A Pea in the Pod

Bought some things for a party and they didn’t work out. Tried to return them a few weeks later. It’s not easy to get to water tower. And they’ve shut down other peas in the pods. And you can’t return them at their sister stores like maternity or destination maternity but you can vice versa. Was a COUPLE days over the return date and they wouldn’t accept them.
What the hell am I going to do with these maternity clothes (they’re white) All for a white party) in the fall? They offered a gift card but what will I do with a gift card when this is my last pregnancy? Usually places let you return things 90 days after purchase. Nordstrom doesn’t even have a return date. So it was shocking to realize this place only gives you 30 days.
Frustrating. It was just a couple days.

They were so helpful! I had issues with the website, but the store quickly turned my experience around. Knowledgable, helpful & accommodating to my needs (even a challenging one which necessitated an exchange). Thank you!

Way overpriced. They have a great selection of clothes that are really cute, but their prices are outrageous. I walked in and went straight to a cotton maxi dress that looked cute and comfortable. The price tag? $ 178. No way am I spending $ 178 on a dress I will wear for 6 months and then never again. Saw a pair of jeans for $ 180. Uh, no.
I also found a basic striped t-​shirt and thought, how expensive could this be? Well, it was $ 60 for a basic cotton t-​shirt. No thank you. I’ll go to the Gap and spend $ 25.
I will never return here for pregnancy clothes. If you’re wealthy and have a lot of money to throw around, you’ll have better luck here.

I went in here hoping to buy some capris and nursing tanks for summer along with a few nursing bras. Even though there were less than 3 customers in the store the entire time I was there, I found the service to be completely lacking. I am 37 weeks pregnant. I do not really feel like making multiple trips to the dressing room. I was in the dressing room for over 20 min and not once did someone check on me to help me replenish my sizes. I got dressed frustrated with the lack of stuff that worked. I then checked out and asked if a shirt could be located at another store and they said they could call but I would have to drive to the store to pick up? Seriously? What pregnant woman has the time to trek all of the city in this world where anything can usually be easily shipped?! If this store wasn’t the only one in the city, I would never go back, I am going to start with the display at Macy’s on state next time for sure though. This place and their snooty supervisor who just walks around rather than doing anything helpful is just terrible if you need any assistance.

Went in a few weeks ago the ladies are very pushy. I wanted to try a few specific items on, finally I get to the fitting room and it was flooded with tons of over priced items. I finally made a decision on a few items. In the process of checking out the associate on duty asked my husband what he did for a living, which I thought was very rude. Plenty of nice items but the customer service sucks.

I love pea in the pod clothing but the customer service at this location is terrible. All they do is pressure you to buy clothes and make you feel bad when you don’t like something. I recently bought $ 600 worth of clothing and when I went home, I didn’t like two of the shirts I bought. When I returned the shirts, the associated Shanna asked me why I’m returning. I replied ‘I got home and didn’t like how they looked on me’. She then gave me the rudest look, snarked at me and proceeded with my checkout. She made me feel terrible for returning shirts that I didn’t feel comfortable in. I’m sure every woman who has ever been pregnant will agree with me when I say that the only thing that matters with pregnancy clothes is that you feel and look good in them. I will never go back to this location again and I will make sure to tell all my pregnant friends to go elsewhere. Shanna was horrible.

I went shopping for maternity clothes for my first time today and I couldn’t say enough great things about this store. The selection, the styles, the two for one deals and the staff were great. My mom, mother-​in-​law and I purchased more items than expected but we know they will go far in my pregnancy and I can’t wait for my bump to grow to show off everything. This store is extremely polished and the two sales girls who helped were out of this world. I will definitely be back :-)

