image after they have their babies, perhaps because it's much less of a focus?

What were your big fears during pregnancy? We'd love to have your comments :)

Heidi talks about dealing with a big age gap between pregnancies

One of the most common questions asked when I was pregnant was is it your first? followed by how old is your first? On answering 12 and half, you can see they want to ask that question - is it the same father? Two ladies replies stood out over the last 9 months. "Second time around?" said one straight off the bat. And "you deserve a medal, your new husband doesn’t know how lucky he is with you having a baby at your age!" said another.

Surprisingly enough it is fairly common these days and on answering the how old is your first question I spoke to a few really lovely ladies about how they integrated a new baby into a family with a first time Dad and existing children from a first marriage.

A lot has changed in the last 12 years, lead maternity care choices, testing available during pregnancy, not staying in hospital but transferring to Birth Care, disposable nappies and sleeping baby on their back to name a few. I am lucky, I feel like I have the composure of a second time Mum with the wonder of a first time Mum (because with nappy brain I had forgotten all about pregnancy). I had the best of both worlds.

This is my second husband's first time around and my son’s first sibling, making this a learning curve for both of them. At 12 Jack is both excited and interested in the whole process, each week he’s back with us he comments on how much my tummy has grown, how hairy my tummy is getting and is always there to feel the baby kick, followed by comments like what if a hand just comes out of your stomach like an alien. My husband is cool calm and collected, you’d swear he’d done it all before, he just goes with the flow and can’t wait for D-Day or maybe that’s B-Day.

We told Jack the news first and let him tell the rest of the family, decorated his room first then the baby’s room, took him to the scans, choose names together as a family and worked out a plan for when D-Day arrived, his involvement throughout has been the key to happy well adjusted Tween.

Now our new Son and Brother has arrived we have settled in to our daily routine, I have Jack always on hand to pick up and cuddle wee Finn while I do a multitude of things and Chris is as he was during the pregnancy, really relaxed and has jumped in boots and all at his new role as Dad.

I am ever mindful that I have done this all before and therefore bite my tongue when advice on holding, burping, dressing and bathing Finn gets ready to blurt out of my mouth at each moment. I don’t want to be the expert, because I’m not and after I gave Chris some pointers on burping the day we came home, to which he replied yeah it’s just like bleeding a carburetor, you start from the bottom and work the air bubbles up, I realised it’s mostly common sense.