There is everything from the $55 PrimaMama Skirt (made of crisp cotton twill with cute, coordinating grosgrain ribbon) to the $40 GoGo Top (a glorified nursing sports bra). I love that they recommend the PrimaMama Skirt can be worn during labor or for a trip to the park! So cute, so versatile! For 55 bucks I'd better be able to wear it to more than just the birth of my kid. (PS - I haven't spent $55 on ANYTHING for myself in ohhh....about 7 years.)
I know, I know, there are many of you who like this stuff. I bet one of you even owns a Binsi skirt, but I just can't understand the need for this thing. (Now, WANT is a whole other thing and I definitely understand that!)
OK, so, before you all start flaming me and telling me how great this stuff is, I just have to say: Seriously??? Do we NEED (not want) a special skirt to give birth in? The hospital gives you a perfectly workable gown for free (true, it's ugly as crap, and at the end of the day you and your insurance company has paid thousands for it, but who cares?).
OK, so, before you all start flaming me and telling me how great this stuff is, I just have to say: Seriously??? Do we NEED (not want) a special skirt to give birth in? The hospital gives you a perfectly workable gown for free (true, it's ugly as crap, and at the end of the day you and your insurance company has paid thousands for it, but who cares?).
And if you're at a home birth, don't you have a bra you could wear and maybe a fifteen dollar Old Navy skirt that would work just as well as the Binsi skirt?
But back to Binsi and what they offer. I love the "Sport" version too - just as adorable only it doesn't "wrinkle" as easily. Yeah, because when I'm pushing a bowling ball out of my vagina I'm worried about looking wrinkled.
The most disturbing part, I found, were the testimonials about how great the moms looked in their Binsi's while giving birth.
WTF?? How great you looked wearing a Binsi?? I am all for being comfortable (hell, I rarely get out of my pjs if I can get away with it) and so if these clothes make you feel more comfortable during your labor and birth then I am on board.
HOWEVER, if women are worried about how they "look" (ie, "wrinkled") during labor I think that's a whole other problem. You're giving birth. It's a tough, messy job. There isn't a cute and/or "feminine" enough skirt in the world to cover up the fact that you just crapped on the table. I don't know about you, but I sure as hell don't want to wear that skirt again after that!
WTF?? How great you looked wearing a Binsi?? I am all for being comfortable (hell, I rarely get out of my pjs if I can get away with it) and so if these clothes make you feel more comfortable during your labor and birth then I am on board.
HOWEVER, if women are worried about how they "look" (ie, "wrinkled") during labor I think that's a whole other problem. You're giving birth. It's a tough, messy job. There isn't a cute and/or "feminine" enough skirt in the world to cover up the fact that you just crapped on the table. I don't know about you, but I sure as hell don't want to wear that skirt again after that!
I feel like, once again, companies are preying on women and our want for "stuff" along with our insecurities of trying to be perfect mothers/wives/women in general. Not only do we need to have the perfect birth that we've planned out to the T with the right music/lighting/scents/etc, but now for only 100 bucks we can get the wardrobe to go along with it that will help make it perfect, because we will look and feel terrific squatting on a birthing ball!
The birth of my first child did not go the way I'd planned (and I'm not a planner, people). My plan was to simply deliver a healthy baby on time. My plan did not happen. To this day I get pissed off when I think about it.
Yes, I wore the ugly ass gown and the baby came home in a dirty t shirt from the hospital NICU because we didn't have any clothes that fit him nor did we have time to dress him before we took him from the hospital against their wishes (that's another punch for another day).
However, I don't think a labor skirt would have made any difference as to how that experience would have gone. I was delirious with pain/exhaustion/elation that day/night and I couldn't give a rat's ass how cute I looked.
When I look at birthing products and child care products, I have to think, What would women 200 years ago thought of this product? Carseats? Awesome. The Burrito Wrap thing for babies? Heaven. Breast pump? Kick ass. Expensive skirt designed just to give birth in (and/or a quick jaunt to Target)? WTF?
Can someone PLEASE explain the value of these clothes to me?
Yes, I wore the ugly ass gown and the baby came home in a dirty t shirt from the hospital NICU because we didn't have any clothes that fit him nor did we have time to dress him before we took him from the hospital against their wishes (that's another punch for another day).
However, I don't think a labor skirt would have made any difference as to how that experience would have gone. I was delirious with pain/exhaustion/elation that day/night and I couldn't give a rat's ass how cute I looked.
When I look at birthing products and child care products, I have to think, What would women 200 years ago thought of this product? Carseats? Awesome. The Burrito Wrap thing for babies? Heaven. Breast pump? Kick ass. Expensive skirt designed just to give birth in (and/or a quick jaunt to Target)? WTF?
Can someone PLEASE explain the value of these clothes to me?
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