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Sock on or off at natural birth?
sock on or off at natural birth? when i leave my sock on nurses dont take them off?
most nurses take mother leg in her hands and touch feet...
If you were in labor, you leave socks on or off?
most nurses take mother leg in her hands and touch feet...
If you were in labor, you leave socks on or off?
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Re: Sock on or off at natural birth?
Had socks off for my home birth with DS.
This time I will aim for socks on because we're having a hospital birth. And hospitals are full of bugs and germs, etc.
Whatever you're most comfortable with. They're your feet.
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Don't remember for DS1. For DS2, off, since I got out of the shower, climbed on the bed and delivered.
On the other end of the birth, I've had many patients leave them on and many take them off. Doesn't bother me either way.
Unless there is something really strange about your feet your nurses won't care
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So whatever makes you happy. I dont' know if I had socks on it was the last thing on my mind.
This.
I usually always wear something on my feet. But I went into the tub during labor so I was barefoot.
Socks on out of courtesy..... I have warty feet!
Ew. Sorry.
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I actually had socks on Bc despite it being a warm day, the hospital was freezing. I remember I had just gotten a pedi so I wouldn't stick nasty feet in my OBs face but after I delivered I realized I had a huge hole in the bottom of my sock
But I agree with PPs, its really not a big deal at all. And I delivered in stirrups on my back...
This is so silly. Do what is comfortable...and I hope for your sake that you are not giving birth naturally in the supine position with your legs in stirrups- sounds horrible.
Like she said, it all comes down to how you feel. The first birth I had I remember everyone complimenting my pedicure, the second one happened so fast that my socks were still on. Plus, the hospital I was in the second time was cold.
Mine were OFF because I was up walking around (in flip flops), getting in and out of the shower, etc.
In my natural birth (at a birth center), no one held my feet as I got in my own natural positions. Only in a hospital (epi) did I lay on my back and have people hold my feet.
Honestly, I don't remember if I even had socks on or not. It was the last thing on my mind!
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