How to Convert Your Own Clothes Into Nursing Clothes

Breastfeeding mothers don't always have to buy a whole new wardrobe; it's easy to convert items you already own into nursing clothes.

Instructions

1

Take a solid-colored T-shirt, and cut a vertical slit in it for easy nursing access. Make the opening long enough for comfortable access but not so long that the shirt loses its shape.

2

Zigzag around the edges of the slit so that it doesn't fray.

3

Cut a large square of fabric, big enough to cover the opening, plus a few inches all around. This can be a contrasting fabric, or it can match the T-shirt - your choice.

4

Turn in a small hem all the way around the fabric square, and straight-stitch or zigzag around the edges with a sewing machine.

5

Attach the fabric square to the T-shirt at the top and bottom - leave the sides open. This shirt is ready to be worn!

6

Cut nursing openings in a camisole or lightweight tank top.

7

Zigzag around the slits so that they don't fray.

8

Layer the item (tucked in or untucked) under any T-shirt or shirt, and nurse without showing off your postpartum tummy.

9

Use a tank top in the same fabric as your T-shirt, if you want to be as inconspicuous as possible - it will be hard for anyone to see that you are nursing.