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To hope Kate leaves hospital wearing..

245 replies

alwayshavepeckham · 02/05/2015 18:04

Slippers, a faded towelling dressing gown, a scrunchie & big soppy grin.
Like most new mums.

Must be grim having her hair & makeup done.

OP posts:
Moln · 03/05/2015 18:08

Still laughing at the comment about the elephant liver sized clots. So true that is gear might have happened. I had though White was a brave colour for just post birth and that she must have some super pants on!!

She look great though, happy relaxed and comfortable. I'd say she didn't have a difficult birth the lucky lady, and good job too, I had a horrific birth and couldn't walk for two days after, couldn't tell you what I looked like leaving the hospital, but had I know I was going to be photographed leaving I think I'd have cried.

Moln · 03/05/2015 18:10

Tummy comments last time were redonkulous. Though the media were obviously confused as all celebrities leave hospital back in their skinnies with no tummy at all.

DrankSangriaInThePark · 03/05/2015 19:02

Diana looked much more polished after Harry too.

Buttercupsandaisies · 03/05/2015 19:19

She looked great. Not everyone has a difficult birth. I had dd2 at 4am and was discharged at 9am having had full shower, washed and straightened my hair etc. I was feeding the ducks with dd1 by lunch time and felt great. I had a full house by 2pm and was on cloud 9.

Not everyone feels bad and wants to slum in pjs. There's no way I'd have wore pjs during the day - not everyone is like that. At worst I may have wore a lounge type outfit but even then not with visitors. most people I know who wore pjs all day for weeks etc were like that before they had kids!

Sparklingbrook · 03/05/2015 19:22

There is now another thread in AIBU about the wearing of the white dress. Stop the madness!

Hakluyt · 03/05/2015 19:38

I agree. I hate this everyone is pouring blood and unable to dress idea. Obviously some people have a really hard time. But if you go into hospital in early labour at 6 and deliver at 8.30 then the chances are you're going to be OK by 6 that evening.

SirChenjin · 03/05/2015 19:45

You can still have a quick labour, be out within hours and passing the sort of blood volume that would have you laughing uproariously at the idea of wearing a white dress - DCs 2 and 3 were exactly like that. Lucky woman if she wasn't - nothing worse than praying you don't sneeze or cough while crossing your fingers that the ultra heavyweight pads deliver on their promise Grin

LIZS · 03/05/2015 19:50

I'm sure there are ways of temporarily restricting flow long enough to get her dressed and home. You could see vpl through the dress as she went back in but expect she was well hoiked in.

Hakluyt · 03/05/2015 22:28

Is it usual to bleed so much that you can't function normally for 30 minutes? If so, I, and everyone I know, must have been incredibly lucky.......

SirChenjin · 03/05/2015 22:34

Who said anything about not functioning normally for 30 minutes? Big difference between that and thinking that a white dress maybe isn't the best thing to wear in case of leakage in front of the world's press. If she was so sure that she wouldn't leak that she could wear that dress, then yes, very lucky imo.

AuntieStella · 03/05/2015 22:36

Yes, it is very common to have gushes in the first few hours after delivery and possibly later than that (if you only get to your feet after a while). You can be fine for far longer than 30 mins, but also you can have a gush quite unpredictably.

If you pass clots, it can be pretty dramatic (2 out of my 3 at term deliveries), and they come without warning.

PenguinsandtheTantrumofDoom · 03/05/2015 22:36

Well, in the first 48 hours I would not have risked white. Even for 30 minutes. Not because I couldn't function, but because heavy bleeding can leak round the edges without much warning

PenguinsandtheTantrumofDoom · 03/05/2015 22:37

(IRL it was more like a month before I'd risk pale trousers )

StandoutMop · 03/05/2015 22:39

I wouldn't have dared wear that dress. I bled sooo much after I gave birth.

But my bump went in an hour every time (3 DC) so I might have gone for a lovely bodycon number if I was Kate. Then everyone could've accused me of having a tummy tuck at the same time.

PenguinsandtheTantrumofDoom · 03/05/2015 22:39

Oh, and three days after DS was born I randomly passed a clot the size of a matchbox after sitting down for 10.mins and covered my clothes. Thankfully I was at home. MW said totally normal and v common.

SirChenjin · 03/05/2015 22:41

YY to the unexpected clots - they were quite something!

BrianButterfield · 03/05/2015 23:11

I have never "poured blood". - there was plenty of blood, believe me, and many packs of maternity pads, but nothing that ever stopped me being out and about if I wanted to. I've never had very heavy periods either. I would certainly have been fine in public for half an hour without worrying. I doubt it's that rare.

UnpushyMother · 03/05/2015 23:21

Perhaps she was given some kind of medication to stop/ease the blood flow? Money is no object to her so I'm sure there would be something available to her.

bellybuttonfairy · 03/05/2015 23:26

I was lucky to have 3 quick labours - no stitches and very minimal lochia.

I work on the delivery suite and a couple of hours after delivery - it went incredibly busy so I helped out for a couple of hours. Nothing taxing - just answering the phone, paperwork and a little bit of coordinating. Baby was asleep in a sling. I felt absolutely fine.

A hairdresser and make up artist would have been lovely....

looked and felt like shit with dc1 though

Lweji · 03/05/2015 23:31

I have heavy periods, lost 300ml of blood during child birth, but didn't bleed after DS was born.
I did lose a bit of liquid, but nothing that was a problem for walking about.

If she was feeling fine, she was feeling fine.

Hakluyt · 04/05/2015 08:22

I am amazed at all this! Lots of people go home after giving birth- often much sooner than the DofC did. And as far as I know they aren't given medication to stop the flow of blood during the journey. I managed a trip to Mothercare 7 hours after ds was born without leaving a trail of blood behind me! I obviously wouldn't have worn white trousers- and I maybe woildn't have planned to sit down for several hours in a white skirt, but surely 10 minutes standing up in a white skirt isn't too much of a risk!

alibubbles · 04/05/2015 10:03

I was in John Lewis Brent Cross with DS at 3 days old buying a pram and a car seat. A lovely little old Jewish lady in the lift was horrified and said I should have been 'lying in' at home for 6 weeks! Ermm, I already had a one year old at home too.

SirChenjin · 04/05/2015 10:10

For me, 10 minutes in a white dress, nude tights and nude heels, in front of the world's press would have been too much of a risk. It obviously wasn't for Kate.

LittleIda · 04/05/2015 10:51

A woman in the supermarket queue told me that women used to stay in hospital for a fortnight after they had a baby and the baby was taken away to the nursery at night so they could sleep. No such luxury as sleep when I had my first as if my baby was sleeping, then one of the other five babies on the ward would be crying. Couldn't wait to go home

YouMakeMyHeartSmile · 04/05/2015 12:25

alibubbles we went to Tesco when DD was about 24 hours old and an elderly lady was horrified and told us we were completely irresponsible and should keep her inside until she was 6 weeks old. I would have gone insane.
This thread just shows that everyone's experience is different. Kate obviously felt ok to stand outside for 5 mins in a white dress and heels. I would have done too. I'm sure she wouldn't have done it if she didn't feel up to it, and as she didn't bleed all over the steps she obviously judged her own situation correctly.