labor and glasses??

amberandtroy19 · April 2013

I feel like I always see pictures of people who have just given birth and they are wearing glasses. Can you not wear contacts when in labor??

darcy1225 · April 2013

You can wear whatever you want but I think glasses would be more comfortable.

duffmaker · April 2013

You can wear whatever you want, it probably depends on the hospital or what is most comfortable. For me that was and will again be contacts.

amberandtroy19 · April 2013

It may sound silly but I keep thinking "I have to wear contacts because I want to be able to see her as soon as she comes out and I don't want HER to see me in glasses because you know how you meet someone with glasses and then see them without and they l

duffmaker · April 2013

Haha well I had kind of the same thought process, you have to remember though that a baby's vision is very very limited so she will hardly notice

I did wear contacts, and then the second day we were home I dropped my last lens in the sink! I d

dlBinger61713 · April 2013

OK, this was one of those questions I had and always forgot to ask the board too. Good to know you can wear contacts! I was thinking you couldn't because if you had to have an emergency c-section and be put under, they may make you take them out. (When I

skio · April 2013

I wore my contacts through my 23 hour labor and c section with DD. I'd much rather wear my contacts than glasses. Different hospitals have different policies regarding contacts during surgery.

Angellove32086 · April 2013

I was told to wear glasses because for some reason you have to have glasses on instead of contacts if you end up with a c section. I have no idea why but thats what I was told

reason00 · April 2013

I was in labour 29 hours and felt way more comfortable in my contacts. I probably would have thrown my glasses.

amberandtroy19 · April 2013

dlBinger61713:
(When I had back surgery, they had me take them out since they put me into general anesthesia.)
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Ready4theParty · April 2013

Going to try going in with contacts. I've seen people do both, and I prefer my contacts.

BlueJewelM · April 2013

Pregnancy and breastfeeding affects my eyes.

I am just more comfortable in my glasses during those stages and contacts make me want to claw my eyes out.

Plus I was admitted to the hospital at midnight. And I didn't want to both

equinus · April 2013

reason00:
I was in labour 29 hours and felt way more comfortable in my contacts. I probably would have thrown my glasses.
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Sweetpeakisses · April 2013

u guys think of everything! This didnt even cross my mind at all! But I am primary glasses wearer so I will probably keep my on. But I will take back up contacts just in case I want to throw my glasses too because I am blind without my glasses (like ca

minerswife17 · April 2013

amberandtroy19:
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Lissa832 · April 2013

I wore my contacts,but technically, I wasn't supposed to. You aren't supposed to have any foreign objects in your body in case you need to have a c-section for instance. It is the standard practice, but it's rarely followed.

Snapdragon750 · April 2013

My eyes get so dry with contacts it never would have even occurred to me to wear them in labor. I don't think I wore my glasses either until afterward. You don't need to see anything until the baby's out, and if you're nearsighted (like me) th

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