Spent most of my labours in the shower...and always went totally naked.
Spent most of my labours in the shower...and always went totally naked.
Started out in a nightie, then whipped that off to hop in the bath. When I got out of the bath I put it back on, then as soon as I was allowed back in the bath, it was off again. Second time I got out of the bath I put on a hospy gown, but ditched it about when I started pushing, and just did it all naked.
I'm normally a total nudist, love having my kit off, but for some reason I wanted clothes, even though it was a really warm day. I think it was to do with the size of the room - it was massive, so it felt kind of exposed.
Nude in the shower and one of those long T-shirt nighties ($10 from Big W) on dry land. I've worn the same nightie for each of my three births, it has a pic of a monkey and says 'Monkey's stole my underwear...'. Always attracts comments from the middies as they look up my hoohaa!
Yep I was naked the whole time....was in to much pain to care who saw what and it's not like the midwifes haven't seen it before.
hahaha, this thread makes me laugh - does that make me immature?? hehe. I wore the hosp gown the whole time and I can remember thinking - I know this hurts like hell but how could anyone be naked and not care about it! lol - there was no way I was getting nude but everyones different and I really don't think the midwives care!
My first labour I was in trackie pants & a TShirt for the first part. Then after a few hours I got into a hospital gown & nothing else (they had to break my waters while I was in that too) I got into the bath in the gown as I'm a prude too. They must have put a dry one on me when I got out & thats what I wore for the remainder but by the end it was pretty much off, just slightly still over my arms I think LOL
My second labour was alot shorter, I wore a hospital gown again but no bath this time so I kept my bra on underneath. By the end the gown was off but bra still on.
You do get over the embarrassment pretty fast when you're in the later stages of labour & all you can think about is the pain lol
Good luck :)
I had a long t-shirt/nightie on at the start- think i kept it on for my first 2 babies, but my 3rd- was naked from the time i got out of the bath and couldn't have cared less!
I was naked about 3 minutes after I entered the birth suite, in the shower for about 2 minutes then into the bath. Good luck with your birth :)
Yep - naked all the way. I'm a prude too but in labour I just couldn't have clothes on. I was starkers within seconds of entering the birth suite. DH had trouble convincing me to get dressed for the drive to the hospital lol!
I was just as worried about being naked as I was about giving birth lol I bought a $5 bargain bin light summer nightie to wear during labour. It was bright blue and had fluro pink 'practically royalty' written across the front. Every time I met someone new during labour at the hospital I explained I didn't really think I was a princess that it was a cheap nightie I bought and didn't care if I ruined it. Cracked everyone up! I took a couple of stretchy like sports bra/crop top type tops and wore one in the bath. Once she was born the top came off, but nightie went straight back on once out of the bath, and I lifted it to feed. We'd had a lot of skin on skin before getting out of the bath.
And you know that nightie didn't end up with one mark on it, still pull it out and wear it every now and then ;)
funny....i was naked but insisted on wearing a shower hat....not that ive ever worn one before, but i didnt want my hair to be wet and annoying the whole time so made the middie find me a shower cap, amazingly they had one! im taking some with me this time....but im also taking swimmers too, JIK....you never know what your going to want in labour :)
you could go naked , and write "SURPRISE!!" on your vagina, maybe?
'cause then even if you get embarrassed, they will be surprised, and so you still win!!
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Nothing!! I'd thought I would want clothes on so packed the really comfy maternity bra I had and a belly band (for coverage but easy a access lol) but ended up naked almost straight after getting to our room!
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I was starkers in the bath and in the shower and stayed that way once I got out at the business end. Before stripping off I wore DH's t shirts and for my last bub I had this big bonds t shirt dress thingy (the type you wear with leggings) which was comfy and loose.
I originally thought I would be in the bath when in labour with my ds so I took along my swimmers (a two piece for easy removal), didn't like the sensation of the bath (or the swimmers on my body) so I ended up in the shower for 5 hours starkers! :) I honestly didn't even think or care who might see me naked and I usually am a huge prude when it comes to my own nakedness :) I would take along your swimmers and see how you feel during labour. :) don't forget a change of clothes for dh too as we forgot and my dh had wet clothes for the duration of our birth.. oops :)
I was totally naked!! I had a crop top and undies one for about the first 10 mins... then I got over it and got naked! I didn't like the feeling of wet clothes against me!
I can't really remember what I was wearing during labour for DS1, I think it might have been the same big maternity t-shirt nighty thing that I wore for DS2. I ended up being prepped for a c-section so was naked at some point.
With DS2, I started off with a big maternity t-shirt nighty thingy and maternity cargo pants. Cargo pants were off when I got to hossy, but I kept putting them back on to go for walks (my labour kept stalling and I was a VBAC so I was being intermittently monitored). When everything finally revved up, I got in the shower in just my sports crop top and didn't take it off until I bf'd DS2. I was completely naked when I delivered the placenta.
Before I went in, I thought I'd be wearing clothes.... ended up Starkers after a couple of hours- way more comfortable!!!
I really badly didnt wanna be totaly naked either.....so I packed swimmers bottoms (the boy leg type cos I hate my thighs, yup hiding my thighs was super important considering what I was about to do lol) a crop top and loose t-shirt. Well I started to feel niggly pains so jumped in the bath....as soon as those niggly pains turned into labour I was like "Get these freaking clothes off me NOW!!!" by the time DH got there I was naked in the shower with a doctor and two nurses wandering around me.....poor DH nearly had a heart attack and kept trying to cover me up lol. Looking back I still beleive I actually did that!!
I was naked in the bath and shower, except for a wet towel I draped over my shoulders and would wet down every now and then to keep my back warm as I preferred to keep the shower head aimed directly at my tummy.