https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:35:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor/page/2#post-859833 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:33:44 +0000 blackbird 859833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish, I wore mine even when I had my epidural and afterwards! The epidural goes into the lower/middle part of your back....my bra was never an issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor/page/2#post-858991 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:54:25 +0000 swedishfish 858991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsCB: @MrsKoala: I worry about the strangest things but it's good to know that I'm not alone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor/page/2#post-858986 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:53:19 +0000 swedishfish 858986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: ooohhhh, I wonder if JC Penney's has those bras in store? Maybe I'll check it out later. Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor/page/2#post-858766 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:38:40 +0000 cheesetomywhine 858766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wore one of the belly bands that hold the monitors over my chest. Even while in the shower. The nurse pulled it down for skin to skin and later cut it off when R pooped on it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor/page/2#post-858692 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:20:09 +0000 matador84 858692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: it really was! i wore the kind from VS. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor/page/2#post-858606 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:57:17 +0000 Purpledaisy 858606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wore a sports bra the whole time. Even during my c-section. You're "allowed" to do whatever you want! I didn't even ask. Do what makes you the most comfortable. I definitely would have been self conscious the whole time if I had been braless. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor/page/2#post-858568 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:44:45 +0000 MrsKoala 858568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: Thanks for starting this thread! I'm a busty lady, too and I cannot imagine not wearing a bra! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-858249 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:45:20 +0000 lovehoneybee 858249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was allowed but I had no interest in wearing it. I was so sick that anything on my body was too much. I'm shocked that my robe stayed on! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-858236 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:37:13 +0000 avivoca 858236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually go out of my way to not wear a bra if I don't have to, so I anticipate that I won't be wearing one during labor unless my boobs are gigantic (D-cup and still rising). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-858207 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:29:13 +0000 tysonja 858207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hmmm i think i vaguely remember being asked to take everything off for the gown. i remember just dropping everything i was wearing on the floor and not caring who had to pick it up as i stumbled to another room! hahah pain makes me forget/not care about anything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-858191 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:21:51 +0000 Anagram 858191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: I googled and just found this. I may order one and check it out. It's a front-closure sleeping/nursing bra. Looks comfy and pretty easy to unsnap for skin to skin time.</p> <p><a href="http://www.jcpenney.com/dotcom/women/shop-by-size/maternity/leading-lady-front-closure-wirefree-sleep-nursing-bra/prod.jump?ppId=pp5002100824&#038;sisearchengine=182&#038;siproduct=GooglePLA&#038;cm_mmc=ShoppingFeed-_-GooglePLA-_-Women-_-pp5002100824&#038;srccode=cii_17588969&#038;cpncode=31-164869040-2" rel="nofollow">http://www.jcpenney.com/dotcom/women/shop-by-size/maternity/leading-lady-front-closure-wirefree-sleep-nursing-bra/prod.jump?ppId=pp5002100824&#038;sisearchengine=182&#038;siproduct=GooglePLA&#038;cm_mmc=ShoppingFeed-_-GooglePLA-_-Women-_-pp5002100824&#038;srccode=cii_17588969&#038;cpncode=31-164869040-2</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-858153 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:11:48 +0000 rachiecakes 858153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wore a nursing 'sleep' bra, no wires. Wore it during labor, the epidural and birth. There were some complications so we didn't get skin-to-skin but I don't think it would've been a problem, it was easy to pull it down/around/off when needed.<br /> I had a gown on but with the monitors and IVs and everything I was just wearing the bra at the end. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-858093 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:55:33 +0000 cyndistar3 858093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was allowed but somehow ended up naked anyways! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-858025 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:38:30 +0000 DillonLion 858025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The nursing sleep bras are really comfortable if you feel like you need to wear something for a little support. Just plan to have a nurse cut it off of you near the end of labor so that you don't have to worry about navigating all the wires during its removal and can do that skin to skin with your new baby right away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-857951 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:13:15 +0000 .twist. 857951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: I'm totally going to see if mine still fits. I LOVE them and that sounds like it would be perfect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-857939 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:11:09 +0000 Smurfette 857939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted I didn't care cause I have no idea if I even wore one. I can't remember. Is that bad? If I did it must have been a nursing bra, wore then at the end of the pregnancy cause I couldn't stand under wire any longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-857901 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:58:21 +0000 ShootingStar 857901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: I'm really glad you started this, I am large chested as well and wondering how this would work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-857900 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:57:43 +0000 swedishfish 857900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for all of the replies so far, ladies! I am so uncomfortable without a bra on so I hope I can wear one I until the epidural. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-857895 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:56:59 +0000 LuLu Mom 857895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wore a sports bra during labor and then switched to a nursing bra later on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-857886 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:53:51 +0000 bushelandapeck 857886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wore one of those coobie (sp?) ones and it was great. I didn't wear the gown though, oping for a cotton stretchy skirt until it was time to push. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-857859 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:44:57 +0000 MrsF 857859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't remember if I wore one or not (I'm starting to think that I don't remember much of L&amp;D!). I don't think anyone would have had a problem with it or known if I was wearing one though. They were more concerned with other areas :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-857840 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:39:47 +0000 littlecasita1122 857840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am large chested and hate hate hate not wearing a bra. When I arrived at the hospital I was wearing a sports bra. It was fine for during labor and delivery but afterwards the nurses had to help me out of it so we could do skin to skin. Next time I plan on wearing a sports bra that zips up in the front that I wore a lot as a sleep nursing bra. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-857836 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:39:00 +0000 Bao 857836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know if I was allowed or not but I didn't wear one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-857827 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:36:34 +0000 purrpletulips 857827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, hospital policy is just a gown in case there is need for emergency c-section. I wore a nursing tank during my stay after I got cleaned up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-857815 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:32:14 +0000 mamabolt 857815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had one on, wanted to keep wearing it, but was asked to take it off when I got my epi. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-857811 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:30:13 +0000 JoJoGirl 857811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started out wearing one but after 24 hrs, hopping in and out of the birthing tub when they were all wet, I eventually ended up without it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-857788 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:16:48 +0000 CottonCandy 857788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wore a sports bra type thing but at some point in labor, it came off. I do remember wanting to wear one, but I can see how the nurses wanted me to take it off b/c of getting an epi and skin to skin after birth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-857756 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:07:02 +0000 cheert16 857756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, they wouldn't let me and I really wanted to wear a bra!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-857750 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:04:50 +0000 MamaMoose 857750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wore a bra but wish I hadn't! I wanted to take it off immediately for along to skin but it got tangled with my IV and I ended up making the nurse cut it off of me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bra-during-labor#post-857731 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:57:54 +0000 JerricaBenton 857731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wore a cotton bra through labor but I had to take it off when I went in for a c section. I probably would have kept it on had I had a vaginal delivery but in retrospect it was more convenient not to have to take it off for the immediate breastfeeding and skin to skin. </p>