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To wonder what on earth Kate was thinking wearing a white dress less than 12 hours after giving birth

85 replies

malefridgeblindness · 03/05/2015 18:36

Do royals not have lochia? I'm sure I was packing triple maternity pads at that point. It's a bit high risk for leakage on the way home, no?

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Sparklingbrook · 03/05/2015 19:35

Just the usual mix of shellshock and bewilderment fatlazy. I didn't do as she told me. 16 years later nearly I kind of wonder whether it would have been quite nice though.

AuntyMag10 · 03/05/2015 19:36

Oh go do one op.
You seem to think unless you walk out looking like utter shit then you are being forced to by society.

fatlazymummy · 03/05/2015 19:40

sparklingbrook I honestly can't think of anything more boring. It's really old fashioned advice though. My eldest is 26 and we were told to get up after a couple of hours even then.

seventeen · 03/05/2015 19:42

Good for you fatlazymummy.

Can you imagine that other people maybe don't have the same experiences as you?

Sparklingbrook · 03/05/2015 19:42

Maybe a day or two would have been nice. No chance when DS2 came along, so I will never know. Grin

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MishMooshAndMogwai · 03/05/2015 19:48

Good god people need to get a grip on here! It was clearly a light hearted thread, why do people need to have a label in the title to recognise that?!

Ignore them op, I thought exactly the same!
White dress with your back turned to the worlds press?? I wouldn't have dared!

I bet she sat on that side of the car to hide the bin bags and old towels wills had put on the seat for her to sit on too!

ghostyslovesheep · 03/05/2015 19:50

'lady flow' ffs for that alone YABU!

Silvercatowner · 03/05/2015 19:50

I did wonder whether Kate might've read the Mumsnet threads about not letting any rels see the baby for days. That would have been interesting.

usualsuspect333 · 03/05/2015 19:53

Haha me too, Silver. Especially her MIL.

FFSletmechangemyname · 03/05/2015 19:53

I agree Op I think she was brave.

After DD1 I was up and about shopping less then 24 hrs later, I was 21 and literally crashed about 2 weeks after and had to go to bed for 2 days.
With DD2 I had her and then stayed in bed for 2 weeks, establishing Bfeeding, resting and enjoying my baby. (I did nearly die giving birth though)
With DS1, last baby again I was up and about within 24 hrs and was so so tired for weeks on end, I wish I had taken to bed with him as I had with DD2. As it happens because I was so tired and stressed I never produced milk and couldn't BF. As it happens the same happened with DD1 but with DD2 I BF for 6 months.

I think rest is a good thing surely, your body needs time to recover even if for a few days, but everyone is different and it should be about whatever works for the mother not anyone else.

NorbertDentressangle · 03/05/2015 19:55

It's certainly not a risk I would have taken and I only had to shuffle walk through the foyer of the hospital, no waiting press or public.

IIRC I probably wore black maternity jeans and a shirt (for both DC) - most comfortable and practical clothing I had. I would have been freshly showered and hair-washed though with a bit of mascara on.

BeaufortBelle · 03/05/2015 19:56

I showered, washed and blow dried my hair before leaving the hospital. I did that every day when I got home too. I had a small tear, no stitches and was grateful for that.

MrsMook · 03/05/2015 20:07

I wore a dress second time. Mainly because first time I was gutted to discover that I still hadn't slimmed into maternity jeans and had to go home in the leggings I'd worn in labour.

If she can get away with it, fair play to her. My crutches would have ruined the look though.

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MinesAPintOfTea · 03/05/2015 20:16

I left the hospital in a nighty. But only because DH thought it was s tunic pt wear over leggings when he came in the day I was released.

As I didn't have to face the media and it was clean, I wore it.

Bodyinpyjamas10 · 03/05/2015 20:21

For gods sake!

I am sure the post baby
Adult woman could pick the best outfit for her.

As we all do.

TapDancingMollusc · 03/05/2015 20:24

Well it's not as if she's not got enough help to take the baby off her hands now, is it. She has a role to play, one which she walked into with eyes wide open and knows that she has to appear bright and chirpy even hours after giving birth.

Yes, I do like Kate, and I was pleased to hear the news that she had a girl.

As the (some times hyper critical) cameras from across the world were trained on her she has to be well turned out with hair perfect and looking fantastic. She is a Royal - and has to do this. I liked her dress. She looked happy and well. That's all we should ask from a new Mum.

When I went home from the hospital, knowing my neighbours would be keen to see my newborn daughter, I dressed up and put make up on too. I wanted to appear at my very best (even though I got home, greeted the neighbours, went in and changed into trackies!)

Fossilsandfoxes · 03/05/2015 20:33

I think she should have worn a pretty outfit, hair and make up done by all means and some pretty flats. It looked really unnatural the way she stood there in her high heels. It was obvious that William had to support her on a couple of occasions, as she did seem wobbly on her feet, it's just plain silly.

Also, as a role model, plenty of younger women will aspire to looking glam and 'sexy' straight after giving birth. This surely cannot be healthy Confused. I don't understand why she aspires to look so artificial, almost like a mannequin. I prefer her in her causal outfits tbh.

Fwiw, I thought wearing high heels was very try hard and incredibly vain.

Prince William looked much more human and approachable. Oh well, who cares, they are off to their luxury lives and we can natter here all we want, it doesn't make any bit of difference.

Pastamancer · 03/05/2015 20:45

DD2 is 7 weeks and I'm still waiting for the lochia to stop. It lasted 8 weeks with DD1 so I don't seem to do short lochia. Flooding through the large pads is normal with me, I got through 3 packs in the first 2 days this time round, can't remember with DD1 but I do remember it was heavy and I gushed every time I moved.

I'm still wearing black trousers now, no way I could have worn white the same day :o

LadyCatherineDeTurd · 03/05/2015 20:55

I must admit I thought white was a brave choice when I saw her. But then presumably women who'd feel comfortable wearing a pale dress 12 hours post birth form a self-selecting, low lochia group? And if Kate didn't fall into this category, she'd have gone for something darker and more enveloping?

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 03/05/2015 21:03

Fossil-I agree completely.

OP-I thought the same, you aren't the only one. I bet she wore huge tena lady knickersWink

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UncertainSmile · 03/05/2015 23:39

I imagine that she has a flunky to do the bleeding for her.

AldiQ7 · 04/05/2015 00:03

Can't believe the OP got such a pasting on this thread! People moan about putting 'lighthearted' in the most obvious of thread titles, but look what happens when you don't!

I thought it was a brave choice of dress both times, in fact so brave that it was almost rubbing it in the faces of us minions - 'look, not only do I swan out of hospital looking totally fabulous 10 hours after pushing a human out of my chuff, but I do it in the palest dress I can get my hands on, FUCK YOU ALL.'

She is awesome!