Naked. I can still remember the conversation i had with a doctor while he stood in the bathroom door and i was under the shower. I wasnt moving for anyone. If they wanted to talk to me, they could come to me :)
We werent expecting to go hospital so even though i had a bag packed i hadnt thought about packing bathers or anything. At least it would be better than those horrible gowns. Next time i'm getting a birthing skirt.
hospital gown with the first two and just a t-shirt with DD2 :) take what ever you will feel comfortable in :)
I was naked in the shower and hospital gowns at other times.
You have to do what is comfy for you so ignore your dh if he's suggesting stuff you're not happy with.
I didn't use the shower during labour but afterwards I didn't care and was just nudie rudie with the door open! I probably would've done the same during labour.
I was the same, completely mortified at the thought of people seeing me naked and only got to use the shower once but i used a hospital gown because i had drips and things it was easier to manoeuvre so really everyone only saw my but hehe
the only way i could relax was by being completely naked
I was going to say the same as BG, keep your options open & see how you feel. You might find that when it comes to it, you won't care in the slightest :) but having all bases covered will make you feel more relaxed.
I only got to use the shower with DS1; Iwas naked in the shower & had a long t-shirt thing on the rest of the time.
I had on my favourite type-o-negative t-shirt and underwear. Then I got into the bath, my t-shirt floated up, and I thought - stuff this!!! So off came the t-shirt. Undies stayed on till I got out and had a poop.. lol
Then I spent the rest of the time in just my bra. I didn't care at the time that I was practically naked and its only now looking back on it that I think, omg, my poor midwives seeing my fat arse.. LOL
I was naked ... didn't bother me at that stage - they'd already checked out all my girlie bits a few times, and figured they'd probably be seeing me poo and breastfeeding and everything else - me and every other woman on the ward - and by that stage, I. Just. Didn't. Care.
we were told however that any dudes around would need trunks if jumping in the shower or bath with me - and so we'd brought those along.
That being said, I'd brought a couple of short nighties with a view that I'd wear them - just never got around to it. My waters broke when I was dressed, and I just went in the hospital in gym pants and a singlet top, and I never got changed into my birthing gear... after the shower each time, I towelled off and popped on a gown. Never thought I'd wear them (they're stiff, ungainly and not mine) but I just didn't give a fat flying rat's hairy left testicle by that stage :lol:
I brought bikinis thinking I would use them but I went nude in the shower, I was in too much pain to care!!!! And then the rest of the labour I wore a skirt that I could pull up as a dress over my boobs but besides that I was naked, it was really comfy just wearing that dress. I am wearing it again for birth #2!!!! :)
Yeah that!!! LOL!:
I went naked, pretty much from the time i got into birthing suit LOL, So im not really that much help, maybe wear a long tshirt?
For Dd I wore DH's t-shirt and shorts until I went in the shower, nudie in the shower, then put a short nightie on when I came out, which buttons right thru. I don't even think it did up over then bump but it covered my bbs so I was happy.
DS I went into hospital wearing yoga pants and a mat top, naked in the shower again and had the same nightie ready when I got out. I really couldn't have cared though, once I was out I basically only put it over my shoulders so I didn't get cold... Not for my modesty haha!
Im usually a bit of a prude but as soon as I got to the labour room I striped off 2nd time they had to tell me to get my trousers off LOL
I must admit that when I went into labour both times what I was wearing was the last thing on my mind. I looked like a TOTAL dag both times and it didn't occur to me until days after.
I found that I got unbearably hot during labour. Even with Phoebe and she was a day off being a winter baby. I would strip off layer by layer until I was starkers. The thing was that I'd go to the loo or something and just couldn't be stuffed putting my pants back on, etc. I did wear a top both times, with P it was a singlet and with N a t-shirt but I whipped them off when the babies were born so we could have skin to skin cuddles and a breastfeed.
So both times, while I am usually very modest about what I wear, I ended up firstly looking like a complete dork and secondly getting my kit off by the end anyway.
If you are particular about what you want to wear, my advice would be to get it ready now cause when you go into labour you may very well not care a bit.
Having said that, my mum told me that she knew she was going into labour with each of us because, even though the pains weren't necessarily stronger or different to other pregnancy pains at first, she had an intense urge to wash her hair. PMSL! I was the complete opposite! When I was actually in labour I found myself with greasy hair in completely unattractive clothing.
i bought a long loose shirt specifically for my labour... it was nearly a dress and was stretchy so i could pull a boob out for bub... i wore that and the nurses gave me a pair of lovely hospital undies so they could keep track of things "down there''.
I laboured in that til the shower, then just didn't care. ripped it all off. DH had boardies on... before I knew it, the finale was there and i was pushing... Nurses tried to bundle me inot a hospy robe... I ripped that off between contractions grumbling about how hot it was.
I felt like it was about 50C in that room and couldn't bare anything on my skin. :)
hth
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Sorry naked for me to. I only had to wear a gown with the last one as she was a c/s. They wouldn't let me be a nudie in theatre lol but they made sure that I wasn't wearing knickers so they copped any eyeful anyway :)
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Just have a shower in private, if the labour goes for hours as you say then you wont need anyone to be in the bathroom with you, if its the business end then as you said you wont care! You have a right to your privacy for as long as you want/need it!