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Can you wear your own gown In labor?

I hate the hospital gowns! How open they are and they just gross me out, are we able to just bring a long gown we have purchased and wear that?
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Also as soon as REAL labor/contractions start, U are not going to care about Ur outfit. Ur focus is going to be purely on getting through delivery.  And if Ur water breaks u have a constant leak, they'll change the bed pads under U but don't change Ur gown-at least that was my experience.
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Most hospital gowns tie and overlap in the back so your butt isn't hanging out there. Also, my hospital said that they'll give you a second one to wear like a robe if you want. I am going to wear their gowns because I don't want to have to wash my own clothes when I get home from the hospital and I know things will get messy
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I'm sure you can do what ever you would like just be aware that if you end up having a c section they will cut it off because you wil be to hooked up to an iv and they are not going to take it out so you can take it off . I'd say just use the hospital gown  
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134578 tn?1693250592
Also, usually if a hospital uses a simple tie gown (the kind that would be open at the back if you had it on that way), they give you two, one to put on first that is open at the back, and the other to put on over it (like a robe) open at the front.  

Believe me, you won't be in the same gown when breastfeeding if you wore it to give birth, there is just too much lochia and stuff on the gown to keep wearing it.
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134578 tn?1693250592
For what it's worth, my hospital uses gowns that aren't open at the back.  They have snaps at the upper corners and cross over and tie in the front.
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It's short sleeve knee lenght and very loose has snap buttons by breast to unbuttoned to feed baby. I just don't want my *** hanging out when I get up. I hate that they are open I'm the back.   Very body private and will deal with it if I have to but would much prefer to have something I feel comfortable in.
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I wouldn't worry too much about it... I was naked almost immediately upon admission (got straight into the tub and even my sports bra was bugging the heck out of me) and stayed that way until after delivery. When I was cold I covered up with a sheet and blankets. But of course by the time I was admitted I'd been in active labor for nearly 13 hours already and things were getting pretty serious. If I was someone who was going to show up at L&D the moment my water broke and hang out there for every moment of labor, I'd likely be more interested in having something comfy to walk the halls in. I personally don't have a big issue with hospital gowns but YMMV... They're just as clean as the sheets on the bed...
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Call Ur hospital to check. U can buy hospital delivery gowns (there cute-on Etsy or Amazon other places too I'm sure). But remember its going to get messy. As above it needs to be short-knee length. Plus when u go into the hospital they put monitors on Ur belly, to keep track of contractions & the babies vitals/heart rate. Before u waste any $ call the hospital L&B department to confirm. As soon as u have they baby you'll probably just change again.
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134578 tn?1693250592
In short, wear whatever you like after the baby comes, and possibly for the early part of labor, but for the active labor and delivery, medical personnel will be around you trying to access your arm, your stomach, your heart and back, and your private area, and you might also want your legs in such a way that is not accommodated by a gown, especially if the gown is fitted and long.  It will also get covered with bodily substances, and will have to go home in a plastic sack (if you want to save it) because the hospital laundry won't do it.
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134578 tn?1693250592
A "long" gown, how long?  If longer than knee length, they will probably ask you to change, because it is inconvenient for the vaginal exams they will be doing as you progress and would not work for the monitoring band that keeps track of the baby's heart rate.  If knee length, you should be OK if it is very loose, so it can be pushed up when they need to put the belt for the monitor around your waist, and then to check it.  It should also have short sleeves, for access for your IV.  (Hospital gowns have these snaps at the upper corners of the arms so they can be unsnapped and resnapped to fit the IV lines or take them off of you or move them around.)  A large, wide-sleeved tee shirt would probably work.  Also, it should be something they can cut apart with scissors if necessary, since if you require any kind of sudden intervention (such as an emergency C-section), they will strip off your clothes immediately to get you into a sanitary gown.
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Up to your hospital, mine said it's my choice what I wear or don't wear.  They warned me it's policy to start an IV with saline and to make sure I was wearing a something that can accomodate that.
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