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Author: Sarah Hilbert-West Article source: http://www.birthwares.citymax.com/. Used with author's permission.
How great is it to be laboring in comfort at home, in your
sports bra and your favorite maternity yoga pants, only to
go to the hospital and have them shove a ugly, immodest,
impractical, MEDICAL gown at you? Do you have to wear what
they give you? I don't think so.
Here are some ideas of what to wear in labor, if you have
go to the hospital, or even at home.
Sports bras are great - they are comfortable, stretchy and
supportive. If you crave that skin to skin contact after
birth, and we know you do, try wearing your newly purchased
nursing sports-type bra. Then you can easily offer babe
access to his or her new favorite things (your nipples)
after birth.
Nursing tanks or regular built in-bra camisoles are also
very comfortable for labor. They offer belly coverage and
breast support.
Try wearing a sarong and tying it over your breasts or at
your waist. This offers any medical practitioners in
attendance at your birth the same access as a medical gown
but offers you the comfort of your own duds. A brightly
colored sarong also sends a message that you are not a
patient, you are a person. And a pretty funky one, thank
you!
How about wearing your own robe? Make it a nice one and
you'll feel much more human. Try a long fuzzy fleece one
in winter months or a lovely satin one in spring or summer.
Who says you have to be pastel, or institutional in what
you wear? Not me!
When nurse X offers you that pastel gown, practice this
phrase: "no thanks, I am comfortable in what I have on."
When she says, "oh, you don't want to get your nice [robe,
nightie, pants, shirt] all messy, do you?" practice this
phrase: "that's okay, I don't mind doing laundry" or "I'm
willing to rinse out some stains."
You are about to have a new baby, after all. Who are they
kidding? Stains will soon become a big part of your life.
There is no rule that says you have to wear a dress either,
with the wind blowing around your bits. If they wish to
examine you, you are perfectly capable of pulling down your
pants. Skip the undies if you want!
How about incorporating "labor support" into your attire?
Have your friends and family decorate an oversized t-shirt
or simple cotton nightie with their art and words of
support. You can do great things with fabric paint or
iron-on transfer paper for the computer. Or you can make
one for yourself with personal motivations, poetry, focal
points, or birth art.
Labor wear should be comfortable, familiar and speak to
your personality. You can be as creative as you wish. The
key is to think of your own personal wishes and comfort
level. And, yes, be willing to scrub some stains. Sarah Hilbert-West is a Childbirth Educator, Birth Doula, Breastfeeding Counsellor and Post-Partum Depression Support Group Facilitator. She owns and operates http://www.birthwares.com, offering birth stools, unique teaching aids and useful resources for childbirth educators, doulas, parents, and midwives.
http://www.birthwares.com - the site for YOU!
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