OMG, you guys, I just read the most terrible news about Jessica Simpson's pregnancy! According to reports, Simpson is unknowingly—or worse, knowingly—putting her health and possibly even the health of her baby at risk ... all for the sake of VANITY.

What's she doing, you ask? Binding her belly with painful canvas restraints? Eating mercury-laden raw fish in an attempt to curb the carbs? Smoking a pack a day and guzzling directly from a bottle of grain alcohol while bungee-jumping and undergoing unnecessary X-rays AND changing the cat litter?

It's even worse: Simpson has been spotted wearing a pair of heels. OH, THE HUMANITY!

Jessica Simpson, first let me say congratulations! You look lovely pregnant, and good for you! I bet you'll make a perfectly acceptable mother who has a lot of help from trained professionals. We're all going to be waiting anxiously to find out if it's a boy or a girl, if you lose that pregnancy weight real quick, how you feel about breastfeeding, and if you pick the most ridiculous name on the planet.

But first, can we talk about your baby daddy?

So maybe you've heard that Beyonce is designing a line of maternity clothing. No? Well, now you have. Apparently, if you're a perfectly proportioned superstar and style icon (who has other very-well-paid people pick out your absurdly expensive designer clothes for you), pregnancy is a fabulous fashion opportunity.

"I've had so much fun with fashion over the months," Beyonce gushed to Harper's Bazaar, adding, "All I see now are clothes that are flattering on a pregnant woman. It's been so exciting for me! I love figuring out designs that still make me feel edgy and sexy while pregnant. Flowy fabrics are always flattering, but I still rock my stilettos."

Hooray for Beyonce and for those of you out there who have managed to feel "fierce" and "sexy" while pregnant, but for me, dressing while pregnant was ... mmm ... not an "exciting" proposition.

As if she didn't have enough "babies" to care for as a pregnancy concierge, Pregnant in Heels star Rosie Pope is happy to announce that she is pregnant for a third time. Which is a much bigger deal than one might think, since Pope publicly struggled with infertility on the show last year before conceiving her second son, Wellington.

In fact, The Stir talked to her about her infertility issues as she breastfed her brand new baby as Pregnant in Heels began to take the mommy-verse by storm. The show where you might just wish infertility on some of the self-absorbed, clueless parents-to-be who show up on Pope's door looking for some special treatment. Like, you know, the services of a focus group to name their baby so they can see how ground-breaking they can be as parents.

Yes, that's what Pope is dealing with on a regular basis.

Holidays are extra fun when you're pregnant, I've always thought -- mostly because you have an excuse to eat as much as you want. But Halloween is the best preggers special occasion of all, because in addition to scarfing down enough candy for two, you also get the rare opportunity to wear a mom-to-be-specific costume!

I've seen some super-creative examples over the years (like a belly "pearl" peeking out of a giant oyster), but if you're anything like me when I was pregnant, you're thinking along easier, more comfortable lines. Like this comfy, easy-to-make skeleton get-up!

Here are 4 more awesome ideas to get you started ...

Once you are very visibly pregnant (as opposed to the "bump" you thought you had at ten weeks), deciding on what to wear can become a bit challenging. And once you do decide, keeping that look ... shall we say ... neat and tidy, can also prove to be as hard as getting a good night's sleep. Which is why I think the color black is hands down the best color a pregnant woman could wear.

Look again, shall we, at my lovely model, Catherine, who you may remember as the one who wore the fabulous "show off my belly" tight tunic and black slacks (black, again, see? Great color!). Here she is in the Seraphine Crochet Tunic Dress ($95) which is a dress Halle Berry wore during her pregnancy as well. (Fancy!) Gorgeous, isn't she? The dress, too. But I'm not here to fawn all over the blonde preggers, I'm here to tell you why black is THE BEST color for maternity clothes.

To all the pregnant women who aren't feeling pretty today ... stop it! I bet you look gorgeous. Even if you just got over hurling over the toilet or spent the night tossing and turning from heartburn. Pregnant women are gorgeous. Want proof?

Look at Catherine -- 31 weeks along with baby number one. Carrying all in the belly (and breasts, hello!). And looking amazingly gorgeous. Though I will admit, I have only known her when she was pregnant so I'm partial.

Much to my surprise, she is wearing maternity clothes -- all from Destination Maternity -- and showing that if you don't like the loose and flowing blouse look, you can wear tight fitting clothes even when pregnant.

Let's get a better look at this outfit ....

If there was one thing I didn't like about breastfeeding, it had to be those depressing, uitlitarian nursing bras. They reminded me of the brassieres my great-grandmother used to hang out on the clothesline: Boring, full-coverage, sturdy cotton undergarments. Actually, they make me think of the tag line from the Saturday Night Live skit "Mom Jeans": "Because you're not a woman anymore, you're a mom."

Bummer. But no worries -- you breastfeeding moms now have it so much better! You'd never even think this leopard-and-lace number was a nursing bra from the looks of it. But it is, and guess what? There are more after the jump!

Berry Monroe, $29.99 you-lingerie.com