What did you wear while in labour??

[AliB]

I stripped...but I do remember having to go from a temporary waiting area to the birthing room..I could feel my dh trying hard to keep me covered with the bedsheet as I made my way (with my eyes closed) down the hallway..I just kept trying to push him off saying "I don't care anymore"..lol...

[~me~]

For my 1st one it was my one of my husbands old T shirts..then for the next two it was the hospital gown. As other's have said it was comfortable to wear and easy access for the MW and OB.

Congrat's on the girl...I had a girl after two boys and I am loving it. Of course love my boys heaps too!

[Laranna]

DS was a c/s so it was a lovely hossie gown.

DD I was wearing a maternity tee and my gym pants as we walked around the block in early labour. Once I got to the hospital, the pants came off and I laboured and delivered in my tee.

[smiles4u]

I too wore what i popped on at the time that felt comfy and nothing underneath ....

My labour/birth outfit was hilarious it was a bright Aqua T.Shirt nightie with a picture of a cartoon character of a sexy gangster woman pointing a huge machine gun with the words written above " Secret Agent 66 "

My sister had given it to me years before as a gift as i was born in the year '66

I found out later my midwives were laughing about it.

I have kept the nightie to give to my DD when older even though it's now a bit shabby but i reckon she will get a laugh out of what i wore when she came into the world and that she laid on it straight after birth !!!

[tippytoes]

Naked in the shower and bath, then hospital gown - it was handy cause it had easy access and didn't matter how messy it got!
Rach xx

[Stevie]

i was in a skirt and singlet (one of my good ones LOL) coz i wasnt prepared haha.
ended up in just a bra and bare bum on all my knees on the bed, coz i was super hot, if BIL hadnt of been there i probably would have had nothing on.

[Dedicated Doula Gillian]

1st birth I wore an old nighty but got irritated with anything on my tummy so just ripped it off.
2nd birth started in big shirt and cycle shorts but after getting into bath i walked around naked.

I usually recommend to my mom’s anything comfortable.
If you having a water birth, crop tops are great and a wrap-around skirt as they are usually great cause while you in bath if it happens to get wet it dries quickly and it's light and you can tie it over the belly (by your breasts) or under the belly and doesn't make you feel so exposed. It's easy to remove if the labour progresses quickly. They are not expressive so if they get ruined it's not a train smash. And if need be it's great as a quick "throw over" if the family all wanna rush in to see baby we could quickly cover mom up.
But this is ONLY a suggestion.

Another idea, mom can buy a white shirt and have friends sign it with inspirational messages for mom and your doula or partner can read one or two messages to you during those intense contractions.

Or a shirt with a baby painted on it over the belly so you are reminded of what your baby could be feeling as you both go through this process...
There's a number of ideas but i feel above all you must feel comfortable!!!!

And any pants if need be - If you have any torn stockings, cut the legs off leaving about 1/3 or 1/4 of the leg and make "disposable pants" from the stockings you probably would have thrown any anyway. Keeping the extra little bit of leg piece helps to hold the pad in place if your waters have broken...and if need be they are easy to just cut off once again if labour happens faster than exspected.

[Curly]

Black singlet and black yoga pants (old ones) each time until things got serious, I am going to wear the same thing again because now I feel like it's lucky!

With DS the black singlet stayed on the entire time although I obviously had to lose the pants when they gave me an epidural because of the catheter.

But with DD they got me into the shower and I didn't get out again till it was time to push so I was naked. I just had to ask DH if I was naked while pushing...he said "yeah..." I just don't remember it clearly! Once DD was born they popped her on my chest and wrapped me up in sheets and blankets quite quickly.