Thread: WEDDINGBELLS Message Board Community: wearing your own gown

I guess I am the odd one out :s I absolutely HATED wearing the hospital gown while I was in labour. It was itchy and rough and just very uncomfortable overall. I would have preferred ANYTHING over those awful things. I was so happy when they asked me to change into my pjs after the epi wore off!!! Heavenly. I say its all about comfort. If you are comfortable labouring naked, then go for it. If its your favourite t-shirt or nighty, then that...

Frap - I was thinking how awful that was and whereever you are must have different gowns, as mine were cotton and so soft - then I noticed you are in Brampton too! LOL! I was at Trillium, but I think it is all in your comfort too!

By any chance did any of you bring your own delivery gown? I am considering doing that just to be comfortable in what I am wearing. Did any of you do that? If so, where did u get it from?

i just wore my own t-shirt.... way comfier!

I wore a nursing nightie/housecoat set I had received for Christmas from Motherhood maternity. It did make me feel thatmuch better wearing my own clothes as opposed to a blue sack. Keep in mind that you yank that thing off every 5 seconds for exams and nursing

Nope. I was totally comfortable in the hospital gowns. When I cared about back coverage, I just wore two gowns...one in front and one in back.

I brought my own stuff but stayed in the hospital gown and was really glad I did. Labour and delivery was really, ahem, *messy*. I ended up staying in the hospital 4 days and it wasn't until the 3rd or 4th day that I wore my own gown because I was confident at that point that I wasn't going to bleed on it (sorry TMI).

You could bring your own just in case you decide to wear it. But it seems most people end up in a hospital gown....whether they thought they would or not. You just don't care what you are wearing and the gown is roomy with easy access for poking/proding. Plus the mess factor. Why get your own stuff stained/ruined??

Wasn't at the hospital, but did wear my own clothes (obviously, since I was home) and I definitely would if I went to hospital too. Just wore some comfy pjs and they did not get stained. I know people talk about birth being messy, but I didn't find it that way. I mean, obviously there is blood and other fluids, but everyone was quick about cleaning it up.

Frap: You're not the only one! I laboured in a T-Shirt. It was really roomy so there was no trouble with the IV (I was in and out of the tub a lot) and I wore a sports bra in the tub. I felt much more in control in my own shirt. I wore a gown to the OR for the emergency C/S and then when I had my post op wash I changed back into a short nightie and kept everything else covered with a sheet. I felt much more myself dressed as myself