June 2012 Moms
What to wear during delivery...
I know this is a slightly weird question :-) But at my last appointment the doctor mentioned wearing a sports bra and a labor skirt if possible. However, I plan to be up and walking around the halls as much as I can until the baby is born so I will probably add another layer (maybe a tank) over my sports bra. But what other alternatives are there besides a labor skirt? I really just want to be as comfortable as possible and don't want to have to worry about a hospital gown!
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Re: What to wear during delivery...
This is what I'm doing. I never thought about wearing anything besides the hospital gown.
I would not wear a sports bra, if you plan to nurse. I wore one with DD and ended up with a c-section. Between the heart monitor lines, the IV lines and all the other tubes, I couldn't get the bra off to nurse DD. The nurse had to work very hard to get it off of me during post-op. I actually almost told her to just cut it off.
So, this time, I will be wearing a nursing bra and the hospital gown. I will also wear yoga pants, until things get messy. I'm not one for walking the halls with my butt exposed.
This is a good point. With DD I just wore the hospital gown and once she was out, the nurse pulled my gown down for immediate skin to skin, so a bra would have been in the way, and annoying to deal with at that moment.
With DS I had my own nursing nightgown and housecoat that I wore, but he was a waterbirth, so most of my time at the hospital was in the tub (with nothing on).
I didnt walk around but I wore a nrusing sleep bra and the hospital gown. Those I saw walking are usually in the gown (with another one backwards or a robe) and slippers.
If you want to have clothes on: then I would say a nursing bra (a comfy one) and a nursing/materity shirt/tank you dont care if its ruined.
I know hospitals have high cleaning standards... but wearing the hospital gown has always seemed gross to me. A bunch of my friends agree that wearing the gown is a no go for them as well. So I am going to order 2 of these? an extra just in case the first gets messy? https://prettypushers.com/products.html Also, one of my friends is a Bradley instructor and recommends them to all her clients.
And the other mommies I know who have had them said they worked like a dream.
I was told if I wear a sports bra be prepared to have it cut off because my hospital is big on skin-to-skin contact and if you have an IV you can't easily remove a sports bra. I am actually hoping to get a Hot Mama Gown. They are like hospital gowns in the fact that they snap up the back (so your butts not exposed) and on the arms so it can be removed even with an IV, but they are 100% organic cotton and much prettier that hospital gowns. Plus they are not just one sizes fits all. I have two on my registry. I also won a Little Monkey hat from them and absolutely love it. The nice things is, it's a mom run company.
https://www.hotmamagowns.com/
Hospital gown and a robe for when walking around.
FWIW, I was induced and couldn't go farther than the couple of feet from the monitors so I never used the robe.
I wore a tank top, sports bra, and loose pants at home. Kept the sports bra under my hospital gown once I got to the hospital. Didn't make it out of my room to walk around before DS was born. If I get to the hospital a little earlier this time and want to walk around, I'll probably wear the hospital gown and a second on top (open in the front) to cover my butt. I don't want all the nasty stuff on my own clothes.
ETA: I pulled the sports bra up over my breast to nurse. I don't have huge knockers, so it wasn't difficult.
Yeah, this definitely does not work with the over the shoulder running boulder holders I have to wear.