What can you wear while laboring?

singahappysong · April 2013

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I'm a FTM and am honestly more worried about wearing the correct/comfortable attire then anything else at this point (I'm weird, I worry about the smallest things first, probably to avoid the bigger things for as long as possible) Or at least knowing whether or not I can even wear anything but a hospital gown. (I'll be delivering at a hospital, but one that seems to be very "birth center" like, if that makes a difference)

Do they allow you to even wear underwear while laboring? What about a bra? I know a friend who was allowed to wear a bandeau or whatever they are called. She said it rocked because it stayed up, gave her the support she wanted, but wasn't so restrictive like a regular nursing bra, and then it was easy to pull down once baby nursed.

emolm · April 2013

I wore a sports bra and kept my underwear on last time along with the hospital gown.

This time I'll do the same most likely.

My ob said I can wear whatever I want.

amypogg6 · April 2013

I just had my gown on. But I didn't have underwear on when I got to the hospital, so I don't know if I would be allowed to keep them on.

bkurtz0404 · April 2013

I wore a sports bra, hospital gown and socks. My socks did not make it out of L&D (think the nurse threw them out). The sports bra was nice during labor but became a problem afterward when I wanted to take it off and had a bunch of IVs and monitors ho

notquiteblushing · April 2013

We just had our hospital tour and they said you could wear whatever you wanted - the gown, your own gown, nothing, sports bra, etc. One woman recently labored in pajama pants and only took them off when absolutely necessary. Whatever makes you

kaleyandjason · April 2013

I think it varies from hospital to hospital. I plan on wearing a sports bra and the hospital gown. I can't let these big things go all willy nilly!

KEK1025 · April 2013

I wore just the gown provided by the hospital and nothing underneath. I honestly can't remember if they told me to do that or I thought it up on my own. During labor I could have cared less what I was/wasn't wearing. In recovery I change

jlaOK · April 2013

I wore a comfortable sports bra. I don't like to go bra-less and it was no big deal to pull it up to breastfeed immediately.

singahappysong · April 2013

You ladies rock. Thank you for putting up with my insanely stupid questions =D

melissa0726 · April 2013

I just wore a hospital gown, nothing underneath. I wasn't taking my underwear off and putting them back on every time someone wanted to poke around down there.

If you're going to wear a bra, I'd think a bandeau is the way to go....as PP men

emolm · April 2013

singahappysong:
You ladies rock. Thank you for putting up with my insanely stupid questions =Dnbsp;

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Western Diva · April 2013

bkurtz0404:
I wore a sports bra, hospital gown and socks. My socks did not make it out of Lamp;D think the nurse threw them out. Th

emolm · April 2013

Western Diva:
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kristinrae914 · April 2013

I honestly don't remember...I know I wore the hospital gown but can't remember if I had anything on underneath......I had (very optomistically) brought pre-pregnancy clothes with me and clearly they didn't fit so I ended up wearing the same outfit home th

ckettenb · April 2013

You can wear whatever you want! I wore a bra and socks. SEXY.

Jtaxson · April 2013

SouthSideDrea:
I can wear whatever I want, but last time I wanted to be naked. That's pretty common.nbsp;

lindsmacg · April 2013

SouthSideDrea:
I can wear whatever I want, but last time I wanted to be naked. That's pretty common.

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llbta85 · April 2013

I wasn't allowed to wear underwear but I was induced so that may have had something to do with it. I didn't wear a bra but that was by choice. I think it all depends on the hospital, doctor, etc

txaggster · April 2013

notquiteblushing:
We just had our hospital tour and they said you could wear whatever you wanted - the gown, your own gown, no

ilovemarfa · April 2013

I wore a sports bra, underwear, shorts, socks and a hospital gown. I was induced and once things started to really progress I took everything off except for the sports bra and socks because it ws a pain having to take everything off for internal exams. Ri

handsonthewheel · April 2013

I wore whatever I wanted throughout labor but when it came time to push, I took everything off and put on a hospital gown. I could have left a bra on but took it off so we could have skin to skin contact/breastfeed right away. My daughter was delivered on

Mommy2CB · April 2013

I just had the hospital gown.. I'm surprised about undies especially with any fluid, blood, cervical checks.. I know I pulled off my gown at one point but I think that was mostly due to the pain, my epidurals failed.. And I remember ripping out my IVs to

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