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The coat can stay open. The waistband needs a closer look. Three ways to get dressed without buying a whole winter wardrobe.

The ingredient list can answer some useful questions. It cannot tell you everything about what a finished product will do.

The useful basket is the one you can reach from the toilet, not the one with the most products in it.

A lovely texture can make body care easier to keep up with. It does not, by itself, prove a stretch-mark claim.

You can use both. Start with comfort and how you will manage clean changes, then decide what is worth buying.

Two products can both be called a belly band and come with completely different fitting instructions.

Your mum's experience is part of the picture. It is not a preview of exactly what your skin will do.

Start with where the waistband sits and how easy the clothes are to put on. The outfit can wait.

Count the days a pair is out of action in the wash, then add a spare. There is no universal magic number.

Pack by the moment you will need something, so nobody has to empty the whole bag to find your clean pants.

A comfortable pregnancy bra and a convenient feeding bra can overlap, but the names do not tell you everything.

Before reaching for another cream, check the pattern of the itching. Some symptoms need a call to your maternity unit.