Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
KRELL EDWARD M
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Destination Maternity Corp [DEST] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Executive Officer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O DESTINATION MATERNITY CORPORATION, 456 NORTH FIFTH STREET		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/29/2012
(Street)

PHILADELPHIA, PA 19123		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 04/29/2012   M   31,341 A $ 6.87 174,408.7716 (1) (2) D  
Common Stock 04/29/2012   M   5,109 A $ 11.89 179,517.7716 (1) (2) D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Options (Right to Buy) $ 6.87 04/29/2012   D     48,659   (3) 09/29/2018 Common Stock 48,659 (4) 191,341 D  
Stock Options (Right to Buy) $ 6.87 04/29/2012   M     31,341   (3) 09/29/2018 Common Stock 31,341 $ 0 160,000 D  
Stock Options (Right to Buy) $ 11.89 04/29/2012   D     18,891   (5) 01/29/2020 Common Stock 18,891 (4) 41,109 D  
Stock Options (Right to Buy) $ 11.89 04/29/2012   M     5,109   (5) 01/29/2020 Common Stock 5,109 $ 0 36,000 D  
Stock Options (Right to Buy) $ 22.13               (6) 03/03/2021 Common Stock 40,000   40,000 D  
Stock Options (Right to Buy) $ 18.2               (7) 03/06/2022 Common Stock 28,604   28,604 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
KRELL EDWARD M
C/O DESTINATION MATERNITY CORPORATION
456 NORTH FIFTH STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19123		   X     Chief Executive Officer  

Signatures

 Edward M. Krell   05/01/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Includes 12,800 shares of unvested restricted stock from the March 3, 2011 grant of 16,000 shares, which 16,000 shares vest in equal annual installments over a five (5) year period. Also includes 18,299 shares of restricted stock issued to the Reporting Person by the Issuer on March 6, 2012, which shares vest in four (4) equal annual installments beginning on November 18, 2012.
(2) 1,182.7716 of these shares were purchased by the Reporting Person pursuant to the Issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(3) On September 29, 2008, options to purchase 400,000 shares were granted to the Reporting Person by the Issuer. The options vest and are exercisable in five (5) equal annual installments beginning on September 29, 2009. All of the remaining outstanding September 29, 2008 options are unvested.
(4) The inherent value of the shares underlying these options being surrendered to the Issuer is being applied to pay the exercise price and applicable tax withholdings for the option exercise reported in the next line in this Table II.
(5) On January 29, 2010, options to purchase 60,000 shares were granted to the Reporting Person by the Issuer. The options vest and are exercisable in five (5) equal annual installments beginning on January 29, 2011. All of the remaining outstanding January 29, 2010 options are unvested.
(6) On March 3, 2011, options to purchase 40,000 shares were granted to the Reporting Person by the Issuer. The options vest and are exercisable in five (5) equal annual installments beginning on March 3, 2012. 8,000 of the March 3, 2011 options are vested and 32,000 are unvested.
(7) On March 6, 2012, options to purchase 28,604 shares were granted to the Reporting Person by the Issuer. The options vest and are exercisable in four (4) equal annual installments beginning on November 18, 2012. All of these options are unvested.

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