Maternity Clothes Cost

Typical costs:

• Discount stores such as Wal-Mart^[1] offer maternity separates for $6-$25.
• Department stores such as JC Penney run about $20-$40 per piece.
• Designer maternity wear can run more than $100 per item.

• Maternity/nursing bras run $12-$22 at Motherhood^[2] , $30-$38 at Mimi Maternity^[3] , and $24-$26 at A Pea in the Pod^[4] .
• Motherhood sells bikinis, briefs and thongs separately or in packages of three and four for $10-$16 and Mimi Maternity^[5] sells briefs, bikinis and thongs for $6-$9.50 each.
• Sleepwear runs $38-$88 at Mimi Maternity^[6] and $55-$125 at A Pea in the Pod^[7] .
• Swimwear goes for $68-$88 at Mimi Maternity^[8] and $95-$145 at A Pea in the Pod^[9] .

• Many online retailers offer sale items at extreme discounts. Visit sale pages at Gap^[10] , Mimi Maternity^[11] and A Pea in the Pod.

• From Demi Moore's 1991 Vanity Fair cover to the tabloids frequent celebrity "bump" watches, the pregnant figure has come into vogue. Gone are the days of shapeless muu muus; today's women are showing off the fullness of their expectant curves with pride.
• As a general rule, maternity clothes cost the same as their nonmaternity counterparts in any given store. However, because maternity clothes are temporary additions to a woman's wardrobe, not core pieces, they can be a good opportunity to splurge on seasonal trends.
• Target^[12] features a collection by Liz Lange with casual and career separates ranging from $10-$30.
• With jeans averaging $30, tops averaging $20 and career separates $18-$35, an outfit could be purchased at Motherhood^[13] for $50-$70. Kohl's also carries items from the Motherhood line.
• At Gap^[14] jeans run about $50-$70, but can be found on sale for as low as $15. Gap sweaters^[15] average $50.
• A Pea in the Pod^[16] carries designer denim such as 7 for all Mankind jeans^[17] ($175-$265) and Diane Von Furstenberg tops^[18] ($185-$225).

1.  www.walmart.com/index.gsp
2.  www.motherhood.com/collection.asp?category_Name=Bras&Category_Id=1071&MasterCatego...
3.  www.apeainthepod.com/MimiMaternity.asp
4.  www.apeainthepod.com/collection.asp?category_Name=Bras&Category_Id=4115&MasterCate...
5.  www.apeainthepod.com/MimiMaternity.asp
6.  www.apeainthepod.com/MimiMaternity.asp
7.  www.apeainthepod.com/collection.asp?category_Name=Sleepwear&Category_Id=4117&Maste...
8.  www.apeainthepod.com/MimiMaternity.asp
9.  www.apeainthepod.com/collectionviewall.asp?MasterCategory_Id=21&website_Id=6
10.  www.gap.com/browse/GeneralNoResults.do?requestedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gap.com%2Fbro...
11.  www.apeainthepod.com/MimiMaternity.asp
12.  www.target.com/
13.  www.motherhood.com
14.  www.gap.com/browse/category.do?cid=6013&pageID=-1
15.  www.gap.com/browse/category.do?cid=6041
16.  www.apeainthepod.com
17.  www.apeainthepod.com/collection.asp?category_Name=7+For+All+Mankind&Category_Id=41...
18.  www.apeainthepod.com/collection.asp?category_Name=Diane+von+Furstenberg&Category_I...

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