Trendy Mums, For your pregnancy and nursing requirements,
By Monicah Mwangi
There is nothing more stressful in a pregnant woman’s life than the wardrobe. This is the time when one gets weighty and experiences problems finding something fashionable and smart for any occasions; be it casual or office wear. When Nyawira Maranga got pregnant 2 years ago, she thought it would be a smooth sailing, but the period proved otherwise. “I was never smart and could not get any one-stop shop where i could get maternity outfits in town,” remembers Nyawira.
She somehow managed the whole period with only five outfits but she promised herself to change the situation for other pregnant mothers who want to maintain their fashion. “That’s how i started Trendy Mums, a place where expectant mothers can come for maternity clothes,” Nyawira says.
Trendy mums is a place where all kinds of maternity wear are stocked, “woman working in the corporate world experience the most problem since the little which can be found out there in the market can only be classified as casual,” says Nyawira. At Trendy Mum, there are Maternity Skirts, trousers and blazers, tops and even leggings.
Nyawira also stocks Hospital panties meant to support mothers sanitary towels after birth. “Any woman who has had a baby will tell you the stress they go through after birth when everything is messy and cannot wear panties while in hospital,” Nyawira says. The disposable panties helps hold the pad and give the comfort a woman needs at that period. Together with her support team, Nyawira delivers the items at the clients destination on request, be it in hospital or home.
Breastfeeding in public has also been a great challenge for mothers which is another issue Nyawira has been out to tackle. “I thought there could be a better way of women to breastfeed without popping out their breast in the open and
that’s how i came up with a nursing apron which one wears when nursing and has a penetration for the baby to breath,” said Nyawira. She also sells cotton nursing bras and pregnancy journals. Nyawira who was an aspiring doctor says for the last 4 months, the market response has been overwhelming and will want to have more than one Trendy Mums in the near future. She says she got the passion from her one year old daughter, “were it not for her, maybe i could never have ventured into this,” she points out.
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