Winter is full of wonderful sounds, the kettle whistle for hot chocolate, the start of a great movie, my slippers on the hardwood...yes I am an "indoor girl".  Maybe it is because I was born in Vancouver and it just not in my blood to enjoy the cold.  Or maybe from years in Calgary where you have plug in your car and they cancel school because it is just too damn cold.  Or maybe I'm just getting soft in my old age. 

As a mom of two snow lovin' kids and two snow lovin' dogs I do find myself venturing out to "enjoy" the winter wonderland.  This year I have a new element to worry about, a big baby belly.  How do I keep warm without borrowing my hubby's coat or looking like sausage in my regular winter coat?  At the Sweetmama.ca Spa-a-thon event this past fall I met Bessi from MCoat.  I had just found out I was prego with baby #3 and hadn't even thought about how I was going to make it through my first winter with a baby belly. 

Well I timed this baby just right with the launch of the MCoat, the hottest maternity coat made in Canada.  What makes this coat so awesome for prego mamas this winter?  It is actually three coats in one. 

The first is the regular Canadian spirit down filled hooded coat that you can wear before your zipper gives out to your belly and after your baby is out in the world. 

The second is the belly stage where the coat comes with a very cool panel that zips in to allow for your belly to fit comfortably but also stay warm and stylin'.

The third I just love, this makes this coat PERFECT for Canadian moms on the go.  The MCoat panel flips around so that the coat perfectly fits OVER your baby in a carrier.  Not only does this keep your baby warm in your coat, it allows you to nurse in the coat and once you have gone indoors you can take the coat off without having to take your baby out of the carrier (because they always seem to be asleep so you melt while shopping or visiting). 

I am currently enjoying the first phase of the coat but it will only be a few more weeks before I break out the panel and give my baby belly the room and warmth it deserves!