2nd Trimester

Anyone buying or making their own hospital gowns?

I've been looking on Etsy and found a few, but I'm interested in finding more.  I'm not sure I'm talented enough to make my own.  Does anyone know of websites with cute hospital gowns other than Etsy?
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Re: Anyone buying or making their own hospital gowns?

  • I'm not bothering.  In all honesty, it's going to get messy and I wouldn't want to have to take it home afterwards. 
  • i dont think i am going to spend money on something the hospital provides thats just going to get bloody and stuff. i might bring a pair of old comfy pj pants and such. good luck
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  • I'm still debating on if it's worth it. ?I guess, since I'm a total AW and will probably be taking tons of pics in the hospital, it would be worth it, but all the ones I've seen online are so expensive!?

    How much are the ones on Etsy that you've found??

  • This is a new concept to me...people buy their own? 

    There was no way that I cared about how cute I was while I was in labor or during delivery.  Is this for for post partum?

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    I'm not bothering.  In all honesty, it's going to get messy and I wouldn't want to have to take it home afterwards. 
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  • Nope. Having already been in labor...I know it ain't pretty....and the bleeding afterwards is horrendous (TMI - But I stodd up a day after having DS and blood gushed to the floor - I thought DH was going to pass out, lol).

    I'm saving my $$ for other things. Dirty the hospital stuff. 

  • No offense but since I haven't sewn anything since 8th grade home ec class, the idea of taking the time to make my own gowns just to get them all bloody makes me LOL!
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    hell no. I'm probably going to bleed and poop all over that thing. Why pay that kind of money for something that is going to get disgusting?
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  • I bought the pink one with white polka dots from Motherhood and I'm having my grandmother sew buttons on the shoulders cause the rest are too expensive and the fabric is awesome!
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    I'm still debating on if it's worth it.  I guess, since I'm a total AW and will probably be taking tons of pics in the hospital, it would be worth it, but all the ones I've seen online are so expensive! 

    How much are the ones on Etsy that you've found? 

    You might be taking lots of pics but who the heck is gonna care about your gown? There will be a BABY in the pics that will stand out a little more, I think. :)

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  • I might just get a sleep shirt from target you know the long ones, I thought I would look for one with a cute design. I don't like hospital gowns so...
  • I don't care if I get it bloody and such, I'm more interested in the snaps that close the back and the snaps at the sleeves for easy breastfeeding afterwards.  I was in the labor room with my SIL 2 weeks ago and her gown was really warn out and gross.  Plus the thought of how many times each gown has been around kind of grosses me out too.
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  • I would never spend my free time making a piece of clothing that is just going to get covered in all kinds of bodily fluids.  I'd rather get the hospitals gowns dirty and keep my own things nice and clean.
  • imageAsianPrncssKim:

    I'm still debating on if it's worth it.  I guess, since I'm a total AW and will probably be taking tons of pics in the hospital, it would be worth it, but all the ones I've seen online are so expensive! 

    How much are the ones on Etsy that you've found? 

    Anywhere from $40 to $70

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  • I think it's pretty obvious how stupid it would be to wear one during delivery... and I think we all know how immodest hospital gowns are. I think it's a clever idea for postpartum. Why should we have to look frumpy even though we may feel like it?? I don't understand why anyone would get snarky about this post...
  • imagemommabarker09:
    I think it's pretty obvious how stupid it would be to wear one during delivery... and I think we all know how immodest hospital gowns are. I think it's a clever idea for postpartum. Why should we have to look frumpy even though we may feel like it?? I don't understand why anyone would get snarky about this post...

    Huh?I seriously haven't seen any snarky responses. Let me read them all again...

    Also, I think people are referring to the fact that things can still be, um, messy AFTER delivery.

