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The Round Belly Story:
When I was pregnant with my third child (I am not
quite sure I want to say how long ago that was
anymore).... I went to the mall, after internet research to
determine where the maternity stores were, to scope out
some clothes to stretch over my blossoming belly.
After trying on every style and most sizes of pants (now
does any one of these even look like you could sit down
in them at 9 months?) that they had, I became
frustrated and angry. Here I was, barely 6 months
pregnant and no maternity clothes had any room for
my belly to grow any more.
I went back to my car and tearfully dialed Mom on the
cell phone. I complained to her about what had
happened. My mother told me to "Do something about
it." And so I did.
I drew up designs, worked with a pattern maker, hired
a manufacturer and even talked a lot about the
"engineering principals" of maternity clothes with my
father. We engineered pockets, comfortable gussets
and grow with you clothing.
So we began to specialize in clothing for pregnant
women, keeping in mind the unique needs of our
changing round belly. Our clothing is soft, pretty and
large enough to accommodate those babies that are
destined to be 9 or 10 pounds (or even more) at birth.
And our size chart doesn't end at 12, it stretches straight
through to a 2x and beyond. (just ask us and we will
work to fill your needs). Big and Beautiful bellies
deserve clothing too! (I'm a size 16-20 and I fit into a
Round Belly Large).
When I was pregnant with my third child (I am not
quite sure I want to say how long ago that was
anymore).... I went to the mall, after internet research to
determine where the maternity stores were, to scope out
some clothes to stretch over my blossoming belly.
After trying on every style and most sizes of pants (now
does any one of these even look like you could sit down
in them at 9 months?) that they had, I became
frustrated and angry. Here I was, barely 6 months
pregnant and no maternity clothes had any room for
my belly to grow any more.
I went back to my car and tearfully dialed Mom on the
cell phone. I complained to her about what had
happened. My mother told me to "Do something about
it." And so I did.
I drew up designs, worked with a pattern maker, hired
a manufacturer and even talked a lot about the
"engineering principals" of maternity clothes with my
father. We engineered pockets, comfortable gussets
and grow with you clothing.
So we began to specialize in clothing for pregnant
women, keeping in mind the unique needs of our
changing round belly. Our clothing is soft, pretty and
large enough to accommodate those babies that are
destined to be 9 or 10 pounds (or even more) at birth.
And our size chart doesn't end at 12, it stretches straight
through to a 2x and beyond. (just ask us and we will
work to fill your needs). Big and Beautiful bellies
deserve clothing too! (I'm a size 16-20 and I fit into a
Round Belly Large).
Our Organic Journey:
Our organic journey began with my introduction to
organic fabrics by Karen of Wild Rose Farm, our
first manufacturer. I had several pieces of clothing
from her line for years (and really loved them). It
turns out she had been using organicly grown
cottons and I told her that unless my styles
depended on a particular fabric then she was more
then welcome to use organic fabrics with them.
At this same time my husband was introduced to
"Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser (for a class in
college). He told me "You gotta read this." So I did.
It didn't take too long before we cut out our weekly
trip to Burger King. And started researching more
about organics and natural foods.
The more I researched and learned the more clear it all
became to me and I started to understand some of the
relationships with poor food choices and the autism
we were battling with my oldest son.
Organics became the "obvious" way to go. And I
wanted to share the organic clothing I had now with
my family. After more internet research, I determined
that the offerings in organic clothing was very limited
for children over 18 months.
Because my most sensitive, autistic son, was a size 6, I
had to start our own brand of organic kid clothes to
dress him.
Ever do I do research on organic vs chemical intensive
in foods, fabrics and cleaning supplies, and over the
last 5 years we have worked hard to "go organic."
And I have gathered many of the best organic and
natural items on our website to make your trip into
organic a little easier.
Our organic journey began with my introduction to
organic fabrics by Karen of Wild Rose Farm, our
first manufacturer. I had several pieces of clothing
from her line for years (and really loved them). It
turns out she had been using organicly grown
cottons and I told her that unless my styles
depended on a particular fabric then she was more
then welcome to use organic fabrics with them.
At this same time my husband was introduced to
"Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser (for a class in
college). He told me "You gotta read this." So I did.
It didn't take too long before we cut out our weekly
trip to Burger King. And started researching more
about organics and natural foods.
The more I researched and learned the more clear it all
became to me and I started to understand some of the
relationships with poor food choices and the autism
we were battling with my oldest son.
Organics became the "obvious" way to go. And I
wanted to share the organic clothing I had now with
my family. After more internet research, I determined
that the offerings in organic clothing was very limited
for children over 18 months.
Because my most sensitive, autistic son, was a size 6, I
had to start our own brand of organic kid clothes to
dress him.
Ever do I do research on organic vs chemical intensive
in foods, fabrics and cleaning supplies, and over the
last 5 years we have worked hard to "go organic."
And I have gathered many of the best organic and
natural items on our website to make your trip into
organic a little easier.