What did you give birth in?

[Stillmonday]

I'm trying to get my hospital bag ready and have now packed 2 nighties and a set of pjs.

What did you give birth in? Was it just a bra or anything else? I'm trying to be as prepared as possible!

A navy nightdress

I was wearing a hospital gown. I had packed nighties which I planned to wear, but a gown was comfy and meant I didn’t ruin my own clothes.

I was mostly in the birthing pool so just a crop top

1.an old. T shirt of dh's because nothing of mine fitted

2 maternity leggi gs and a. T-shirt. Leggi gs sadly trashed by a precipitate birth.

I was induced, started off in leggings and a tshirt but when I moved through to labour ward they made me put a hospital gown on. I seem to remember having a sports bra on at some point as I remember throwing it on the floor.

A hospital gown (ended up with emcs) , but I fully intended to be naked If I felt like it! I don't actually think I packed a birthing outfit though I did have two nighties and a strap top for if I was in the pool.

First time - in the pool - nothing at all, second time the dress and cardigan I arrived in, just about had time to take underwear off and kneel on the bed. The unused black nighties are being passed to a pregnant friend!

I wore the same thing for both my labours. It was a bright pink spaghetti strap nightie that said something tacky about giving birth on it.

At the end, the nip . Couldn't stand the feel of my clothes so apologised to the Doula and threw them all on the floor. But the rest of the time leggings and a long nightie/t-shirt so I could take the leggings off and still maintain my dignity. Well, try to.

Nude for first, tankini top for second

1. A hospital gown as I'd vomited over the 2 old tshirts I'd brought. Too much G&A

1. A long stretchy vest in the birth pool.

I went to hospital in DH’s huge T-shirt and jogging bottoms, then had to change into a hospital gown for EMCS.

Hospital gown as c section.

First time a hospital gown, second time just a maternity bra.
If I ever have a 3rd I might "graduate" to nothing at all

A beige maternity nightie from Primark.

I haemorrhaged but managed to keep the nightie blood free - intending to give it a second outing in March for the birth of dc2.

I wore the same strappy nightie for both of mine too Titsywoo

Mine was a lilac one with flowers on the front. Super soft, stretchy and comfy.

A pair of tights. Oh no, wait, that was Daphne in Neighbours 😜

A blue nightshirt which my now ex took home and hid in a cupboard because he didn't know what to do with it. fuck knows what he thought the shiny machine with the round door was for in the kitchen!

Absolutely nothing, I wasn’t in hospital long before the pushing started and I suddenly couldn’t stand the feel of my clothes so just whipped them all off in time to push him out! I had bought pretty nursing nighties to wear, fuck knows why, they’d be totally ruined if I had!

1. A t shirt
2. PJ top
3. A strapless cotton summer dress

1. Hospital gown

1. Hospital gown and bra

I'm a puker though.

A night shirt with buttons down the front for breastfeeding

An old oversized T shirt - one I wouldn't have minded about if I'd had to bin it - and a pair of Totes socks (the ones with grippy bottoms).

With DD1 I had a nightie and sports bra on, but when shit got real and I went through transition I insisted- loudly and forcefully- that all my clothes had to go. So I was naked for her birth!

With DD2 I was induced and it didn’t work properly and there was talk about a c section, so they had me in a hospital gown. In the end she came suddenly and quickly though and once again, I threw off my clothes so that I could get on with pushing. Basically, I don’t seem to be able to do the final bit in clothes for some reason.

Hospital gown. Comfy and kept my brought in nightwear clean.

Next maternity dress (had crash c-section at 3cm dilated, no time for changing clothes).