Where To Rent Sustainable Maternity Clothing

If you can’t afford to buy sustainable maternity clothing (and considering you won’t need it after a few months), renting it is a good idea. You just sign up and rent your favourite pieces, then send them back when you’re done. This also helps to reduce cost, and waste in the fashion industry. Items are usually laundered to industrial standards.

My Nice Pair offers maternity dungarees made from mostly cotton, with a little elastane. In various styles and colours, these can adjust to your waist size. The difference is that you can then send them back in the rezip bags, to replace with other designs.

For items that use a little elastane, launder in a microfibre filter. Launder with unscented biodegradable laundry liquid.

You can rent dungarees for as long as you like (send them back for professional laundering) and there is also the option to buy preloved dungarees. 

The Lullaby Trust has safety information on baby clothing (and bedding). Mostly to not over-heat (babies control temperature through their head and face).

Remove hats, socks and gardens when moving to warmer temperatures (including cars – don’t let babies sleep in car seats outside travel, due to the upright position not being as safe as back-sleeping).

Second-Hand and Swapping Schemes

Although it’s not good to buy second-hand baby mattresses etc (due to mould risks),  second-hand maternity clothing of quality is a good buy, so search for locally-owned charity shops for bargains, or online.

Another idea is ‘swishing’, which is when local friends and neighbours meet up to swap clothes they never wear, rather than throw them away. If you belong to an anti-natal class, perhaps you could get together to do the same, but for maternity wear (some may have previous clothing, from births before).

This enables everyone to find clothes they love, that cost nothing. Other than a few non-alcohol drinks and a few nibbles to snack on!