Birthing robes anyone?

These were much more like a cocktail dress than a hospital gown jingle and what on earth would you do with them afterwards?

Haven't a clue what I wore for my two. Presumably whatever nightie I'd got that would fit a 9 month pregnancy I had pethidine for the first one and hated it I completely lost my grip on what was happening and just kept wondering what was happening and why it hurt so much. It certainly didn't do anything for the pain at all.

I really enjoyed the birth of my firstborn. They gave me pethadine without so much as a by-your-leave. I was high! No pain at all.

Different with the other two. Who said natural births are the best - and why?!

I certainly made a" lorra" noise when my twins were born after an induction.

Far, far worse than when I gave birth to my first born !

Wipes brow

No yelling allowed when I had DS. Not that I would have wanted to.

DD tells me she wore an old shirt of her husbands.

Goodness, no shrieking allowed in the hospital I gave birth in! I'm always amazed if I catch sight of a trailer for One Born Every Minute or some such programme, at what a fuss today's women make!

My 3rd was born in Singapore, and I shared the delivery room with 2 Ghurka ladies.
While I groaned and shrieked, they never let out a squeak, and stayed dressed in their full traditional robes throughout.
This was my first daughter, the easiest birth of all.

I can remember walking round the delivery room with my backside on show. Not a good look.

actually, they are very pretty And the poppers, down the back and at the sides, allow for breastfeeding and skin to skin contact.

I'm changing my mind.

I'm always intrigued with the women on One Born who are doing their makeup whilst in labour!

Birthing ribs indeed! Get your kit off and get on with it!

anno I think that was already done by a couple on "One born every minute" who were both fashion designers, or something like that.

Well, I have no recollection what I was wearing (or not).

For women with more money than sense?

Sounds like a hospital gown to me...

Good point Jess.

Shouldn't the slit be up the front?
Or is this a birthing robe for the mother that certainly doesn't want any messy skin to skin contact with a newborn, let alone put it to the breast.

I saw one of these for the first time on a recent "One Born every minute" programme, looked very odd. Mind you it was worn by a very modest mum-to-be who got changed into it in the bathroom attached to the delivery room, she had said that she didn't want her husband to see her naked. Makes you wonder how she got pregnant in the first place

Strangely enough, when labour was in full swing, I'm pretty sure I didn't care about what I was wearing and if I had, it wouldn't have made a jot of difference

Sounds like an idea from across the Atlantic. What about women who want to use a birthing pool? A birthing bikini perhaps?