to wonder why some women give birth naked?

[sparklyknittedmacaroons]

Just seen a video of a woman doing this, and I know a couple of friends who have chosen to. Am about to give birth to my 4th and personally couldn't bear the thought of being naked in a room of strangers, also don't understand why there is the need...not criticising anyone who does it, just genuinely asking the question so no rudeness or flaming please!

With DD1 I was in the bath in hospital when I felt urge to push - the last thing on my mind was putting clothes on so I gave birth pretty much naked (think mws threw a gown over me!

well, when your vagina, labia and vulva are the main focus of attention, and you've most likely shat on the bed anyway - a scrap of fabric draped over one's shoulder seems a tad..well, futile?

I did on dc2.. I was boiling hot! Only realised after I pushed him out that I hadn't even seen the midwives face! Poor woman had a hell of a view but it was honestly the last thing on my mind.

Maybe they are hot and sweaty. Maybe they want skin to skin as soon as the baby's out. Maybe they are having a waterbirth. It's not like the medical professionals haven't seen it all anyway - if someone was stitching up my bits I wouldn't worry that much about giving them a flash of boob.

tooearly

Because I was at home in a pool- with DH, a midwife (who had seen most of it anyway) and a student midwife observing. There were no strangers at my birth.

I ended up naked in both labours, no idea why. Guess I was hot or felt constricted, though I was only in a t-shirt nightie thing.

I actually didn't know women wore clothes to birth!?!

I was in so much pain and high off drugs I didn't really think twice about my clothes, they were annoying and in the way

I gave birth naked. Wasn't really by choice, I just was so hot and out of it on pethidine that I couldn't bear wearing anything. I also couldn't really of cared less at that moment whether I was naked or not!
I don't plan on being naked next time, but we'll see...

No strangers with mine either. Dh, who I'd known for a good few years, and the midwife, who I'd met at most ante natal appointments

:o tooearly

I wasn't naked but I can imagine that you get to a point where you don't want anything touching you, even clothes. I always thought I'd be really self conscious but I was shit-faced on pethidine and Julie Andrews and all her nuns could have been in the room encouraging me with song for all I cared.

I am very very insecure about my body. Very.
The day ds1 was born, there was a heat-wave. I was so so hot that I had to take my shirt off, I really didn't care about having everything on show, I was too hot, in too much pain and too high on G&A to care!

"Don't understand why there is the need" sounds like a judgement or criticism to me - you're saying it's 'unnecessary' to be naked, but that sounds as if you're implying that women who give birth naked are exhibitionists or something!

I was much more comfortable naked as I was so hot with 1 and 2. 3 was so quick I only had time to take off my coat and trousers and knickers before he was born then had to get my DH to strip me off after for skin-to-skin. Why would you leave your clothes on??

I did as was i water pool. Didnt bother me as you have to have your bits out aywayand the rest is the same as going topless at the beach.

When I got to the delivery room, I pulled my dress off. Not sure why. I think the MW threw a gown on me but I was a bit beyond by then.

I gave birth naked because I was put in one of those horrible hospital gowns for my (failed) epidural and it was annoying the fuck out of me whenever I tried to move into a position to make my (stuck fast) nearly 10 pounder move an inch during my three hour second stage.

If I had had a gun I would have shot myself, tbh, so a room full of people who were already looking at my fanjo seeing the rest of me really was the least of my worries.

I'm with Sparkly - it may be all on display down below, but that doesn't mean I don't want anything on at all!

Why would anyone want to be clothed? Clothes get in the way. And I had a water birth and the thought of clothes clinging to me is horrid. It was only DH and the midwife in the room anyway, but a marching could have come through while I was pushing and I wouldn't have really cared.

I was too hot so I insisted, in a haze of G&A, that all my clothing was removed apart from my socks because my feet are always cold.

I would ask the strangers to leave. They would interfere with my labour. Would take clothes off to use birthing pool, yes, but some people keep a tshirt on until baby is born, then doesn't everyone do skin to skin these days?

When better to be in a birthday suit than at a Birth Day?