To labour in my nightdress

@Coolsummer25 I honestly can't remember what I was wearing to have the DC. Do know that the first labour was long so I assume I changed clothes during that. And I was reasonably covered for most of it. No reason not to wear a nightie and knickers. Or large t shirt/maternity t shirt and knickers.

I bought breastfeeding nightdress for afterwards. in hindsight I should have bought a couple more nighties as they need a daily wash in the early days post pregnancy

This might not be a good idea. A midwife can see whats happening with your vagina / vulva by looking. It gives an idea of how far on you may be.
For my first labour i wore my pants for a long time as I had to wear a pad because my waters were constantly leaking. However, once in active labour, I couldnt even stand to have anything between my legs.
with my second, after the midwife examined me and told me I was ready to push I couldnt even stand to wear my top and gave birth naked. If anyone had told me Id have done that before hand Id have laughed at them for being so ridiculous!
You might need a few tops to wear if youre in Labour a long time - I suggest wearing a soft crop top type bra, baggy t shirt and shorts type PJs. Take plenty of pants too!

P sure you can wear whatever so long as you remove your knickers for the actual birthing part (and any consented vaginal examinations)

I spent most of my labour in my comfy pregnancy pyjamas 🤷‍♀️

Only thing I'd recommend it that the night dress had easy access to your elbows in case they need to put in a cannula. I had a 3/4 sleeve one which was annoying, warm and needed to be changed.

I wore a night dress until I was changed into a robe for an EMCS. I honestly can't remember if I kept putting knickers on and off.

I wore a nightdress. No knickers though. Your midwife will need to check you and it will be a right pain getting knickers on and off.

My baby came quickly. Had a tshirt dress on and knickers and was still standing waiting for a bed when baby's head was born. Obviously removed the knickers but I wouldn't worry!!!

I'd love to know how having someone's hand up you keeps the baby safe?

My waters broke at home and by the time I was in hospital (the morning after) I had gotten through every pair of knickers I owned and all the maternity pads! Constant random gushes and was probably the part of labour I disliked the most 🤣 the nightie would be nice and comfy though I imagine

Do as you like.

It's very unlikely you'll care in the slightest at a certain point.

In regard to what your dh is saying about making the midwife's job easier - the midwife is there to help you, make you feel comfortable and will work around your preferences as much as is practical and safe. A nightdress is not problematic. They want you as relaxed as possible, not stressing.

You will seriously not be able to keep your knickers on - they will be doing checks on how dilated you are and you'll be in no state to pull them off and on again. I also went through labor in a nightie. Twice. The second time a midwife actually said "lets get her nightie off" and I said "over my dead body lady, it stays on" and it did.

I wore a slip style nightie - no knickers. They shoved baby up the nightie for skin to skin, which I found amusing, but he seemed to like! My dignity was intact, except when impossible.

I laboured in a button down night dress and no knickers the first time. The second time I didn’t get chance to get changed into my nightdress and gave birth in the dress I was wearing, don’t even remember taking my knickers off.

It's about your comfort not your husbands or the midwives - wear what you want. Birth will work best if you follow your own instincts.
You might find your view changes when in labour. When I was in labour I found I couldn't bear the idea of clothes touching me and took them all off without much thought.
Oh and you don't need to let the midwives examine you if you don't want to.

I gave birth both times in a knee length nightie and no knickers. The midwives see vaginas all day, every day and are only interested in delivering a healthy baby.

Also, there's no need to bin anything - it will all wash out in the washing machine. People are so wasteful - fancy buying stuff just for labour and then binning it immediately.

I meant whatever size you end up with would be unlikely to fit for going running in as likely bigger than your normal size. A crop top type thing wouldn't be unreasonable. Think I had a maternity bra on under my nightie. It got goo on during skin to skin which was annoying as I only had 4 and was in for 3 days after so wished I'd taken it off and kept it clean! I do remember towards the end when I was fed up with the whole thing (very medicalised labour not allowed to eat or drink at all for 12 hours) they religiously kept replacing the sheet over my nether regions...I wondered why they bothered but they do care about your dignity despite all the people coming in and out etc.

I've had 3 children and spent most of my labours in the clothes I arrived in, so jogging bottoms and vest top! And in labours 2&3 I kept my knickers on until I was fully dilated! In labour 1 I was off my head on pethidine and threw up on myself, so ended up with a sheet tied round me like a toga! Absolutely no way on earth I would have been comfortable being naked.

I dreaded the whole thing and thought how embarrassed I would be but a mate told me that you get to a stage that you wouldn't care if a whole brass band marched into the room and that is so true!

Took my knickers off about ten minutes before DS was borne. Any sooner and I would have been whipping them off in the car park.

If your considering a water birth I wore a bikini top throughout as decided a wet t - shirt would not be comfortable and make me even warmer

You may be better buying paper knickers ( if they still sell them!) Then you can just rip them off when it’s time to be examined, also it saves ruining your ones you always wear

I went from an A to a G. You need a maternity bra to put pads into and a bra you can take a boob out of every few minutes easily whilst cradling a precious babe in arms.

Congratulations and hope you have safe uneventful birth. Wear what you want,it’s all about you after all

In "Neighbours" Kylie Minogue kept her Bib&Brace overalls on, not a mark on them. Then went back to the garage and finished the service on the Holden.