Don't they already have modest gowns? I wore one the other day when I got myphysical that wrapped around one and a half times - it was very modest. I wonder why they weren't using them before?
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
I guess it all depends on the hospital.
Posted by Mabus (Member # 6320) on :
As the article says near the end, bigger, better gowns exist--they just aren't widely used. Which makes one wonder why....
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
They're more expensive? It's easier to just buy one thing in bulk? You just didn't think about it and nobody brought it up?
Or did you mean to imply that docs get their jollies from patients?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Yes. Yes. Probably.
Are you saying they don't?
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
Kat, maybe it's a Southern thing.
The gown I wore yesterday was long and offered full coverage. Plus, they gave me a sheet to drape over my lap. In NYC, I had to ask for 2 gowns to get full coverage (one worn backward and one worn correctly). I also had to ask for the sheet. The NYC nurses were very nice about accommodating me, but it was clear that they thought I was nuts. All of the gowns in I've seen in Virginia and Georgia have been long and full and none of the ones I saw in NYC were.
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
I always thought there was a practical reason for the breezy gowns. I mean, if the doctor is reaching inside and checking out your heart, lungs, etc., something ultra-modest isn't going to be all that convenient. But if Muslim women aren't coming in at all because of those gowns, then a little inconvenience on the doctor's part is probably worth the price.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I'm the only one who asked for two robes, and wore one backwards?
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
That is good news! Modesty is a good thing!
The only time I've had to wear a gown in a hospital, it was the standard drafty kind. It wasn't too bad though, since they let me keep my pants on, so only my back was visible while I wandered the corridors.
I think my doctor's office uses the normal gowns also, but it's not a huge deal, since the only time I have to wear them is during a yearly exam, when my hind end hanging out isn't really an issue.
Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
*embarrassed* I threw all caution to the wind and refused to wear a gown that was three sizes too big for me while I was in the labor room. It didn't cover anything anyways and was darn annoying.
I did, however, wear the gown in the family room, and luckily the nursing gown was actually sized and so somewhat fit even with the two vertical slits in the front that didn't always stay completly closed.
I think they're pretty good about requests for modessty that I've seen -- my dad was even given scrub pants when he asked for them -- but I can imagine that it depends on the hospital.
[ August 20, 2004, 11:13 AM: Message edited by: Christy ]
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
See, Christy, I've heard other women say that, but I honestly couldn't even imagine moving enough to take the gown off when I was in labor. Like, it was bothering me, but I would have had to think beyond "AHHHHHHH" to envision getting it off somehow.
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
I think the only time I've ever had to wear one was for surgery, but I don't really remember it clearly enough to say. I seem to remember wearing one but I don't ever remember changing back into street clothes. The rest of the time it either hasn't been offered or I haven't bothered. Boxers work just as well as the gown when looking at my knees, reaching up/down a t-shirt isn't a big hassle, and if you're just going to have to take it most of the way off anyway why bother putting it on in the first place?
Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
*giggle* Sweet, you forget that I was worried about getting the floor messy after my water broke.