Birth Skirts

[annettemarie]

Has anyone used one? What is your opinion? Did it help or get in the way?

[DahliaRW]

My sister used one for a natural birth at a FSBC and really like it for early labor at least. I never asked when she took it off! But she liked how all she had to do was lift up her shirt to have the baby checked with the doppler and she could walk around the birthcenter modestly .

I can tell you how I like mine sometime in late July.

[koru]

i'm not familiar with this. anyone have a pic? is it any different than a normal skirt? i suppose i can do a web search.

i had my first 2 babes in a hospital (special alternative birthing rooms) and i was naked as a jaybird the entire time. for a while, with my second, my sis & the midwife wrapped a sheet around me because i had just gotten out of the tub but i lost that pretty quickly. i'm sure a birth skirt would annoy me! as a new doula, though, i'm always interested in fun new things to refer my clients!

[BrownEyed]

A friend of mine had a waterbirth and she loved her birthskirt. She wore it in the tub and when she wasn't being checked just tucked it between her legs so it wouldn't float. When she got out of the tub she had a dry one to put on. The whole time she absolutely raved about how much she loved hers.

[MamaChicken]

There is a company - Binsi - that sells birth skirts. I've been thinking about getting one since I will be in a hospital and want to be walking around without the stupid hospital gowns.

[annettemarie]

What if you asked someone to make one? Would you just show them a picture and ask them to make a really full skirt?

[fek&fuzz]

Originally Posted by annettemarie

What if you asked someone to make one? Would you just show them a picture and ask them to make a really full skirt?

As a sewer, not a birther, i think they'd probably make it out of 2 pieces of fabric over lapping on the sides, but not stitched up the side, so that if you wanted it to cover you, it would, but it could also be lifted up easily as well. Maybe velcro sides for easy off in any position.

[kerikadi]

I like being naked myself but am curious what is the difference between a birth skirt and a regular skirt? I don't get it.
I have a black skirt that I got at target that has a fold down panel like yoga pants - it's not even maternity but from the junior department for $9.99. Why would you invest in a 'birth skirt' rather than something you could pick up cheap?

Keri

[mamaverdi]

That one from binsi didn't look particularly modest to me. I didn't really see the point.

[georgia]

I've always worn cotton yoga pants with the foldover waist (like Keri mentioned) until I reached the point I went into the birth pool. I'm sure a skirt would be comfy---I would never actually pay the brand name prices---whoa!



I know this has been discussed before somewhere in here

[philomom]

I'm also a naked birthing person. Why should have this scrap of fabric?

[annettemarie]

Trust me, I'm not trying to convince anyone to buy one, ! I tend to be a stripper when in labor, but then I get a little embarassed after. I was just wondering if this was a good option or if it just ended up in the way.

[mamaverdi]

You are embarassed after that you were naked before? Or you want something to wear afterwards?

I labored in a tshirt dress for some of the time with one of my sons.

[ckhagen]

I thought long and hard about getting a Binsi, then I realized there was no way I could justify the price. So I picked up a foldover waist yoga skirt from Old Navy for less than $15. Um, I think I might have worn it while I was walking around trying to get some progression, but... 99% of the time I was naked. I just plain didn't care anymore.

[cjanelles]

I'm definitely NOT laboring in one of those stupid hospital gowns. What a freaking nuisance!

I'll be having a hospital delivery...so, I've been on the lookout for suitable clothing to wear during the delivery...although I know I'm likely to end up naked and in the shower, so I'm sure it doesn't matter. LOL

[nudnik]

I had my baby fully dressed- shirt, skirt, and socks I loved it!

It was a hospital birth, so I think being dressed was empowering. Don't know how I'd do it in a homebirth, though.

[cchrissyy]

I haven't had occasion to use one, but I sell the Binsi skirt and the fabric is really smooth and nice.

[amitymama]

I was starkers pretty much from the time I got to the hospital until after the delivery. I felt that any clothing was suffocating and didn't want anything on me, including a blanket or a sheet.

[annettemarie]

I was embarassed afterwards that I stripped down like Gypsy Rose Lee. Maybe it will be different since I'll be in my own home this time; I was just exploring my options.

[BusyMommy]

Originally Posted by ckhagen

.. 99% of the time I was naked. I just plain didn't care anymore.

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I thought I would but