Appearing on television in front of millions first thing in the morning and looking stylish is no easy task.

The challenge is doubled when your wardrobe is limited to maternity wear.

But BBC Breakfast presenter Kate Silverton is pulling it off with ease, stepping out today in a chic blue frock.

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Baby blues: Kate Silverton stepped out in a striking blue Isabella Oliver dress today

The 40-year-old wore the tie-front dress, by maternity designer Isabella Oliver, this morning on television before she was pictured near her London home later in the day.

Kate's dress costs £ mother of bride dresses mother of bride dresses109 from the label -  a favourite among celebrities including Jenni Falconer and Jodie Kidd.

The journalist also appears to be keen to keep her legs toned throughout her pregnancy, wearing a pair of TrimSole sandals as she carried armfuls of items to her car.

Yesterday Kate paid a visit to fellow presenter Ben Fogle to meet his newborn daughter.

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Juggling act: The pregnant presenter carried armfuls of items to her car after appearing on BBC Breakfast today

She told followers on Twitter: 'Had another lovely experience as visited Ben and Marina Fogle today who've had a baby daughter - their 2nd child - she's beautiful!'

The day before Kate looked overjoyed as she patted her baby bump during her hosting duties on BBC Breakfast.

She was again wearing a stylish maternity dress - this one by Tiffany Rose.

Presenting on the sofa with Bill Turnbull, Kate tenderly touched her bump as she chatted to her co-anchor and guests, maternity summer dresses the joy of impending motherhood obvious.

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Joy: Kate Silverton touches her growing baby bump during BBC Breakfast

After the show Silverton thanked followers on Twitter for their kind words, after fans told her she was glowing.

She also hinted that she is still adjusting to her changing figure silver cocktail dresses , telling one follower: that she is 'feeling a little rotund if I am honest - and only half way!'

Miss Silverton, who married security expert Mike Heron in December, has admitted she is 'unable to think beyond the next few days.’

'I’ve not yet been able to relax and enjoy myself 100 per cent,' she told the Daily Mail earlier this month. 'As any mother-to-be will know it is an incredibly vulnerable and precarious time.

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Exciting: Kate tenderly touches her stomach as co-anchor Bill Turnbull addresses the audience

'I would not have revealed it publicly except people had begun asking questions and it’s obvious I have gained weight, especially on screen.'

Her trepidation is understandable, given the couple's gruelling journey to conceiving. Kate fell pregnant naturally after trying - and failing- to conceive throughout four punishing rounds of IVF.

When Silverton finally discovered she had finally succeeded - naturally - she didn't dare to believe it.

She revealed to the Mail: ‘I’d had some symptoms that I now recognise as early pregnancy signs – buy cheap wedding dresses for sale at wholesale price. we provide an array of high quality column wedding dresses a craving for bacon sandwiches, a swollen tummy and two rather short “cycles” – but I assumed it was the onset of an early menopause.

'When I saw a second blue line appear on the test I couldn’t believe it. I had to do another before I even entertained the idea that I might be pregnant.’

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Wedding day: Kate married security expert Mike Heron in December

Kate’s chances of becoming pregnant, even with the highest doses of IVF drugs, had been placed at between three and five per cent.

At 29 she had lost an ovary during a life-saving emergency operation, and she did not begin her first round of IVF until she met Mike aged 37.

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But when she went to see a specialist, her fears turned to joy: 'My parents had come with me to the surgery fearing the worst – nice summer dresses ; ruffled short dress cocktail dress ruffled short dress cocktail dress now I called them in to see their grandchild – in its earliest stages – but alive and most certainly viable.

'Professor Campbell turned on the Doppler, bridal dress the instrument that picks up the heartbeat, plus size wedding dresses cheap plus size wedding dresses cheap and the sound was something I will never forget.’