Comfortable clothing during labor/birth - Page 2

[bubbamummy]

I had all these dreams of looking very glamorous during birth, with painted nails, make up, matching set of PJ's that I would delicately remove at the last moment....

yeah...not so. After days and days of pre-labor I ended up wearing DH's 'Ohio State' t-shirt that had vomit stains down it from my transition stage vomiting, and a pair of dh's old sweat pants and some gross 'union jack' boy short style knickers. I also had horribly greasy hair and pimples...I looked like a sight!

The sweat pants came off pretty quickly when I was in the hospital but the rest stayed. When my waters broke at 9cm my midwife said 'please can we take the knickers off now? they're all wet and so are your socks' I said 'noooo please, I want them on' and DH had to look at me in the face and say 'you're about to have a baby-we NEED the underwear off so he can come out' thats when I gave in and 38mins later he was born -I was still in the vomit stained Ohio State t-shirt

[CountryMommy]

With my 1st, I arrived to the hospital in a long night shirt but quickly changed into a hospital gown...then got out of it right away as I laboured 4+hours in the shower there and by the time I got out of the shower for the later stages of labour, I never put it back on and birthed nakkid. I am having a hospital birth again this time and will go naked again as well.

[Gray's Mommy]

With my first-hospital gown

with my second-in the water I had a sports top on, for actual birthing I used one of my favorite short nighties that had buttons down the front (easier for nursing)

with this birth-an adorable bikini top (if I chose to get in the water for labor or birth) and I am buying another nightie this weekend. I just haven't found the right one yet.

[nudnik]

With my first (hospital) I came wearing a stretchy comfy black skirt that I didn't care too much about and a darker striped shirt that I also was willing to risk getting bloody. I got yelled at for not putting on a gown and they wrote it in big red letters on my file And the clothes were just fine, I wore them for my next birth.

For my waterbirth, I shocked myself by taking off everything! (My back was to the room, so I didn't feel very exposed.) After the birth I wore a lovely maroon bathrobe!

[Sk8ermaiden]

I bought one of those Binsi birth skirts. Yes, it is perfect for birthing (kind of feels like nothing's on) but is is by far the simplest skirt in the world and I could have made it in about an hour (though I bought it off Ebay for a very low price, so it was worth it to me.)

I labored at home in the skirt and a Motherhood Maternity sleep bra. The skirt came off when I went in the tub, and stayed off when I got out to push. (I changed into an identical, dry bra though.) Then when we had to transfer I threw the skirt back on and a T-shirt I think.

I will definitely use the same setup next time, except I might make a few more skirts. (The only reason I didn't wear it after I got out of the tub was that I didn't want to get it wet.) I would like to have extra so I can have as many dry ones as I want.

[AustinMom]

I wore a spaghetti strap sun dress (DD born in late July and I'm in Texas), with nothing under it, so if exams needed to be done, they could, and I could take it off quickly if I wanted to, and put it on. Have one to wear in water if you want and one out of water, so you can get into something dry.

[mamatolevi]

I don't care what the hosptial requires. you DO NOT have to wear their gowns. Just politely say no or just ignore the gown they'll leave on the bed for you. It's your birth and about your comfort, not theirs.

I'm a fairly modest person to begin with. I like being covered up; I don't enjoy being bare. I hate shorts in summer. my swimsuits have skirts.

I wore a binsi skirt and a bra made out of a syntheic material w/o underwire for both my VBA2Cs. Since I was planning on water for laboring I wanted something that would dry quickly. I also had a shirt on since it was an induction and I was walking around the halls. The binsi skirt came off quickly and easily. Once transition and pushing happened I wanted nothing on at the first vba2c. I felt like I couldn't breath with anything on me. The shirt and bra ended up hanging on the IV pole. I remember afterwards thinking it looked like a frat party happened. The second I was in serious back labor when I got there and just about in transition. There was have been no time or ability to get in a gown things went so quickly. When pushing happened it was fetal ejection and I didn't feel anything but the need to get the baby OUT NOW!! I was on my hands and knees with my arse in the air and I did not care.

[ann_of_loxley]

I always pictured myself being modest during birth... but someone I think once I am acutally in heavy labour, I won't really care about that lol...
We are planning a home birth so I do plan on just my skin.
For me...I would kinda hate to have my baby and bring them up to my chest for them to feel clothing. It just feels right to have them come onto me - my skin...bare breasts and all lol.

[tracymom1]

I thought I would be more modest, but when labor really started to kick in I had to be naked. I had on a skirt and tank top until that point. I had a homebirth and labored in the water but delivered on land - totally naked the whole time. The only focus I had was on working with my body and opening up wide to get her out - I do not remember anything other than my internal thoughts.