What did you wear in the shower at the hospital? In labour in general?
This might seem a little crazy to ask, but did you wear your swimmers? I'm a total prude, cant imagine being naked in front of anyone apart from DP but really want to use the shower for pain relief. DP is saying I would should just go naked, but when I suggest he does the same, all the sudden its a crazy idea lol
I should point out, yes I know at the business end of things, all my dignity will be out the window, but if I'm in labour for hours, I cant imagine I would be relaxed being naked.
so what did you wear? Did you wear a t-shirt/swimmers? I guess you dont just use the shower once and getting in and out of wet clothes seems silly - dunno.
Stark naked. I was in so much pain it was the last thing on my mind. Actually it feels really natural and normal for me to strip off for labour and delivery.
While in labour i was in my pjs, i had showers by myself and only called DP in if the contractions were really strong and i couldnt stand up by myself. I too am a prude and hated the thought of strangers seeing me naked but after about 20 hours into the labour i had a bath and i was completely starkers and i just did not care. When it came to pushing i took my pants off and DP asked if i wanted a sheet over and i just didnt care. I could have given birth infront of the whole hospital.
But saying that a girl who i went to high school with had her baby 3 weeks after me and she wore swimmers the whole labour.
while in labour i had on a long singlet and leggings, until i asked for my epi and then they put me in a hospital gown....
like u im a prude and was mortified at the thought of them seeing me in the nudd but i seriously didnt care, and when it came to showering after DD was born i had had a PPH so was veerrrrrrry light headed, dizzy, weak etc and my middie had to help DH get me in the shower, all while i was starkers with a towel shoved between my legs to catch any blood oh yeah that was my finest hour!
you just dont care as much as u think u will, when it comes to it u dont give 2 hoots
take your swimmers, take a long tee, see how you feel in the moment - i am a prude but got over it pretty damn quick!
DH had shorts he wore - very different for them - they are not the ones in labour, not the ones feeling the contractions, not the ones needing the water for pain relief!
I was nude except for a bikini top that I just didn't think to take off until DD was put on my chest to bf and I realized I still had it on. With DD2 I couldn't wait to get my clothes off. I felt so restricted. I'm very carefree like that though....and we had a waterbirth so I didn't want clothes on in the tub either. Good luck do whatever you feel comfortable with x
Completely naked - I have started off both times in an oversized T-shirt and the first thing to go was my underwear because I was in too much pain to lift my legs to keep putting them on and taking them off (I was in and out of the shower for a lot of my labours). At some stage I lost the oversize t-shirt and ended up naked.
The midwives did talk about partners and showers/baths in our birth classes and said that they want them wearing shorts/boardies at least. We never packed anything special for DH - he just helped me through in whatever he was wearing, though I always have packed a spare change of clothes for him after labour is over just in case he ends up wet or covered in lots of blood and stuff. He can stay at the hospital for as long as I need him to without going home to change.
I would take a dressing gown (summer weight) to have on hand, but I wouldn't bother with covering up too much...and not in the shower. Let that water wash over your body, the sensation directly on your skin is great. Also during second stage, you want to be ready to recieve your baby to your chest (or as far up as the cord allows) for skin to skin contact. That is very important for you both.
My first labour I started with a t-shirt, then went naked for the most part. It felt so good to be free of stuff.
Second time I wore a t-shirt on dry land, but naked in the bath and shower (where I spent most of my time)
I felt better being naked to be honest. And first time round I did walk the corridor in hospital naked with people running afer me with a towel...
Nothing! DH wore his boardies in the shower - he was holding the shower spray on my back (& getting yelled at when he tried to spray himself to keep warm)
The midwives just checked on us occasionally & really I didn't notice them there unless they said something to me.
I was pretty horrified at the idea of showing all to the world too I wore a bikini top and was sitting on a stool in the shower and my big fat bump was covering everthing else! When I wasnt in the shower I had bought a nice short nighty to wear to labour in. Its what ever you are comfortable with but I say take as much and as varying clothes as you want and then you have the choice!
At times I was pretty zoned out (even with no drugs) I guess I mean more 'in the zone' and honestly didnt even notice who was there having a look, it was only when others entered the room that i became aware there were more people iykwim.
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What did you wear in the shower at the hospital? In labour in general?
oh yeah that was my finest hour!
I wore a bikini top and was sitting on a stool in the shower and my big fat bump was covering everthing else! When I wasnt in the shower I had bought a nice short nighty to wear to labour in. Its what ever you are comfortable with but I say take as much and as varying clothes as you want and then you have the choice!
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