What To Wear For a Maternity Shoot

Motherhood

Nov 14

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I planned on sharing our maternity photos before Sadie was born but since the past weeks have been such a blur, excited to finally share now! Better late than never! Naiya, Phil and myself had so much fun snapping these a few weeks back while we dreamed about what our family of four would be like.

Throughout the shoot, I remember feeling like I was about to pop and wondered how much longer Sadie could possibly stay in my belly. She was clearly running out of room in there and I couldn't wait for her to come out!

Looking back at these photos now, though, dare I say I actually already miss the bump?! I had such a tough pregnancy where I was very sick and threw up every day and yet I still look back at this time missing it! Am I crazy?

Polka Dots & The Bump

Naiya didn't sleep a wink the night before we shot these photos. We were dealing with her two-year sleep regression and were in the thick of it. Unlike our first maternity photoshoot here where I'd pre-planned my outfits for weeks before, the morning of this shoot, I had two minutes to run into my closet to pick something out that I hoped would fit! Pregnancy is such a different story when you're balancing another kid (or kids!) #secondtimemamaproblems.

This dress is actually just a button-down overlay that looks really cute over dresses and jeans. I wore it pre-pregnancy and hoped it would stretch enough for the photos!

Maternity Outfit Inspo

For mamas and mamas-to-be in the midst of planning their maternity shoots and/or in need of some comfy dresses to fit over the bump, I've pulled links to some of my favorite maternity dresses of the moment below.

My first pregnancy, I loved wearing flowy dresses that didn't accentuate the bump as much but this pregnancy, my bump was so large and in charge, I had a lot more fun showing it off. Sharing both types of dresses below.