Nursing clothes for any postpartum body to make feeding baby easy

Sep 29, 2023

Great nursing clothes for granting access

Updated August 22, 2023

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There’s nothing more uncomfortable than being out in public, sweating to pull out a leaky breast in a hurry while your baby is crying to eat. A nursing bra alone isn’t always enough, and nursing clothes have a meaningful role in helping ease this frustration.

They provide you easy access to privately nurse, often covering the top of your breast, while your baby feeds without barriers like layers of restricting clothes. Nursing clothes companies have really stepped up their game in the last few years, examining the best access methods, including zippers on the sides and across the front of the chest, multilayer shirts with access underneath the top layer, and more.

Check out these must-have nursing clothes, that also are flattering on your changing postpartum body (meaning no super tight fabric on your belly, underarms, or across the chest).

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The zipper on this t-shirt is two ways, and can allow access to one or both breasts.

Nursing Queen has the absolute most brilliant nursing tee design — a two way zipper that can reveal either one breast or both (for pumping or nursing multiples), all in a discreet tee that looks nothing like a “nursing tee.”

In addition, the boxy but slimming t-shirt design conceals a postpartum belly, if that’s something you are wanting to do, without looking baggy or frumpy. The three-block design makes you feel fresh and put together for any work or casual event, and can be dressed up and down.

For winter, check out their Sweetheart nursing sweatshirt in a similar design.

The hidden zipper along this shirt’s first colorblock line is your secret weapon when breastfeeding on the go.

This jumpsuit from Latched Mama does it all.

It’s complicated to create a one-piece outfit that can work for both daytime, evening, and work, that can go from maternity to a flattering postpartum fit, all while providing nursing access.

The V-neck Nursing Jumpsuit product does just that, along with other rompers from this brand, providing a unique nursing access with a privacy band across the top of the breast. When you pull down the fabric along the chest line, another piece of fabric conceals the top of the breast, but it’s loose and non constricting.

This brand has also become creative with combination baby wearing and nursing access items.

The v-neck on this romper is nursing accessible and comes with an additional privacy panel for extra security.

Feel fancy and put together with these effortless options from Piper and Scoot.

If you’ve been around the nursing clothes block for awhile, striped tees and clip down shirts can get monotonous. Sometimes, you just want to level up your look a bit, to sneak away from your baby for a postpartum date, or go out with the girls for your first mimosas since giving birth.

Piper and Scoot's collection of dresses are nursing friendly, and ultra-flattering. They don’t have specific nursing accessibility aspects, but rather pull or stretch down, or unbutton, for easy breast access as needed.

We are particularly lusting after the Sharsti Button Down Midi Dress for all the late summer vibes, and planning on intentionally breaking that no-white-clothes-after Labor Day rule for this one.

Although Piper and Scoot’s dresses don’t come with any fancy nursing friendly functions, they’re loose-fitting, breathable and fashion-forward.

A basic but dependable nursing tank in a few colors can go a long, long way.

This Ribbed Henley Nursing Tank accentuates all the right places on your postpartum body, and is a must-have for all seasons, both for hot summer months then under your cutest pre-baby shacket in the fall.

The secret opening is easy to access for nursing, but it otherwise looks like a typical henley tank with cute buttons. It’s well-worth investing in a black and white tank for go-to everyday wear items that you don’t have to think twice about.

The beauty of this super-soft nursing tank is that it’ll stretch with you from your first trimester all the way through to postpartum with six buttons for easy access to breastfeed.

Get all those Amazon deliveries in style thanks to this cozy draped robe from Mamalux.

Not all postpartum nursing clothes need to be ready to go out on the town. In fact, this must-have draped robe is an essential for the first postpartum months, when you sleep and nurse and try to stuff a granola bar down in your “spare” time.

Made of super soft bamboo, this easy access robe means you aren’t getting totally “disrobed” for breastfeeding. It’s a visitor-ready, flattering pajama that is ready for rocking on the front porch with your new bundle of joy.

Mamalux’s robe is made from luxurious bamboo material that is perfect for skin-to-skin and can be easily cleaned when surprise accidents happen.

A set of reusable nursing pads is an essential; it’s well worth having a set stashed in your diaper bag.

Even the most nursing friendly shirts can get soaked, so these reusable nursing pads from Bravado! that you can pop into your bra will ensure you won’t spring a leak. They’re easy to use because you can take one out for nursing, leaving the other one in to protect your shirt, and then switch.

They also add a nice additional cup layer to any thinner nursing bras you might have, if you want more coverage. And if you throw a pair in your purse, you might be able to avoid your next leaky oops moment.

The three protective layers of leak-proof material will keep you dry—not bulky—so you can discreetly slip them into any bra.

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