  • I plan to just wear a tank top, with some sort of boob support underneath (bra, bikini top, whatever works and is comfy). I'll take a hospital gown if I plan to roam the halls while in labor, but I'm going to strip down to just a top once the party gets started. Afterward I'll probably just put on a robe, depending on how much I'm out of the bed. No point in getting fancy just to get blood and goo all over the ensemble.?
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  • I am looking at getting something for after the baby is born. 
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  • imagemommabarker09:
    I think it's pretty obvious how stupid it would be to wear one during delivery... and I think we all know how immodest hospital gowns are. I think it's a clever idea for postpartum. Why should we have to look frumpy even though we may feel like it?? I don't understand why anyone would get snarky about this post...

    Because you really don't need one after the baby is born.  As soon as I showered, I was into my own clothes, which look nice in pics.

  • imagemommabarker09:
    I think it's pretty obvious how stupid it would be to wear one during delivery... and I think we all know how immodest hospital gowns are. I think it's a clever idea for postpartum. Why should we have to look frumpy even though we may feel like it?? I don't understand why anyone would get snarky about this post...

    I guess the main purpose is for postpartum.  But maybe I'm also crazy for being grossed out by all the blood and goo that's been all over those gowns - from someone elses body -  dozens and dozens of times.

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    imagemommabarker09:
    I think it's pretty obvious how stupid it would be to wear one during delivery... and I think we all know how immodest hospital gowns are. I think it's a clever idea for postpartum. Why should we have to look frumpy even though we may feel like it?? I don't understand why anyone would get snarky about this post...

    I guess the main purpose is for postpartum.  But maybe I'm also crazy for being grossed out by all the blood and goo that's been all over those gowns - from someone elses body -  dozens and dozens of times.

    You're not crazy for being grossed out by blood and goo on hospital gowns.  But, you're will get your own blood and goo and I really am curious what you plan to do with the gown when it is dirty?  Take it home?  (I'm not trying to be snarky!!!)  Also, you really don't NEED one post-partum - a night gown, nursing top, etc. would suffice.

  • I'm going to get a cute nursing gown and robe for afterwards. ?I really like to look nice, and buying a gown for delivery is something I might have thought about the first time around, but having been through it once, I can tell you that I honestly did not care what I was wearing when I delivered. ?My advice would be to buy some cute jammies and a robe for afterward, and get a nice (maternity) outfit to go home in.
  • I was in L&D two weeks ago and the gowns were horrid. (PS--the gowns are made to open in the back, but they kept needing to see my stomach (to reposition the monitors, use the doppler, and do the u/s) so they pulled my gown up to my chin every time they needed to check something.  (I could have been naked and would have shown less.)

    I heard an interesting idea from another board.  She bought two pairs of inexpensive pajama sets from Target in black and wore them in the hospital post pg.  If you buy ones that button the whole way up the front, you have fairly good access for bfing.  I have my whole family on watch for some.

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    imagemommabarker09:
    I think it's pretty obvious how stupid it would be to wear one during delivery... and I think we all know how immodest hospital gowns are. I think it's a clever idea for postpartum. Why should we have to look frumpy even though we may feel like it?? I don't understand why anyone would get snarky about this post...

    I guess the main purpose is for postpartum.  But maybe I'm also crazy for being grossed out by all the blood and goo that's been all over those gowns - from someone elses body -  dozens and dozens of times.

    So have all the sheets that you'll be laying on. No one brings their own sheets to a hospital. Everything is cleaned.

    That said, yeah...they're cute. I wouldn't waste my money on one.

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  • imagesare_bear:

    I guess the main purpose is for postpartum.  But maybe I'm also crazy for being grossed out by all the blood and goo that's been all over those gowns - from someone elses body -  dozens and dozens of times.

    I understand this. I REALLY do... But, they had to give me a fresh gown SEVERAL times. (sorry, TMI) So, I'm not sure how it would work out if I made/took my own. I may or may not have enough. I like the idea in theory and may take a few old nightgowns or long tee shirts. I just laughed at *making* gowns for this occassion because I don't make ANY type of clothing. :)

  • imageAshNicole331:

    So have all the sheets that you'll be laying on. No one brings their own sheets to a hospital. Everything is cleaned.

