Mums-to-be are hot for ethical baby clothing, whether it be organic cotton, fair trade or bamboo, but oddly this ethical vibe hasn't made much of an impression on maternity fashion brands. I've searched high and low, and wide, on the internet, for three attractive ethical maternity wear ranges.

1. Bamboo Baby
Organic brand Bamboo Baby has produced a range of simple and elegant maternity pieces, with a strong emphasis on casual and comfortable. The brand uses moso bamboo, which is grown without any pesticides or fertilisers. It is one of the world's fastest growing plants so once it has been cut it regenerates fast, eliminating the need to replant.

Attractive tops and vests feature in the range, either in simple cuts or with ruche effects. The Maternity and Nursing Wrap Dress (pictured here) is a beautifully simple piece just as the LBD is, but minus the 'L'. The wrap around detail is flattering for the neckline and rests comfortably above the stomach and for a cool £19.99 it's a no brainer.

Bamboo Baby is available at a number of online sites including Crave Maternity and Spirit of Nature.

Autumn is definitely in the air, and for me that can only mean two things. Firstly, I'm not going to get that Debbie Bliss baby blanket finished before this little bundle arrives.

Secondly, looming large is a major maternity fashion crisis - what the hell am I going to wear on my legs when it's too breezy to go naked??!! The legs that is, I'm no Demi Moore.

What's wrong with jeans, I hear you ask. I'll tell you what's wrong with jeans. Waistbands are wrong with jeans, even on the maternity versions that have the deep elasticated bump panel at the top. And if it's not waistbands, it's sheer boredom that's putting me off wearing denim.

A girl can't do jeans every day. No, really, this one can't.

Dresses and tunic tops is where it's at for the third trimester, though this awkward transition season provides a big challenge. Come Winter Proper, woolly tights are a definite shoe-in, but it's too early to get too snuggly and my feet are permanently on fire as it is.

There's only one solution - leggings - and trust a celebrity to have got there first.

You know it's summer when the Big Brother, Wimbledon and Glastonbury fest is under way. What's more, you know it's a British summer when it rains cats and dogs at Wimbo and Glasto. Tick!

Glastonbury makes me feel old. I've never even been, can you believe, and yet still it makes me feel old. I watch it on the TV and all I can see are wall-to-wall beautiful young girls, skinny as broke students on a diet of fags, flitting about in the latest floral frocks, legs in Hunter wellies slim as garden canes in plant pots. I used to have legs like that, when I was six.

This year has been no exception. It rained, of course, but somehow the pretty young things just looked all the more, well, pretty and young, soaked to the skin in the latest floral frock and wellies. I know, I know, I shouldn't care less, but cripes, I am now officially old enough to be their mother, I look crap in the rain, and it hurts!

I've discovered the joys of browsing maternity clothes on eBay today. I love buying secondhand stuff on eBay, primarily because it's a greener thing to do than buy new all the time. It's also cheaper and in these credit-crunched, no company maternity pay on the horizon, times that's exactly what I need. You might recognise the feeling!

Right now there are 11,779 items of maternity clothing on eBay.co.uk, including a whopping 1,361 pairs of jeans, 1,161 dresses and 4,498 tops and T-shirts. I mean, how many T-shirts does one girl need?

Of these items 5,059 are used pieces, or as I prefer to think of them, pre-loved and ready for a new home. It's perhaps no surprise that there only nine size 6 items. Maternity clothes in a size 6? Really?

Apparently, the way to buy maternity clothes is to go for the same size as you are normally, as opposed to choosing the next size up or two. Yes, there lies a beginner's error I might have easily made.

Barefoot and pregnant used to be the kind of unfortunate circumstances that forlorn Dickens heroines would find themselves in, and a term that our grans would use to scare us off skipping school to mess around with boys. Nowadays, barefoot and pregnant is something to aspire to!

Fingers crossed, I'll be between five and seven months pregnant during July to September, and with forecasts suggesting it's going to be a hot summer, I very much hope to be barefoot and pregnant, skipping through flower meadows or strolling down my favourite beach in Cornwall.

And for the rest of the time - you know, those days when I'll be heading out into the grimy London streets, schlepping my way to meetings and back, all the time dreaming of warm sandy beaches and summer flower meadows - there's Vivo Barefoot by Terra Plana, my favourite ethical shoe brand.