Forget the Hospital Gown: Give Birth in Couture
The last thing I was thinking about as I pushed my daughter into this world was what I was wearing. And here I thought I was totally normal.
For moms who want to look fab even while contracting, there’s hope – a new company has introduced a slinky, sleeveless dress just for giving birth.
Says the company literature, “You
Yeah, I sorta wish I’d put a little more thought into what I looked like. Of course, a safe (and speedy!) delivery was #1 on my priority list, but a little forethought wouldn’t have hurt anything. Now I cringe at the pictures – I had to use nipple cream as lip gloss because my lips were so dry they were white, and I had packed NOTHING.
I am normally a fashionista (even through pregnancy), and I don’t think that’s such a bad thing. Also, like Nicole said, the mess was all on pads that were immediately taken away, and all was clean again! Nobody said anything about how I looked (they were all too busy ooohing and aaahing), but a pretty gown just would’ve made me feel a lot more ME a lot sooner.
Not that I cared about what I looked like while I was giving birth, but my husband took pictures of me and the baby afterwards and man are the pjs I am wearing in the pictures unattractive.
Perhaps my two birthing experiences were the exception, but I was completely mess free as far as my hospital gown and bed linens were concerned. The bed was shielded by hospital pads and quickly whisked away when soiled. My gown was pulled up and never got anything on it…I would have liked a nicer more comfortable gown actually…something like this:
http://www.bellablumaternity.com/hospital-gowns-snapdragon.html