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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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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!
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.
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! :lol:
Rach xx
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I remember my husband commenting after the birth that he felt bad that "every man and his dog came in while you were getting the epidural and you were almost naked"
I couldn't care less at that point
God love our husbands!
I remember the midwife at the antenatal classes saying you probably won't feel like wearing clothes when you're in labour & thinking "no way, I'll be covered up the whole time. Needless to say, I was starkers by the first trip to the toilet at home, grudgingly put on the loosest biggest dress I had (no knickers) for the trip to hospital then as soon as I was in the birth room, that dress came straight off & I headed straight for the shower. The midwife hadn't even arrived! I didn't care one little bit.
Im seeing myself spending a lot of time in the shower during labour lol ...:
arrived at the hossy in cruddy shorts (el-cheapies from Bigw LOL) by the time i was 'settled in' i was nude below the waist - i was on the loo for about 3 hrs :o cus it was the only place i could sit how i wanted. then jumped in the bath with just my bra on (and i only just got the shirt i had off LOL) and after DJ was born i was nuddy untill i was stiched up...this time it'll be the middle of winter so i guessumeing i'll be in trackies, thongs and a tank top!
With DD I wore one of DF's T-shirts & trackpants because they were the closest thing on the way out the door on the way to hospy that was loose. The trackies came off not long after getting to the hospital
I wore tracky pants, a breastfeeding singlet (as was my "uniform" in those last few days) & one of DH's tshirts.
I lost the pants fairly early on. Was sooo hot but kept the tops on until DS was born & the midwife took them off me. Said to DH "Couldn't you see how hot I was? Why didn't you take them off me earlier?" I felt like I was sweating buckets but he said I looked normal.
That shower was awesome. & it was even better after the birth:D:
Maybe DH thought it was about time you kept your pants on - bit late for that though!! :rofl":
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.
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.
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.
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 " :ROFL:
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 !!!
In the birthing room I started off in my street clothes, quickly into my nightie, then ended up with nothing on! I couldn't stand having anything on, even a hosp gown. I just felt so hot and uncomfortable with any clothing on.
No idea what I was wearing on the way to hospital (probably trackies & a shirt or something) but during full on labour I labour in the shower, so I wear nothing. Can't think of anything worse than labouring with clothes on!
Now look, my friends often laugh at me for being overdressed on occasions. I have worn high heeled (chunky, not stilleto, I'm not that impractical) boots on a camping trip! And insisted on having my lippie on before leaving the tent.
So don't be surprised when I say I wore an Elle Macpherson black jersey nightie.
And also don't be surprised when I say I've also worn it to a Mothers Group dinner (it just looks like a black dress) and announced, "hey this is what I wore in labour." Waiter gave me a funny look.
OMG Fiona that's hilarious :rofl:, ... i love stories like that :D