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I was talking to a friend yesterday and she asked me what I was going to wear when I went into labour.
Whatever I happened to have on at the time or get changed into I would think.
I have always just laboured in my own clothes which usually was a long tee shirt and bare bum. I did try water for my first baby so was in the bath in my bra but soon hopped out and put my tee shirt back on.
Do you have a "labour outfit"?
For my one and only labour (rest were c/s) I just wore a hospital gown when I was taken to the labour ward
Yep I wore my own clothes for a while but then submitted to the gown as it was so loose and nice fitting and didn't get in the way of "inspecctions" lol
I bought one of those cheap ugly old lady cotton stretchy nighties for DD's birth and then DH forgot to wash it so I ended up either naked when in shower and in hospital gown which was felt a bit strangulatory when hoiked it up to put bub on chest. (Now I wear the hideously ugly nightie most nights since didn't end up getting covered in gunk :lol: serves DH right - I might wear it this time tho) PS - I hated not wearing a bra, feel like my boobs are in the way. But they wanted the naked chest to put bub on so ?
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I had a hospital gown - easy for access and when I was hooked up to machines etc.
My own oversize T-shirt nightie... then when things got intense nothing :o and did'nt care less either i might add???
I was naked - except for my c/section which of course I was in a glam gown with a clown hat!
I can't stand clothes when I am labouring - I strip off as soon as it gets serious!
Fistly just notice you're having a girl! Congrats!!!:
Secondly and more on topic;)
With Annabelle I ended up giving birth to her in my (at the time) fave yellow bra haha. In my bellybelly albums her 1st pic you can see the bra :lol:
With Lucy the birth was so quick I only had time to get my pants off and still had my long sleeve black top on. So when she was born I had to quickly whip it off so they could put her on my chest;)
I have never and prob will never put much thought into what Ill wear while giving birth. It happen all of a suddern I really wouldn't have time to get changed haha
I was in a stretchy long skirt and a singlet top. I wasnt at the hossy too long when my waters broke so after i got out of the shower i just put on a hossy gown and i had on some of those glamorous disposable knickers as i was still leaking all over :)
I laboured in winter both times so I wore trackies and a t-shirt until I got in the shower than I was naked for the rest and I'm such a prude so DH found this really funny.
i bought a large oversize t shirt nightie to wear and had nothing underneath, it was very comfy and easy for docs and midwives to do their thing :)
At home, I just had on some loose, comfy jogging pants and a baggy tee of DH's, but when we got to the hosp, the mw had the bath run, so I stripped off for that and as I hopped from the bath to the bed to the shower and back to the bath a few times, I didn't bother putting anything on, so spent the majority of my labour naked. Not that I gave that much thought at the time - I'm normally so self-conscious so to be comfortable naked, I must have been in the zone! It did help that being in a birth centre, it was only DH, the mw and a student mw (who wasn't involved, just observing so quietly that I forgot she was there!).
I'm very spoilt, as my MIL has bought me a Womama Birthing Wrap - organic bamboo/cotton. It's a LBD for birthing in - no hospie gowns for me!!
It's black so I figure that any gunk-related staining will be invisible after a good napisan soak!?! I've worn it a couple of times at home already and think it will be great for the 9th month around the house and for early breastfeeding weeks.
First baby I laboured and birthed in 2 gowns.
One I wore the right way around, the second the wrong way around so there were no gapping peaking gaps (spot the prude)
When I got my epidural, the one that was blocking the back went - though I didn't care at that point.
This time around we are planning a water birth - and I have a tankini which I plan on wearing just the top while in the bath and a towel around the bottom part if I want to walk around the suite.......still a prude :lol:
First time I wore a t shirt and trackies No underwear at all! I'd just gotten out of the bath at home, contractions every 3 minutes and it took me 30 mins to get the stupid pants on, so I couldn't have cared less. When I got to hospy, the pants came off and stayed off, and then about 40 mins after arriving, I went starkers.
Second time, I was in a full outfit as I was convinced my contractions were Braxtons ( I was dellusional).
I wore most of it until about 4 hours before I gave birth, where I jumped in the shower, and then just didn't put anything back on.
I was never once offered a hospital gown... I feel Jipped! haha
Just me & my birthday suit! hehe...
I got so hot though I was in the "zone" so don't remember when 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...
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