Their selection of clothes doesn’t seem to change, even over several months. I went in for the first time when I was only about 12 weeks along. I found some great items on sale and a few full priced things & spent about $ 300 (yikes). One of those sale items was a pair of jeans… a pair that I can’t wear for a couple more months. Well I went back about a month later and bought a pair of skinny jeans that felt great. Same size & brand as the 1^st pair I bought. I got home and a couple days later I went to put on the 1^st pair of jeans. I don’t know what happened, but they were way too small. Tried on the skinny jeans again & they fit fine.
I took the original jeans back to the store & tried on a few more pairs, even the designer ones. I was unable to find anything that I liked or that fit correctly. I decided that I was just going to return them for a store credit & wanted to look online since they have a much bigger selection (and they had 40% off or something that day). Well, they wouldn’t do that. I had my receipt, but it wouldn’t pull up on the computer because I was a week or two out of the return policy and they weren’t willing to do anything. I kept saying I will take store credit, but they have 3 styles of jeans in their store & none of them fit.
Then they started pressuring me to buy the $ 200 Seven or Hudson jeans. I have Seven & Hudson jeans. I love them, however I do not want to spend all that money on jeans that I will only wear for a couple months. At this point, I spent nearly $ 600 in this store over the last month… they know me. I’ve worked with the same 2 people every time I come in. I worked in retail for many years in college… I know policies can be bent. All I wanted was store credit, but noooo they would only do an exchange. An exchange for $ 200 jeans because none of the $ 60 pea in the pod jeans fit (nor did they have them in stock). I was pretty ticked. I didn’t want to spend $ 200 on jeans, but they essentially forced me to do so. Also, its not like I was trying to return them for a full refund 6 months after I originally purchased them. It was barely 2 weeks out of their ridiculous 30 day return policy.
And by the way…30 day return policy for a maternity store? Seriously? Don’t you realize how much a pregnant woman’s body changes week to week? Every other retail store has at least 60 – 90 days. The company really needs to update their policies or at least tell their employees to be a little more understanding.

This is the worst store when it comes to the employees!
If I could give zero stars, I would.
I went into this store last week and the women working in there were extremely pushy. & this is NOT the first time. This is my SECOND time going into this store where I have felt so irritated and can’t just browse around in peace. After they gave me a million things to try on when I specified I just wanted to look around and I would ask for help if I needed it-​they almost tried to shame me when I didn’t go for the $ 250 maternity dress that I’ll probably never wear again. All the saleswoman kept saying was «oh but it looks so good on you, but you can wear it after your baby comes, your just going to want to be comfortable, but comfort is so important… but…» she wouldn’t stop and it made me so pissed off that I had to literally walk straight out of the store.
Excuse me lady, if I want something I’ll buy it! Please stop harassing me! And everyone that works there just gives you this dirty, horrible look as you leave the place. I had such a bad vibe in there that I will never go back again.
I recommend belly dance maternity if you want great customer service, and clothes for the right price.
Do NOT go here if you literally want the
life sucked out of you!
HORRIBLE!

Extremely expensive for clothes that you are only going to wear for 6 months or so. I didn’t know just how expensive it would be before I came. Once you start trying things on they will bring the whole store in for you to try while you’re in there. It was a little overwhelming as my first maternity shopping experience. I ended up returning almost everything I bought a week later and they were gracious about it.
Bottom line– if you wouldn’t bat an eye on spending $ 800 on 8 items of clothing (4 tops, 1 pair of jeans, 1 dress, tights, spanx and a bra) that you’re only going to wear for 6 – 9 months, this is a nice place to shop. If you have a normal budget, I’d recommend Motherhood Maternity which has a lower quality of clothing but costs less than half as much.

Holy high-​pressure sales lady, Batman!
I just wanted to come and browse some clothes for my ever-​expanding bump during my lunch break. Unfortunately I was the only person in the store, so the clerk zeroed in on me pretty fast. When I gave her the «Thanks, just browsing,» line, she started in with the questions. «When are you due?» «What do you do?» «Where do you work?»
I don’t get this — how does she expect me to shop and look around when she corners me and asks a bazillion (kinda personal) questions? And I even told her I was on my break, so I obviously don’t have forever to chit chat. It was just such a weird and uncomfortable experience.
They get two stars for cute (expensive) clothes. I’d go back, because they do have good sales sometimes, but I’d poke my head in first to make sure this one lady wasn’t there. Oh well.

Though the clothes are very cute, the customer service and level of professionalism in this store is very low.
I did not find the employees to be professional — they spoke in a very casual way with each other, very loudly while I was in the store. When I was ready to check out, I was getting in someone’s way.
I made a simple return (and made a much larger purchase) and had to answer SO MANY questions in order to make the return. I’m 7 months pregnant, and I believe I had to stand still at the counter waiting for the check-​out process to be completed for about 20 minutes (no chairs available!)

After struggling for a few days to button my pants (sigh) I figured it was about time to visit the infamous Pea in the Pod. I had heard there was one in Water Tower, but couldn’t find it on any of their directories once there. Finally I found it hidden in the back of the 7^th floor!
It’s a very small store, but packed with lots of stretchy and comfortable clothes. The sales associate was really helpful and suggested a few basic tees, jeans, dresses and even a bathing suit that would get me thru my entire pregnancy. Ta– ta buttons, hello stretchy bands!
I left somewhat satisfied, although the very next day I discovered the Pea in the Pod store on Oak Street (review to come), which had a way better and bigger selection of clothes.