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Yes I as allowed, but don't do it!!! It was annoying bc it interfered with skin to skin. My midwife was like, "why are you wearing that??" Lol. Rookie mistake!

Brought one, didnt wear it, didn't want to.

I wore a yoga bra and it was great.

@sslm: this!!

I birthed stark naked so that I could do skin to skin right after birth! I labored in the gown though.

But "allowed" to wear a bra? Yeah, I don't see how that would be an issue!

Yes I was. I'm not large chested, so I guess I wouldn't have cared either way But I came in to the ER wearing a kind of loose sports bra and the nurse told me I could keep it on if I wanted. So, I did. I think the anesthesiologist had to weave the epidural tube under it but otherwise did not get it the way. This is gross but I didn't even take it off till sometime the next day when I showered. lol.

I don't remember if I was allowed to have one or not, but I have smaller ladies, so I didn't care. But I agree with others - don't wear one if you want to be able to do skin-to-skin! As soon as Xander was born, he was placed on my chest, and then shortly after that, I nursed him. A bra would've gotten in the way of that.

I have no idea because I'm sure I didn't want one. I hate wearing bras. Plus I wanted to be ready for some skin to skin right after.

oh Good thread.....I can't stand the feeling of the girls hanging down on my stomach (I even sleep in bras), but I ahdn't though of this. I have some nursing "sleep" bras, so maybe I'll wear one and see how I feel in the middle of things.

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.

No, they wouldn't let me and I really wanted to wear a bra!!!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
I had a gown on but with the monitors and IVs and everything I was just wearing the bra at the end.

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!

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!