    That said, yeah...they're cute. I wouldn't waste my money on one.

    I was SO coming back to say this- are you going to take your own sheets? LOL. Of course everything is cleaned.

  • imageMissBlush:
    I'm going to get a cute nursing gown and robe for afterwards.  I really like to look nice, and buying a gown for delivery is something I might have thought about the first time around, but having been through it once, I can tell you that I honestly did not care what I was wearing when I delivered.  My advice would be to buy some cute jammies and a robe for afterward, and get a nice (maternity) outfit to go home in.

    I plan on doing this.  I will most likely get a cute nursing gown but won't pay much for it. 

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    imagesare_bear:

    imagemommabarker09:
    I think it's pretty obvious how stupid it would be to wear one during delivery... and I think we all know how immodest hospital gowns are. I think it's a clever idea for postpartum. Why should we have to look frumpy even though we may feel like it?? I don't understand why anyone would get snarky about this post...

    I guess the main purpose is for postpartum.  But maybe I'm also crazy for being grossed out by all the blood and goo that's been all over those gowns - from someone elses body -  dozens and dozens of times.

    You're not crazy for being grossed out by blood and goo on hospital gowns.  But, you're will get your own blood and goo and I really am curious what you plan to do with the gown when it is dirty?  Take it home?  (I'm not trying to be snarky!!!)  Also, you really don't NEED one post-partum - a night gown, nursing top, etc. would suffice.

    LOL!  It will get trashed.  I don't want to take it home.  That's why I don't want to spend too much on one, and why I'm asking if anyone knows where I can buy one. 

    I suppose I could just do a nursing tank like the PP mentioned, and then maybe wear a robe if I need to walk around.

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  • I will be taking a tank top, PJ pants and a robe. I also don't plan on being there very long after the birth. So I will probably just have time to shower, change and then we are outie (I can go 3 hours afterwards if I don't need an epi or a c-section).
  • Seriously, during labour it gets nasty, I often change my pt's gowns several times do to fluid, vomit, blood, etc. EVEN pp!

    The hospital gowns are cleaned & disinfected.

    I have had pts bring super cheap night gowns (liek the $7 Target/Walmart ones) and labour in these, but i think it pointless.

    PP was right you are much better off to invest in some cute nursing night gowns or Pjs to wear after. Then you can still use them at home, try to get dark colours! But trust me wait till the next day, you will be shocked at how much you bleed the first 24 hrs. Its a lot, often big gushes & the nurses need to coem in & check your uterus & your bottom every few hrs for the first 24 hrs. Wear a gown & change later!

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  • I got a black cotton gown on sale for like $15 this weekend at Macy's. I plan to deliver in a hospital gown and wait and see what I feel like using when the time comes. The one I bought is super soft and not at all revealing, and I think it will help me to feel more like myself in the hospital. Either way I'll get my money's worth--I've already been wearing it :).
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  • I'm not sure how running to gp to complain about 2nd tri is going to help you any w/ the snarky responses.

    I will probably follow the advice of the moms on the board. It would be nice to have my own clothes but I'm sure I would just bleed through it within 5 minutes, and then what's the point?

    I was in the hospital this summer and had to wear a hospital gown. I didn't find it to be nasty or anything. So I'm sure it will be fine. Plus, if it's one thing I can save money on, I'd prefer to do that.

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  • My grandma bought me one so I mean I'm not going to send it back :D lol...it's super cute and I will just wear it after for when people come to visit and if it gets dirty it gets dirty and I'll take it home and wash it. ?No big deal. ?I got the blue and brown polka dot one off this website...?https://www.dolcedesignsnw.com/shopmodern.htm . ?I also had a friend get one from this site...?https://www.shopbyog.com/shop.html. ?I prob wouldn't have gotten if if I had to pay for it myself but since it was given to me as a gift I take it and wear it and look cute lol.
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