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squoggs 
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Posted: 30 April 2010 at 10:52am |
Just curious, what did you, or are you planning to wear during labour? I realise I will probably end up naked & not caring, but still keen to hear what others have done 
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caraMel
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Posted: 30 April 2010 at 11:10am |
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I just wore the hospital gown and then wound up naked.
Second time I decided to be a bit more dignified and had bought a couple of big men's singlets that covered me to about mid-thigh but bubs arrived so quickly that they never even made it out of the labour bag!
I wouldn't bother buying anything nice specifically for labour, they get messed up and it is easier just to let the hospital deal with the washing in my experience.
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Posted: 30 April 2010 at 11:13am |
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I was in a cotton nighty. Not planned was just what I was sleeping in at the hospital. Worked out great and actually didn't even get messy!!
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Posted: 30 April 2010 at 11:14am |
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Hospital gown. I got into it as soon as I got to the hospital
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Posted: 30 April 2010 at 11:59am |
Thanks ladies Providing everything goes well, I will be birthing in a maternity unit rather than a hospital - do they still provide hospital gowns?
Im thinking either a sarong or trackies, and a large t-shirt (long story, but can't pinch my hubbies t-shirts as he put them all through the hot wash, and they all shrank!). But not keen on buying anything specially.
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Posted: 30 April 2010 at 11:59am |
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Does the place where you are birthing offer gowns? Check that out first. Wellington Hospital does not give gowns to pregnant women for labouring in!!
I wore a black cotton nighty, but tbh wish I hadn't as I got extreamly over heated!
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Posted: 30 April 2010 at 12:02pm |
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oh and the other thing is, do you go to the maternity unit wearing your 'labour outfit' or do you change once there - eg. if I planned to birth in a nighty, would I wear that in, or just normal clothes?
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Posted: 30 April 2010 at 12:08pm |
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I actually never put much thought into clothing TBH. I went to the hospital in trackies and a top. I took off my trackies for the MW to do an internal check and when I was taken to the birthing suite I ended up naked and not caring (super fast labour though).
Depending on what you plan to wear, I'd wear your normal clothes to the maternity unit then change once you arrive.
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Posted: 30 April 2010 at 12:09pm |
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I got changed there, but it's up to you..
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Posted: 30 April 2010 at 12:12pm |
I would wear normal clothes there and change once I got there.. or if you were far into labour you could put your nighty on and just pully some trackies on underneath and chuck a jumper on over the top...
I was induced so wore my own clothes for most of the time as I was walking around the grounds trying to help get things moving. When I got moved from assessment to a birthing suite I changed into my sarong but my labour stopped and got cold so put a hospital gown on . I ended staying in it right through to the day after my c-section...
I would check if they provide and if not just get something baggy and cheap.... some can get really mucky and I am not sure I would want to wash it 
The sarong was good though because I was covered but there was easy access iykwim 
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Posted: 30 April 2010 at 12:36pm |
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I just wore the hospital gown which got pretty messy! I didnt wear my own nighties until a few days later.
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Posted: 30 April 2010 at 1:18pm |
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Ive bought a sarong ($5 from the warehouse!) and a black long top from kmart ($19 I think) that buttons to below the boobs (figured it would be good for BF if it was to be kept after labour).
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Posted: 30 April 2010 at 1:33pm |
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Hospital gown and stayed in it (well, a different one each day!) for about 3 days afterward. I bled heaps after so it was good not having to worry about my clothes getting stained.
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Posted: 30 April 2010 at 2:49pm |
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I laboured in a sarong and singlet but ended up naked soon enough anyway! They didn't get too mucky as I was naked by the time my MW broke my waters, so popping them in the washing machine was easy. I birthed in a birth centre both times and I'm pretty sure they don't provide gowns or anything.
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Posted: 30 April 2010 at 3:03pm |
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I was starkers pretty much the whole time - dressing gown at home (was middle of the night), got nude and into bath by 6.30am, put on sarong to travel to birthcare, and stripped off again as soon as we reached the delivery room and got in the pool!
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Posted: 30 April 2010 at 4:10pm |
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i started off in a cheap dress that I'd been wearing anyway cos I was hot. I leaked waters everywhere tho and ended up changing into a singlet and pj pants once my dress was soaked. Then I ditched the pants when they were soaked and just wore knickers and singlet until I got in the pool. I probably went through 5 changes of knickers because even a newborn sposie couldn't keep up with the gushing fluid.
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Posted: 30 April 2010 at 4:26pm |
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I went to hospital in pjs (dark thin cotton pants & a singlet top with a maternity bra underneath) the pjs came off pretty quick as I was in the pool/bath thingy but I felt not so 'expossed' with the bra still on. Once I got out I just wore a hospital gown until about a hour after birth then had a shower and back into (dark just in case I bleed everywhere) pjs. The pjs had a draw string instead of elastic so were nice and comfy
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Posted: 30 April 2010 at 7:42pm |
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I have no idea what I wore to the birthing unit but I got nakey and in the pool straight away... then got into a hospital gown to transfer to hospital... I'd just wear a hospital gown instead of buying anything new for it...
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Posted: 30 April 2010 at 10:23pm |
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I started off in Shorty PJs, Bra and Undies and eventually ended up in nothing. Then it was just a bra (after they broke my waters) with a sheet over my bottom half and then it was a gown to give me some semblence of decency.
And then it was nothing.
17 hours stuck on a bed attached to monitors = I wear whatever the hell I damn well like!!
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Posted: 05 May 2010 at 2:58pm |
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i remember thnking i couldn't posibly just go naked with other people in the room! I started out in a hospital gown, then naked into the pool and didn't care after that! I see you can buy special labour dresses now - haha! Aimed at first timers I suspect! I porbably would have bought one if I knew about it during my first pregnancy, but am sure it would have been a waste of money! This time I am going to buy lots of really cheap granny knickers - I had a c-section and was in hospital for 7 days. Ran out of clean knikcers pretty fast, and a bit of a hassle getting DH to wash and bring back. also they where all hipsters and so the top of the knickers where just where my (fresh) scar was and irritated it. so yes, lots of cheap granny knickers - may just throw them out instead of washing that first week!
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