If Agent Provocateur is your favourite lingerie destination you’ll be happy to learn that by popular demand they’re produced a very small but sexy and beautiful maternity lingerie collection, comprising a soft cup front fastening feeding bra available in several colours and prints, matching under bump knickers and postnatal waist cinching brief. Do I hear some sighs of relief? Maternity lingerie never looked so good.

This is a small but very cleverly designed selection of lingerie, where you just click on the style you like to see the full range for each one. There are maternity and nursing bras, hipster briefs, French knickers and thongs and each style is available in the sort of colours you don’t associate with maternity lingerie, such as blush, lilac, caramel, ivory and lacy black. They’ll deliver worldwide.

Isabella Oliver is a maternity wear company for pregnant women who love clothes. Their sexy designs in soft jersey fabrics have signature style details like ruching and wrapping to flatter new curves. Every item comes gift wrapped and their brochure and website include style tips to pick up on the season’s trends. You can see each item as a model shot, drawing and also using their really clever and innovative catwalk animation. As well as day and evening separates you can buy lingerie, loungewear, sophisticated sleepwear, chic outerwear, sun and swimwear.

You may think that the US is a bit far to go for your maternity lingerie, but do take a look here as this is quite a different range from what’s available in the UK and they’re happy to ship it to you wherever you are. Almost everything is made from a cool, stretch, nylon/lycra mix, and the range includes nursing bras, briefs, camisoles and halter tops in a choice of colours, nightwear, loungewear from wraps to Capri pants and a gorgeous halter dress with lots of built in support.

Bravissimo was started to fill the niche in the market created by those who aren’t looking for lingerie or swimwear in minute sizes. They offer a wide selection of lingerie in D to JJ cup plus bra-sized swimwear in D to J cup making it the essential site for the fuller figure. There’s also a small collection of soft cup and nursing bras. Their service is really excellent and if you have any queries you can email them and they’ll come back to you immediately. They’ll ship to you speedily anywhere.

Wondermummy has a special section for businesswear, where there are pinstriped suits, simple tops and skirts, formal trousers and cross over tops in several colours (including black and white). Although this is very much only part of the range, so many maternity boutiques seem to leave the work angle out altogether that this definitely merits a look. Browse Active as well for well priced easy pieces.

This one definitely wasn’t around when I had mine but it looks like such a great idea. Basically, if you haven’t heard of it already, the Bumpband, which can be worn from the early stages of pregnancy as an alternative to maternitywear, gives you much needed, flattering extra support and lift and is designed to grow with you as it’s higher at the front. It's also a help when you want to breastfeed discreetly. Available in two sizes, in white or black.

Emily B is a new brand of maternity lingerie offering you beautiful luxury bra's and brief's, born out of the frustration the founder Emily Barnes experienced after giving birth to her first child in 2002 when she realised that luxury maternity lingerie was extremely hard to find. Here the look is key, although at the same time her products offer good support, coverage and comfort. You should definitely have a look round here.

Thank goodness for Figleaves, where you’ll find what is almost certainly the best range of nursing/maternity bras and briefs on the net, from simple styles to simply glamorous ranges with as much lace and embroidery as you could possibly want. There’s also a good choice of maternity swimwear although this is nothing like as stylish as the lingerie. You can be sure when you buy here that you’ll receive a speedy, efficient service with free returns within the UK.

If you want to breastfeed your baby wearing a leopard print bra, or something black and unbelievably pretty and lacy then this is the place to look. You can find your basic maternity essential here as well, but to my mind their strength is definitely in the bra department, where they offer styles by Elle McPherson, Bravado, Carriwell and Emma Jane in some pretty colours and styles. There’s also a small range of swimwear and very attractive nightwear.

Heidi Klein offers really beautiful holidaywear all the year round and although the maternity range is very small it’s probably the most stylish you could find. There are also pretty and flattering kaftans and sarongs plus all the accessories you could need for your next trip away to the sun (flip flops, hats, bags and more). They offer a same day delivery service in London and express delivery throughout the UK.

There’s a good selection of maternity and nursing bras, plus support garments such as baby belts and attractive swimwear from this small online retailer and one that’s well worth having a look at. I have to confess that I’m not sure why most nursing bras have to come in white only but if that’s what you’re happy with then you’ll probably like this basic collection, of which the swimwear is the strongest part. The information here is really helpful and if you want some advice you can call them.

My Tights have a really great, modern and easy to use website, offering the hosiery brands of Aristoc, Charnos, Elbeo, Gerbe, La Perla, Levante and Pretty Polly, to name but a few, plus maternity tights by Spanx and Trasparenze. So whether you want footless or fishnet tights and stockings, support tights, shapewear, knee highs or suspenders you'll find it all here and provided you order before 3pm you'll probably get it the next day.

There were so many kaftans around last summer that you're almost certainly aware by now that this is a must-have for summer holidays. They’re also perfect when you have a bump. Whether they’re in fashion or not (and I’m sure they will be for a while) they’re great for wearing over a swimsuit when you want something a bit more of a cover than a sarong. Here's an excellent collection, long, short, colourful or neutral and beautifully embroidered. You'll definitely find yours here. Delivery is worldwide.

Whether you want fishnets and crochet tights, bright colours, knee highs, stay-ups, stockings or footsies you’ll find them all here plus leg warmers, socks and flight sock, maternity and bridal hosiery. This website really caters for all your hosiery needs and with names such as Aristoc, Pretty Polly and Charnos offered you should never run out again. As an extra benefit delivery is free in the UK and takes only 1-2 days.

White Orchid is a small online boutique offering a selection of gorgeous, seductive nightwear, with a limited but very attractive maternity line of nightdresses and pyjamas in colours such as palest pink, pale blue and lavender. The prices are quite high but everything here is very high quality and hand finished so if you want to treat yourself, take a look.